Current Usage of Beijing
SuperStar Collection at
UCSB and UCSD
Cathy Chiu, Shi Deng and Jim Cheng
EAALC Meeting 2005 at UCSD

Total E-Book Title: 50,750
• Local Gazette and History: 30% (15500)
• Literature: 21% (10500)
• Economy and Finance: 15% (7500)
• Political Science: 10% (5000)
• International Relations: 5% (2500)
• Art and Culture:5% (2500)
• Government Document: (Ming & Qing Dynasty, Republic, and
Revolutionary): 5% (2500)
• Religion: 5% (2500)
• Reference: 3% (1000)
• Year Book: 1% (500)

Usage of the Collection
• Heavy usage of (Jim/UCSD;
Cathy/UCSB):
Local Gazette and History Titles
Government Documents: (Ming &
Qing Dynasty, Republic, and
Revolutionary)
Literature Titles
Year Books

• IP control
• Required SSreader 3.73
• Internet Access with local hosting at
SDSC (IIS technology)
• Author and Title Search
• Full Text display

• Received 50,570 MARC records in 2005
(Shi/UCSD)
Successful download
Name authority issue
Title issue
Vernacular display issue
Cataloging partnership with U of HK
Potential contribution to WorldCat Collection
Sets

Mirror Site in San Diego
• 100,000 selected titles for academic libraries with full text search and display functions
• Internet and IP range control access without plug-in (SSreader) and password.
• Searching capabilities of 2.08 Million book titles in Duxiu
• Ready for testing soon
Expending the consortia?
Merging our collection with the mirror site?

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