二战前后中国争取海外图书援助的活动

China's Fight for Book Acquisition from Overseas Around the World War Ⅱ

二战前后,因图书资料的匮乏,中国发起了向海外争取图书援助的活动,按时间可分为两个阶段。1938年至1940年上半年,中华图书馆协会与战时征集图书委员会分别向欧美各国进行吁请,征集图书;1942年至1948年,中国的国际学术文化资料供应委员会、中华图书馆协会与美国国务院、美国图书馆协会共同组织了两国之间的文化互助,此外,中国也得到欧洲盟国的图书捐助。向海外争取图书援助的活动,对战时中国文化的保存和延续意义重大。参考文献17。

China managed to get oversea aids of books around World War Ⅱ, in order to solve the scarcity of cultural materials. The collecting activity mainly held in two periods. From 1938 to the first half year of 1940 is the stage of appealing and collecting from European countries and the USA by Tung-li Yuan on the behalf of Chinese Library Association and also by China＇s Culture Emergency Committee for the Solicitation of Books and Periodicals. Then from 1942 to 1948 is the stage of mutual aid between China and the USA by China＇s Interna- tional Academic and Cultural Material Supply Committee, Chinese Library Association and US State Department and American Library Association; what＇s more, China also received book aid from allied European countries. These measures during wartime had great benefits to Chinese culture＇s preservation and continuity. 17 refs.