The Publishing Department of Modern Peking University Library and Its Predecessor’s Book Publishing—Data Based upon Literature Retrieval

Abstract

Based on literature search, this paper introduces and analyzes the book publishing situation of book publishing in the Publishing Department affiliated to Peking University Library. It is pointed out that the vast majority of book versions published by the publishing department affiliated to Peking University Library are printed in lead, and the books it publishes cover almost all disciplines, especially humanities and social sciences, many of which later became the foundation works of corresponding disciplines. The quality of the books published by modern Peking University Library is high, and they are distributed both on and off campus. Even today, this point has reference significance.