The First Six Years 1963-69

Library Journal Holdings as o f December 31,1969 Language Titles Chinese 346 Japanese 875 Western 957 Total 2,178 The progress being made in developing the University L ib ra ry is illustrated by the fact that only 10,090 volumes (8 ,9 3 8 titles) o f books and journals were on hand as o f December 3 1，1966. A t the present time, the Chung Chi College L ib ra ry has a total o f 100,542 volumes o f which 61 ,9 58 (12 ,85 5 titles) are in Asian languages and 3 9 ,8 5 4 (30 ,631 titles) are in other languages. The New Asia College L ib ra ry holds 1 14,352 volumes ， o f which 86 ,613 volumes are in Asian languages and 2 7 ,739 volumes are in other languages. The United College L ib ra ry has a collection o f 80 ,6 00 volumes, o f which 5 0 ,8 60 volumes are in Asian languages and 29 ,740 are in other languages. The four Libraries are presently separated at four locations throughout Hong Kong. This necessitates close coordination to ensure an effective overall lib ra ry system. One important means o f coordination is the central union card catalogue which includes data on all the books and journals in the three College Libraries and the University L ibrary. The central union catalogue is divided into two card files: ( i) An author and title combined catalogue o f Chinese, Japanese and Korean cards filed according to Wong's “ Four-corner numeral system" and (2) An author and title com bined catalogue o f cards covering Western language volumes. The existence o f a book in any one or more o f the Libraries in the University can readily be determined by reference to the central union catalogue. A book-form Union Catalogue o f Serials in the Central and College Libraries o f The Chinese University o fHong Kong was published by the University in May 1969. This Catalogue lists 2,281 scholarly and general journals w ith complete holdings in the various libraries o f the University. W ith more and more specific subject matter emerging in the world o f knowledge today ， the coverage o f the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme, originally adopted by the Libraries in the University ， has proven inadequate. Inconsistency also exists in the numbers designated for the same title by the different Libraries. The system o f book classification which was developed and is used by the L ib ra ry o f Congress in Washington, D.C. has therefore been introduced in the centralized cataloguing o f publications in 60