List of intervieweesAuthors'biographiesForewordPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction1 Inside the vatican apostolic library2 A library of the venice and the giorgio cini foundation's far east centre for comparative studies of cultures and spiritualities3 From the shang to the qing at the british library4 A combined library,archive,and museum-eploring the british library5 How popular books from ancient china were rescued by sir thomas bodley:a tale of the bodleian library,oxford university...36 The birth and creation of a leading collection of asianmaterials at princeton universityBringing it all togetherBibliographyIndex