In recent years the State Library has acquired over 1000 Yao manuscripts dating back as far as the late 18th century and originating from Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Burma and the southern Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan. These manuscripts are being classified, catalogued on computer, and analyzed.
州立圖書館收購了一千多冊傜族手卷，書籍年代可追溯至十八世紀末期，其來源分別為泰國、老撾、越南、緬甸及中國南方的廣東、廣西、貴州、雲南等諸省，並以電腦資料的處理方式，進行記錄、分類、編目以及分析的工作。