据《中国地方志联合目录》所载,流传至今的方志尚有八千二百余种,其中不少流散海外,为日本,法国、美国、加拿大等国所收藏,我国国内仅有存目。为保存祖国文献,发展民族文化,满足国内外的研究需要,北京图书馆通过各种渠道,主要是国际交换的方式,广泛查寻、搜集流散于海外的方志、并制成缩微胶卷。书目文献出版社对这批胶卷进行整理,选取了其中现为日本所藏,国内罕见的地方志近百种,编成丛刊、影印出版。 According to the “Catalog of Chinese Local Records,” there are over 8,200 kinds of local chimes, many of which are scattered abroad, collected by Japan, France, the United States and Canada. Only China has only one country in existence. In order to preserve the motherland’s literature, develop the national culture and meet the research needs both at home and abroad, the Beijing Library extensively searched through various channels, mainly in the form of international exchanges, to collect local records scattered abroad and to produce microfilm. The bibliographic press publishes these films and selects nearly 100 species of local gazes which are now in Tibet and rare in China. They are compiled into series and photocopied for publication.