The First Six Years 1963-69

search . T h e College L ib ra rie s, o n th e o th e r h a n d , p rov id e for th e needs o f th e u n d e rg r a d u a te p ro g ram m e . Besides th e books req u ire d for s tud en ts ta u g h t by th e Colleges, these L ib ra rie s m a in ta in a co llection o f e lem en ta ry reference a n d b ib lio g ra p h ic a l works. T h e po licy gov e rn ing book a cqu is ition is b rie fly t h a t th e U n iv e rs ity L ib ra ry collects in d e p th th e p u b lic a tio n s re q u ire d by th e specialist w h ile th e College L ib ra rie s co llect in b r e a d th th e m a te ria l r e q u ir e d by th e gene ra list. Su ch a po licy is log ica l since th e Co llege L ib ra rie s a re designed to serve th e needs o f th e u n d e r g rad u a te s d u r in g th e ir in tro d u c to ry a n d fo rm a tiv e yea rs w h ile th e U n iv e rs ity L ib ra ry is designed to p ro v id e th e r a r e books a n d m a te ria l re q u ire d for m o re a d v a n c e d s tu d y a n d rese a rch . T h e C e n tra l L ib ra ry com p lem en ts th e Co llege L ib ra rie s w h ich in tu r n com p lem en t one a n o th e r. T h e U n iv e rs ity L ib ra ry has ta k e n a p p ro p r ia te steps to a c q u ire v a lu a b le co llections o f Ch inese classical books in tra d itio n a l fo rm a t o f silk -stitched fascicles for re sea rch use b y facu lty a n d g r a d u a te stud en ts in Ch inese cu ltu re . C on ta c ts w e re e stab lish ed w ith th e d e scend an ts o f fam ous scho la rly fam ilies in K w a n g tu n g p rov in ce a n d , as a resu lt, five such co llections w e re a c q u ire d in 1966/68. Am ong these a re 3 Y u a n (1280—1368)，168 M in g (1368—1644), a n d 289 ea rly C h 'in g (1644—1795) ed itions. T h e r e a re also 50 17th a n d 18th C e n tu ry J a p an e s ew o o d b lo c k ed itions o f Ch inese classical works. I n th e summ e r o f 1969，th e L ib ra ry a c q u ire d w ith p riv a te funds a m a jo r a d d itio n to its g row ing co llection o f r a r e books一 th e K o r e a n Tripitaka. T h is p u b lic a tio n is p r in te d from woodb locks c u t in A .D . 1200 -1250 . I t consists o f 1,341 vo lum es o f 15I /2" x 1 1/2”w ith 100 to n o leaves to a vo lum e . T h is g re a t B u d d h is t T r ip ita k a , p r i n t ed in K o r e a d u rin g th e Sung D yn a s ty (A .D . 960 -1279 ) o f C h in a , is en tire ly in Ch inese a n d is a m ost im p o r ta n t d o c um e n t for r e se a rch in th e ph ilo sophy，relig ion , h isto ry , a r t a n d a rch aeo logy o f th e F a r E ast. I n th e field o f Ch inese S tud ies (S ino logy ), m a n y im p o r ta n t W e ste rn a n d J a p a n e s e jo u rn a ls h av e b e e n a c q u ire d d u rin g th e la s t th re e years. T h e fo llow ing statistics show th e n um b e r o f titles a n d vo lum es o f books in v a riou s langu ag e s in th e L ib ra ry . Library Book Holdings as o f December 3 1 , 1969 Language Titles Volumes Chinese 31,236 67,287 Japanese 4,266 6,904 Western 13,505 18,387 Total 49，007 92，578 59