1.The twenty-six library units in the Columbia system were organized into three subject-oriented divisions (Humanities and History, Science and Engineering, and Social Science) and five Distinctive Collections, so-called because their collections are of unique depth and nationally significant excellence (Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Augustus Long Health Sciences Library, Law and International Law Library, and Rare Book and Manuscript Library).
哥伦比亚大学系统的26个图书馆单位被组成为3个主题区（人文科学和历史、科学和工程技术、社会科学）和5个特色馆藏区——之所以这样称呼是因为它们的馆藏有独特的深度并且对全国来说也是很重要的，它们是艾维利建筑和优秀艺术图书馆、C.V.斯塔尔东亚图书馆、奥古斯塔斯·朗·汉斯科学图书馆、法律和国际法图书馆和珍本图书和手稿图书馆。

2.The General Sciences Library of Ho Chi Minh City, one of the largest libraries in Vietnam, was once the National Library of South Vietnam.
位于胡志明市的公共科学图书馆是越南最大的图书馆之一，它曾经是南越的国家图书馆。

3.The first issue of RLI, no. 262 (February 2009), features two ARL statements—on the university’s role in the dissemination of research and scholarship, and on the global economic crisis—and an article by University of Washington’s Elisabeth Jones on “Reinventing Science Librarianship: Themes from the ARL-CNI Forum.”
2009年2月第一期RLI，总第262期，主要内容是美国研究图书馆协会的两份声明——关于大学在学术研究成果传播中的作用和全球经济危机——和华盛顿大学Elisabeth Jones的一篇文章《重塑科学图书馆：来自ARL-CNI论坛的主题》。

4.iPres is the world's longest-running series of international conferences dedicated to long-term preservation of digital material. Previously, iPres has been held by the National Library of Science, Beijing; Cornell University, New York; and the State and University Library, Goettingen, Germany.
数字资源长期保存国际会议（iPres）是数字资源长期保存领域的主流的国际性系列会议。此前，iPres已在北京国家科学图书馆、纽约康奈尔大学以及德国哥廷根大学成功举行过。

5.The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Annual Salary Survey 2007–08, which analyzes salary data for all professional staff working in the 123 ARL member libraries during 2007–08. Data are reported for 9,983 professional staff in the 113 university ARL libraries and for 3,797 professional staff in the 10 non-university ARL libraries. In the Salary Survey, data for university library staff are usually reported in three distinct groups: general library systems, health sciences libraries, and law libraries.
美国研究图书馆协会（ARL）近日发布了《ARL2007-08年度薪酬调查》报告，对2007年至2008年间美国研究图书馆协会123所成员图书馆的所有在职专业人员的薪酬进行了数据统计并加以分析。报告数据来自111所ARL高校图书馆的9,983位专职人员，和10所ARL非高校图书馆的3,797位专职人员。在这次薪酬调查中，高校图书馆工作人员的数据通常集中在三个不同群体，即：一般图书馆系统、健康科学图书馆以及法律图书馆。