Our library recently subscribed to a new Chinese electronic magazine database called Bookan.

Bookan is a magazine database which contains over three thousand titles covering a broad range of subjects including politics, business, science, health, literature and entertainment with coverage going back for one to three years.  Information is updated daily for over one hundred magazines.  

The two browsing formats for Bookan are TEXT and PDF.  In TEXT browsing, readers can adjust the font color and the font size from small to medium or large, as well as  print the articles. However, the PDF format preserves the original look and format of the magazine.  In the PDF format, readers can flip pages, magnify the pages, as well as read the articles in a side-by-side format.

Remote access to Bookan is available at http://sjpl.org/databases#Non-

After simply entering your library card number and PIN, you can browse the database with your smart phone, mobile device and e-reader everywhere and anytime you want.  Enjoy! 

聖荷西公共圖書館最近訂閱了一個新的電子雜誌資料庫,名字是博看网Bookan.

博看网（Bookan）收录了3000多种畅销期刊，內容包羅萬象，涵蓋了許多不同的主題，包括政治，經濟，科學，健康, 文學和娛樂等等。超過一百多種雜誌，信息每天更新。如果你錯過了新的期刊，博看网也保存了許多過往的雜誌一至三年之久，讀者可以上網自行點閱。

博看网（Bookan）有文本版（TEXT）和原貌版（PDF）兩個瀏覽選擇。在文本版（TEXT）瀏覽，讀者可以調整字體顏色，或者更換大中小字體，也可以打印文章。 原貌版（PDF）格式保留了文章原來的外觀和格式。讀者可以翻頁，隨意放大字體，甚至調整版面，雙頁瀏覽。

在圖書館以外的地方,  可以上網到 http://sjpl.org/databases#Non-

只要輸入你的圖書館證號碼和個人密碼, 就可用你的智能手機或電子閱讀器閱覽。不受時間與空間限制，歡迎使用！ 

Impress your friends, communicate with neighbors or prepare for travel. Learn simple words & phrases, in these introductory, 6 week, drop-in classes on beginning conversational Italian, Korean and Mandarin.

Italian

Thursdays 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.

March 14, 21, 28, 2013

April 4 ,11, 18, 2013

Korean

Wednesdays 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

March 13, 20, 27, 2013

April 3, 10, 17, 2013

Mandarin

Wednesdays 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

March 13, 20, 27, 2013

April 3, 10, 17, 2013

Study Room 390, 3^rd Floor

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library 

San Jose Public Library has a large Chinese collections that you can check out from King Library as well as at many branches.

The popular authors and fiction titles for Chinese readers as of January 2013 are as follows. 

聖荷西公共圖書館有許多的中文圖書，在總館（KingLibrary）或許多分館都可以借閱。截至2013年1月為止，排名前十位的作家與小說名單如下。

排名前10位暢銷作家

1  Yishu  亦舒   

2  Jin, Yong  金庸            

3  Mo, Yan  莫言             

4  Ji, Hong  季葒              

5  Yun, Zhongyue 云中岳            

6  Mei, Bei'er  梅貝兒    

7  Dong, Ni 董妮              

8  Ni, Kuang 倪匡             

9  Lou, Caining 樓采凝   

10 Gu, Ling 古靈              

排名前10名的小說

1  航海王   Hang hai wang : Oda, Eiichiro                                                          

2  開國功賊 酒徒著Kai guo gong zei :  Jiutu                                                                                       

3  天龍八部 Tian long ba bu : Jin, Yong 

4 步步驚心 Bu bu jing xin : Tong, Hua                       

5  獵命師傳奇 Lie ming shi chuan qi : Jiubadao

6  神鵰俠侶  Shen diao xia lèu : Jin, Yong

7  隋亂   Sui luan : Jiutu

8  康熙大帝 Kangxi da di : Eryuehe

9  倚天屠龍記 Yi tian tu long ji : Jin, Yong

10 藏地密碼  Zang di mi ma : He, Ma

Mo Yan, the prolific Chinese writer, was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature.  Soon after the announcement was made in October, curiosity about who Mo Yan is and discussion about his work has been endless.  Mo Yan’s novels sold well, and publishers rushed to reprint. Readers checked out every copy of his work from libraries.  

Mo Yan is a pseudonym; in Chinese, it means "don’t speak".  He chose this pen name as a reminder to himself to be cautious of saying things that offend China’s censorship policies. Growing up in poverty and surviving the Cultural Revolution, Mo Yan often portrays unique life experiences and his childhood village as the background in many of his books.  His first Chinese novel was published in 1986.  A few years later, more books were published in Chinese and translated into various foreign languages.

San Jose Library has a variety of Mo Yan’s collections in Chinese, English, Vietnamese, Korean and so on.  For a complete list of his work, please refer to the official website of the Nobel Prize.

中國的多產作家，莫言，獲選為2012年的諾貝爾文學獎得主。

十月份，在他得獎的消息公佈不久後，好奇莫言是誰和討論他作品話題就一直層出不窮。莫言的小說開始暢銷大賣，出版商趕到再版。圖書館的每一本莫言的作品，都被讀者借出。

莫言這個名字是個化名，中文的意思是“不要說”。他選擇了這個筆名是出於自我提醒，要謹言慎行以免不小心觸犯了中國的審查政策。莫言在貧窮中成長，經歷過文化大革命的浩劫。在他的很多著作裡，經常描繪了他獨特的人生經歷和以他的童年時的村子為背景的鄉土故事。

他的第一部中國小說出版於1986年。幾年後，更多的書籍在中國出版，並翻譯成各種外語。

聖荷西公共圖書館有中文，英語，越南語，韓語等等多國語言的莫言作品，可供讀者借閱。  如果想了解莫言完整的作品全集，請參閱諾貝爾文學獎的官方網站。

  Ms. Vicki will come on Wednesday evening from 6:30 to 7:00pm & read books to children in Chinese and English in the Picture Book area at the Berryessa Library.

Children must have an adult in the library while they attend.

Ms. Vicki 在週三晚上6:30至7:00pm

讀中文/英文兒童圖畫書給給孩子們聽