The Preservation Practice of EBooks in the National Library of China

Abstract

The National Library of China takes the responsibility of the collection and preservation of domestic and foreign publications with the purpose of cultural inheritance and serving the whole society. In recent years, National Library of China has collected many kinds of eBooks, and has gathered some experiences from the practice in eBooks preservation and protection and utilization. This paper introduced the source of eBooks in the National Library of China, the laws, regulations and standards of eBooks. The reliable preservation and sustainable utilization of massive eBooks are introduced in detail.