The researcher participated in the Hualien Railroad Net Program, which was called “2012 Cultural Station: Playing with the Rail.” I found it a pity seeing the heated synergy of the whole activity dying out as the program wrapped up. Because of that, an E-book “In Search of the Lost Cultural Station” was created in this study. The research purposes were (1) to investigate the function of the E-book, (2) to collect data for editing an E-book, (3) to analyze the critical process for progressing E-book design future. How Cultural Station, through creative storytelling narrative, enhances preservation of regional culture was concerned. Hopefully, this study may serve as a possible model for future curating projects regards of E-books.

Informed by ethnographic and empirical research methodologies, the researcher collected research data based in downtown Hualien about cultural station through observation, interviews, document analysis, and art creation. Furthermore, the researcher also helped to curate exhibition of “In Search of the Lost Cultural Station” at the artist-in-residence program. The E-Book incorporates digital visual reality and has represented the whole story of cultural station.

The researcher concludes that:

1. Though unable to completely replace an actual physical exhibit, an E-book may provide a reader a quick overview, which may give the reader a taste of the event.

2. Through interactive features such as touch screen, buttons, photo album, embedded videos and links, the E-book may maximize the information presented within the finite realm.

3. Via the E-book exhibit, a curator may rethink some possible ways of keeping a local culture sustainable, making it go global and putting cultural preservation into practice.

Lastly, the researcher hopes that the project may serve as an inspiration for further research and may generate more study on art education.