  {"id":226025,"date":"2025-11-25T15:37:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T01:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=226025"},"modified":"2025-11-25T16:20:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T02:20:32","slug":"taiwan-resource-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/25\/taiwan-resource-center\/","title":{"rendered":"New Taiwan resource center links <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa to global network"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_226027\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226027\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/library-taiwan-ceremony.jpg\" alt=\"group photo\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/library-taiwan-ceremony.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/library-taiwan-ceremony-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/library-taiwan-ceremony-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226027\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Manoa celebrates the opening of the Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies in Hamilton Library.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The University of <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/library\/\">Hamilton Library<\/a> joined a global network of leading research libraries with the opening of its Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies (<abbr>TRCCS<\/abbr>) on November 17. As the 55th overseas partner in Taiwan\u2019s National Central Library (<abbr>NCL<\/abbr>) <abbr>TRCCS<\/abbr> program, Hamilton Library expands its international collaborations and access to resources supporting China and Taiwan studies.<\/p>\n<p>Through the partnership, <abbr>NCL<\/abbr> provides Taiwan-published monographs, digital archives, bibliographic databases and other scholarly resources. Hamilton Library has already added nearly 400 titles to its collections and now offers full access to <abbr>NCL<\/abbr>\u2019s electronic resources.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_226030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226030\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manoa-hamilton-syrmos-taiwan-resource-center-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"syrmos and wang shake hands\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-226030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manoa-hamilton-syrmos-taiwan-resource-center-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manoa-hamilton-syrmos-taiwan-resource-center-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manoa-hamilton-syrmos-taiwan-resource-center.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Syrmos and Wang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Interim Provost Vassilis Syrmos highlighted the significance of the partnership during the opening ceremony event. &ldquo;This collaboration will foster new opportunities for dialogue, scholarship and exchange for years to come,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>NCL<\/abbr> Director-General Han-Ching Wang, who traveled from Taipei for the ceremony, emphasized the shared role of Taiwan and <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> in the Pacific. &ldquo;We aim to build upon this <abbr>TRCCS<\/abbr> to strengthen the academic connection between Taiwan and <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The opening also builds on a relationship that stretches back to the 1960s, when early East&#8211;West Center exchanges helped shape Hamilton\u2019s China Collection. Recent discussions led to formal invitations in 2024 and this fall\u2019s launch.<\/p>\n<p>A delegation from <abbr>NCL<\/abbr> toured Hamilton\u2019s collections, which included a plaque unveiling, signing of partnership agreements and exchange of gifts.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The <abbr>TRCCS<\/abbr> aligns with our mission to foster international scholarship and build meaningful collaborations that benefit our students and faculty,&rdquo; said University Librarian Clem Guthro.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/library\/news\/trccs-launch\/\">Read more at Hamilton Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa joins a global network that expands access to China- and Taiwan-studies scholarship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":226030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[777,800,225,207,128,1363,9],"class_list":["post-226025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-asian-studies","tag-center-for-chinese-studies","tag-history","tag-library","tag-manoa-library","tag-manoa-research","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manoa-hamilton-syrmos-taiwan-resource-center.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226025"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226042,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226025\/revisions\/226042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}