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University of Pittsburgh Library System
Pitt | EAL

Introduction

In 2018, the East Asian Library of the University of Pittsburgh Library System (ULS) proposed the Contemporary Chinese Village Gazetteer Data (CCVG Data) project, to create an open dataset consisting of data selected from the ULS collection of Chinese village gazetteers. Village gazetteers record statistical data on individual villages, covering the years from 1949 to the present showing the history and development of Chinese villages (the village is the most basic administrative unit in China). The CCVG Data project, the first of its kind, offers scholars a dataset based on the ULS East Asian Library’s growing collection of Chinese village gazetteers.

Since the project aims to represent as much of China as possible, gazetteers were chosen for inclusion based on the goal of representing each of China’s provinces, if possible. Within each province, gazetteers are chosen based on availability. It should be noted that the availability of village gazetteers varies by province.

To create the CCVG dataset, gazetteers were selected from the collection, demographic and economic data were collected from these volumes, and this data was extracted using a data entry platform designed by the ULS. The resulting dataset is published on this website for free download by scholars around the world. In November 2022, data on 2,701 villages had been processed. To ensure the consistency of the administrative village and the document type, 100 natural villages were removed. Data from the effective number of 2,601 villages were extracted and entered into a customized platform.

The dataset is available for download in .csv format. An interactive map with basic administrative information on each collected village is also included on the website. An interactive search platform with filtering, cross-searching, and visualization functions will also be put into operation soon.

2018年,匹兹堡大学 (University of Pittsburgh) 图书馆系统(University Library System, ULS)的东亚图书馆 (East Asian Library) 启动了“当代中国村庄数据”(Contemporary Chinese Village Gazetteers Data, CCVG Data)项目,其目的是从ULS收藏的村志中提取数据,创建一个开放的、展现中国乡村历史和发展建设的数据集。“村”是中国最基础的行政单位,村志记录了中国村庄自1949年以来的基本数据,以表现中国村庄的历史和发展。目前,CCVG 数据是第一个含此类数据的项目,并帮助学者利用匹兹堡大学东亚图书馆的村志收藏. CCVG数据旨在尽可能反映中国各个省份村庄的发展情况,故在每个省份内随机选择村庄。需要指出的是各省份现可供村志的数量各异。创建CCVG 数据集,是从ULS收藏的村志中提取数据,输入ULS自行开发和设计的平台,并将数据集发布在CCVG数据网站上,供使用者免费下载。

截至2022年11月,项目进行了2,701本村志数据提取工作,为保持村庄和村志类型的一致,去除100个自然村村志,CCVG数据网站最终提供2,601个行政村村庄数据.csv格式下载。同时也提供一幅村庄基本信息及本馆藏书信息链接的交互式地图。一个具有筛选、交叉检索、可视化功能的交互检索平台也即将投入使用。