图书馆视角下民国时期《中国教育年鉴》的学术价值探析

On the Academic Value of Chinese Education Yearbook in the Period of the Republic of China(1912-1949)from the Perspective of Library

《中国教育年鉴》由中华民国教育部组织编写,民国时期出版了两次。该年鉴关于图书馆部分的内容,注重全国视野下图书馆事业的整体性描述,资料较为翔实,体现了民国时期教育部对国内图书馆事业的看法。这种看法,对图书馆事业的发展具有指导意义。同时,《中国教育年鉴》中使用了一些当时没有公开的文件,在材料上也有新颖之处。不过,年鉴也存在不少问题,如观点雷同、材料讹误等。尽管如此,《中国教育年鉴》关于图书馆部分的记载,依然是研究近代中国图书馆的重要参考文献,具有一定的学术价值。

Chinese Education Yearbook,compiled by the Ministry of Education and published twice during the period of the Republic of China(1912-1949),devotes a chapter to the development of the library.The library part of the yearbook focuses on the overall description from the national perspective,and the materials are detailed,which reflects the views of the Ministry of Education on Chinese librarianship and can serve as a guideline for our work.In addition,the book employs materials from confidential documents and other new materials.However,the yearbook also has many problems,such as resemblances,false materials and so on.Nevertheless,the records of the library in the Chinese Education Yearbook are still an important reference for the study of the history of modern Chinese libraries,showing a certain academic value.