A New Era Begins 1975-78

By 30th June, 1978, the total collections had reached over 600,000 volumes (representing a 20% increase over 1974), all of which have been recatalogued on the Library of Congress System, and approximately 3,800 current periodical titles (representing a 155% increase over 1974) were being received. Of the 600,000 volumes, 54.3 per cent were in Oriental languages, largely Chinese, and 45.7 per cent were in Western languages, largely English. As holdings become more extensive and cover a wider range of disciplines, however, the proportion of Western language titles is increasing. In early 1977, the University Library launched the University Library Bibliographical series, and the Union Catalogue of Serials was published as the first title of the series. This publication completely supersedes the earlier similar publication of 1969. The new Catalogue lists data on over 4,200 current and non-current serial titles, newspapers, and government documents. It has been distributed not only at The Chinese University but also to other libraries in Hong Kong and abroad. Many copies have been sold, and others have been sent on exchange for the publications of overseas libraries. The data in the Catalogue are correct up to late 1975. A project is now underway to produce future serials lists by computer and to maintain current serials data on-line. The project has already been designed, and in-put from the printed Catalogue will begin shortly when a computer terminal is installed in the Library. Eventually, a fully computerized data base of serials information will be available. University Health Service The University Health Service, with a professional staff of 1 Director, 3 Resident Physicians and 2 Dental Surgeons, offers extensive health care. According to the latest statistics compiled by 30th June, 1978, attendances by undergraduates rose another 15.1 per cent in addition to the increase of 16.3 per cent in 1976-77. With the easing of the nursing staff problem, the health clinic has been able to operate the after-office-hours and night duty rota during weeknights. Upon the completion of the extension of the clinic before the end of 1978 (see Section XI )， the nurses will have in-house living quarters thus enabling the clinic to accept bed cases. The new facilities will accommodate new services, including specialist consultations. Appointments Service The Appointments Service has become increasingly active in recent years; the number of first appointment of graduates registered rose from 343 in 1971 to 658 in 1977 and 765 in 1978. The following table serves to illustrate the trend of employment of CUHK graduates: Year No. of Graduates Registered Teachers Commerce & Industry Government Service Higher Studies 1971 343 132 38.5% 65 19% 25 7.3% 50 14.6% 1976 676 248 36.7% 180 26.6% 58 8.6% 100 14.8% 1977 658 202 30.7% 153 23.3% 115 17.5% 85 12.9% 30