Vice-Chancellor's Report 1978-82

have been local gazetteers, contemporary Chinese newspapers, and Oriental art. The Library has acquired in the reference period over three thousand volumes of local gazetteers. Newspapers from the late Ch'ing and early Republican periods have been purchased i n microfilm, forming the best collection of modern Chinese newspapers in Hong Kong. These collections of newspapers and gazetteers have provided excellent resource material for work in the history of modern China and of Chinese local history. The collections in Chinese art are also large and of high quality. A catalogue of the Oriental art collection is soon to be published, listing over five thousand titles held by the University Library System to support study and research in that area. Another important area of special emphasis is seen in the Hong Kong Collection in the branch library at United College as well as i n the University Library itself. This collection includes local government publications, comprehensive gathering of local business and commercial information, and other materials related to Hong Kong. It is frequently used by students and teachers in the social sciences, history, and business administration fields, as many study and research projects in these fields have Hong Kong as their basic subject matter. Dur i ng the last three years, the University Library has developed its resources on Asia, wi th particular emphasis on East and Southeast Asia in response to a specific request from the Faculty of Social Science. This Asian Collection includes a wide variety of government publications from ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries and the United Nations. There is considerable emphasis on economic information in this special collection. And finally, perhaps the greatest challenge has been the development of the Medical Faculty Library. This began in 1979 ， and was accelerated in 1980 wi th the appointment of the Medical Sub- Librarian. The Medical Faculty Library will be in two parts, wi th pre-clinical materials remaining in the University Library and clinical materials in the Library at the Prince of Wales Hospital. E. Th e Chines e Universit y Pres s I n parallel with a period of fast growing activities in academic research and publications undertaken by members of the University had been the rapid growth of The Chinese University Press 39