Electronic Theater Intermix in Taiwan(www.eti-tw.com) is the first non-commercial online database of audio-visual documents of Taiwan modern theatre, founded for the purpose of culture preservation, public education and academic research. After construction, researchers from all fields can log on its website to search for information needed. Through on-line reservation, users may do in-room viewing of the whole content during office hours of the library.

Electronic Theater Intermix in Taiwan is coordinated by Katherine H. Chou, who is also the coordinator of the Center for Theater & Performance Studies, established in Fall, 2003 at National Central University. Katherine H. Chou found that archives of Taiwan theatre are poorly preserved. Given that without proper preservation, records of performances will disappear soon, Katherine H. Chou decided to devote herself to the collection and preservation of audio-visual archives of modern Taiwan theatre and performances and set up a database for research and education. Since August, 2003, with support from professional internet engineers, a group of drama-loving students from the College of Liberal Arts at Central University, under the leadership of Katherine H. Chou, have devoted themselves to this grand project. In the first period of the project, we have collected more than one hundred authorized audio-visual documents, which are gradually digitalized for long-term preservation. On November 23, 2004, these archives were officially open for use.