About this Chinese Digital Archive

Scholarly Information Services/The Library at ANU holds a number of unique and in some cases rare and fragile collections in both print and microfilm relating to the Chinese Cultural Revolution period (1966 to 1976).

A project was established in conjunction with the Pacific Rim Digital Library Alliance (PRDLA) http://www.prdla.org to develop an electronic gateway via the Internet to make these resources available both nationally and internationally.

This web-based database not only makes this material accessible globally to the academic community but will preserve the contents of some very fragile and rare material.

The material selected for inclusion in this database have been in the first instance from the Cultural Revolution period. However, additional materials from outside this time-frame which are relevant to the events of the Cultural Revolution are also being included.

Although most of the material is held in the Library, some material is held in private collections by academic staff at the ANU, who have been willing to have their materials included in the database.

As part of its on-going committment to this project, Scholarly Information Services/The Library is working towards seeking additional international contributing partners who also hold relevant material on the Cultural Revolution period. If you have further information or would like to comment or make a contribution to this digital collection please contact us at eastasia@anu.edu.au