" The papers selected ... were originally presented at the Second International Conference of Institutes and Libraries for Chinese Overseas Studies under the theme 'Transnational Networks: Challenges in Research and Documentation of the Chinese Overseas' which was jointly organized by the University Library System, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the Ohio University Libraries, USA, on 13-15 March 2003, at the Chinese University of Hong Kong"--Preface. Includes bibliographical references and index.