What does yearbook mean? What is it used for?

Yearbook is an information reference book with the main content of comprehensively, systematically and accurately recording the movement and development of things in the past year. Compile important current affairs, documents and statistics within one year and publish reference books year after year. This is an easy-to-read collection of dictionaries, handbooks, chronologies, catalogues, bibliographies, indexes, abstracts, tables, statistics and guides. It has the characteristics of authoritative data, timely response, continuous release and complete functions. This is an information-intensive reference book.

Yearbooks are mainly written by several authors organized by the compilation unit according to the topic selection plan, and a small amount of content comes from government bulletins, other important documents and data provided by statistical departments. In terms of material selection, there should be a comprehensive, objective and correct material selection system and a centralized and meticulous material selection system. In the establishment structure, it is required that the layout is reasonable and the basic framework is stable. Permanent columns include: documents (including documents and regulations), general situation, abstracts of selected works, memorabilia, controversial points, statistical data, charts, institutional introductions, appendices, etc.

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The compilation of yearbook began in Europe. The British philosopher Bacon has used the information about celestial movement in foreign yearbooks in his Great Works published in 1267, which shows that there were publications similar to yearbooks in Europe at least in the middle of13rd century. At that time, an influential European almanac was compiled and published in 1436 ~ 1476 by the German mathematician and astronomer, which mainly recorded the seasonal solar terms, astronomical meteorology and so on. Since then, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, the United States and other countries have published thousands of yearbooks, such as World Yearbook, Consulting Yearbook, Whitaker Yearbook and Politician Yearbook.

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