North American libraries have used the
Wade-Giles system to romanize Chinese texts for more than eighty years.
However, increasing international acceptance of the pinyin system as the
standard for romanization of Chinese prompted a change from Wade-Giles
to pinyin. This took effect on Oct. 1, 2000 and most libraries in the
United States and Canada are now using pinyin.
This page provides background on the
change to pinyin at the national level and information on the pinyin
conversion project in the East Asia Library.
Detailed information on the
romanization system and the pinyin conversion project can be found on
the following pages:
| Background
Information |
Pinyin Conversion
in EAL |
