PERSONAL STATEMENT(档案管理专业,攻读硕士)
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
The oldest surviving civilization on earth, China may have built up the world’s earliest archives. In a sense, China’s tradition to maintain archives has been one of the defining characteristics of the Chinese civilization. But the way archives are managed today in China may also be the most backward in the world. Huge archives of immense historical value can be left unattended or little cared for. Whether cared for or not, the archives are more often than not jumbled, making it difficult if not impossible for researchers to search.
J\`÷+"iþbbs.eduglobal.com7DÌ&ùþ This situation first pained me in my childhood, when I roamed around in the library where my mother has been working all her life. Eager to learn, I spent long hours sifting through the books and materials, where were only catalogued on little cards. While I enjoyed reading there, I often could not help feeling frustrated sometimes, because I could not find the books and materials I wanted to read. The arduous process of searching for the books I wanted instilled in me a strong desire to help find a way to simplify and automate the organization of the country’s copious information materials, including the huge archives.
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