Bodies and Structures 2.0: Deep-Mapping Modern East Asian History

Librarians

Librarians played a crucial role in serving the library patrons. They were also gatekeepers to the library resources.

In his essay, Guo Xuehu mentions how librarians would show him books from the special collection (tokubetsusho). Books from the special collections were marked as toku (special) next to their call number in the catalogue. Many of such books were lavishly published volumes with reproductions, such as the Shinbi taikan (Selected Relics of Japanese Art), Nihon kokuhō zenshū (National Treasures of Japan), or the annual catalogues of the official salon in Tokyo. To view these books, a patron needed to obtain a special permission from the library's director and provide a justification. Taiwan Sōtokufu Toshokan, Taiwan Sōtokufu Toshokan gairan Shōwa 13nendo (Taiwan Sōtokufu Toshokan, 1939), 12. Librarian Lin Jingou (1904-1989) helped Guo Xuehu obtain this special permission. Lin Ming-hsien, ed. New Visions/Meili xinshijie: Collected Papers on the Historical Significance of Taiwan’s Gouache Paintings/Taiwan jiaocaihua de lishi yu shidai yiyi xueshu yantaohui lunwenji (National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, 2008), 27.

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