日前，美国著名私立大学波士顿学院（Boston College）下单，一次连购爱如生中国方志库初集和二集，从而使美国的爱如生数字产品用户增加到28个、使美国的中国方志库初集和二集的用户增加到23个。

波士顿学院位于美国波士顿西郊的栗树山，有116英亩的校园，是天主教大学，列为波士顿五大名校之一（另外4所是哈佛大学、麻省理工学院、塔夫茨大学、布兰迪斯大学）。波士顿学院始建于1863年，至今已有150多年的历史；设有50个学科，其中近一半的专业属于世界一流水平，被公认为R1顶级综合性研究型大学和全美25所新常春藤名校，在U.S.NEWS 2017年美国大学排名中，位列全美大学综合排名第31名。波士顿学院有8个图书馆分布在校园各处，其中巴布特图书馆被评为美国最美大学图书馆及世界最美丽二十五所大学图书馆之一，其藏书也颇为丰富。此次波士顿学院购入爱如生中国方志库初集和二集，再一次验证了美国一流学术机构重视中国传统文化数字资源的建设、肯定爱如生研制的数字产品，令人鼓舞。

Boston College Purchased Database of Chinese Local Records I and II

Recently, Boston College, a well-known private university in the United States, placed an order for Erudition Database of Chinese Local Records I and II, which increases the number of users of Erudition’s digital products to 28 in the United States and that of Database of Chinese Local Records I and II to 23 in the United States.

Boston College is located in Lishu Mountain, the western suburb of Boston, USA. It is a Catholic University, covering an area of 116 acres. It is listed as one of the five top schools in Boston (the other four are Harvard University, MIT, Tufts University and Brandeis University). Founded in 1863, Boston College has a history of more than 150 years. It has 50 disciplines, nearly half of which are world-class. It is recognized as one of the top R1 comprehensive research university and 25 famous new Ivy League universities in the United States. It ranks 31st among U.S. News ranking in 2017. Boston College has eight libraries all over the campus, among which the Bapst Library is rated as one of the most beautiful libraries in university in the United States and one of the 25 most beautiful university libraries in the world, and its collection is quite rich. Boston College purchased Database of Chinese Local Records I and II, which once again proved that the first-class academic institutions in the United States attach importance to the construction of digital resources of Chinese traditional culture and affirm the digital products developed by Erudition, which is encouraging.