The First Six Years 1963-69

Western languages, thus enabling the Libraries o f the University to take advantage o f the tremendous cataloguing economies avail able through the L ib ra ry o f Congress. In this way also, a close re lationship can be established between the University's Libraries and the L ib ra ry o f Congress as well as the large number o f libraries around the world which make use o f this system. The classification scheme o f the L ib ra ry o f Congress is broader, more flexible and yet more precise. The L ib ra ry o f Congress acquires, by direct purchase and through the Copyright Office, a very high percentage o f books and journals published world-wide in all languages. A National Union Catalogue o f printed books and journals is published by the L ib ra ry o f Congress both currently and cumulatively. The University L ib ra ry has acquired the Cumu lative Catalogue from its very beginning and subscribes to its cur rent Catalogue, These catalogues are used for reference p rim a rily by the L ib ra ry o f Congress Classification U n it o f the University. This un it consists o f a supervisor and eight staff members, two from the University L ib ra ry and two from each College L ibrary. The Un it, which is under the supervision o f the Chung Chi College Librarian, started its cooperative effort at the Benjamin Franklin Centre on October 1 ， 1969. The future University L ib ra ry w ill have an area on the new campus at Shatin o f approximately 72,500 square feet. The five- storeyed building w ith a mezzanine on the first floor w ill be sited on the western edge o f the University Square ， facing the main en trance to the University complex. Working drawings for the University L ib ra ry are v irtua lly complete. The bu ild ing is expected to be ready for occupancy in the summer o f 1971. When United College and New Asia College move to the new campus in the New Territories, which is scheduled to occur in Autumn 1971 and Au tumn 1972 respectively, each w ill have its own new L ib ra ry Building w ith adequate facilities. Site formation for a new L ib ra ry and Teaching Block Building at Chung Chi College has been completed and construction o f this bu ild ing is under way. The Chung Chi L ib ra ry is expected to be ready for use by February 1971. This ， then, is a b rie f resume o f the lib ra ry situation at The Chinese University. What has been done, particularly w ith respect to the selection o f books and journals for inclusion into the L ibrary, provides a sound basis upon which to plan the future m illion- volume L ibrary. The present sound acquisition and cataloguing policies and procedures w ill greatly facilitate the establishment o f such a L ib ra ry to serve the needs o f the University, as well as the community. 61