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Ms. Zhu Saihong spent six months (April to October 2011) at the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan, where she conducted research on the rare book collections compiled by the Qing court as well as their preservation and conservation.

Biography

Ms. Zhu Saihong is a Research Fellow and Academic Committee Member of The Palace Museum, Supervisor of Postdoctoral Fellow. She is also a Member of the National Committee of Experts for the Preservation and Conservation of Ancient Books. She specializes in ancient books collation, preservation and research.

Ms. Zhu holds a Master of Arts degree from the Information Management Department of Peking University. She was appointed as the Deputy Director of the museum library in 2004 and the Director from July 2007 to June 2010.

Ms. Zhu has restored more than a thousand volumes of rare books and ancient books (1977-1988). She presided over the establishment of the catalog system of the museum library, including 21 sets of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign book catalogs (1989-1997). She sorted and compiled more than 30,000 ancient books (1998-1999), and catalogued more than 40,000 rare books (2000-2003). She presided over the work of the library from 2004 to June 2010, planning, organizing, and implementing a number of key projects: more than 230,000 Ming and Qing engravings were sorted and cataloged; the accounts, cards, and objects of 370,000 ancient books were counted and verified; 600,000 electronic records were entered into the cultural relics management system to automate book editing and borrowing, facilitating the preservation and digitization of ancient books; 200,000 rare books were scanned and more than a thousand kinds of unique books were photocopied and published. She also presided over the full-text digitization project of Qinggong Chenshe dang’an, the recommendation of 183 types of unique and rare books for inclusion in the “National Catalogue of Precious Ancient Books” (4th Branch), and the improvement on 12 related warehouses in line with industry standards. The Palace Museum Library was selected as one of the first batch of “National Main Preservation Units of Ancient Books”.

Ms. Zhu also restored the tradition of mounting exhibitions in the library. She planned and presided over 5 exhibitions including the 80th anniversary exhibition of historical records in the Qing Dynasty, and curated 4 other special exhibitions.