Tan Chee-Beng is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interests include cultural change and identity, ethnicity and ethnic relations, religion, Chinese communities, as well as indigenous minorities and development. He has carried out anthropological research in Malaysia and in south China. Colin Storey is Librarian at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His professional interests include strategic management and organizational planning, quality in client services, staff development, freedom of information, and rare books.Julia Zimmerman is Dean of University Libraries at Ohio University.

The issue of Chinese diaspora is a fascinating phenomenon in the midst of globalism, and there is a growing interest in studies of overseas Chinese, not only overseas but in China itself. This volume, the result of an international conference on Chinese overseas studies, deals with issues of research and documentation of Chinese migration and migrants. It brings together the efforts of scholars and librarians in examining the research and documentation of Chinese overseas.

Documentation must go hand in hand with research, and this book reiterates the need for greater cooperation between librarians and scholars. In addition to discussion on research and library and archival documentation, the book also takes a look at Chinese overseas in different parts of the world, especially Southeast Asia and North America, as well as South Africa and Cuba.