Annual Report 1993-94

56 大學圖書館又採用新的資訊科技和產品，以 補傳統庋藏和設施之不足。年內大學增購了多種 唯讀光碟以應付日益增多的需求。在九三至九四 年度，使用光碟人數激增百分之四十二。大學圖 書館及李炳醫學圖書館分別設有閱讀光碟之驅動 器一百零六及三十四部。圖書館系統還推出新穎 獨特的多媒體節目，供讀者了解其服務和設施。 自九三年初，已有九萬條中文書籍紀錄陸續給輸 入資料庫，讀者可通過線上的總目錄，檢索中文 書刊資料。 除了服務本校教職員與學生，大學圖書館系統亦爲海內外大專院校提供館際互借服 務。在九三至九四年度，中大圖書館與大學及理工教育資助委員會屬下院校圖書館的借 入與借出書刊比率爲一比一點七七，顯示該館有優良的藏書，而且是大專院校各圖書館 中的最佳資訊供應者。 During the year under review, a total of 58,283 volumes were added to the University's library collection, bringing its total holdings to 1,237,928, a 4.9 per cent increase over 1992-93. The expansion included a new addition of the American Studies Library, which contains 8,000 volumes donated by the US Information Service, and a William Faulkner collection donated by Prof. James Meriwether of the USA. Another branch library, an architecture library, was also being planned and would open on the Chung Chi campus in the summer of 1994. Such expansion took place at the same time when the University Library System as a whole underwent major reorganization in terms of materials distribution. A decision to launch the subject-oriented library scheme was reached in late 1992, and full implementation of the scheme began in the summer of 1993. The purpose was to improve space management and to avoid duplication of collections in branch libraries by reshuffling and reshelving all books according to subject so that readers could find books of the 園書館藏書量 （截至九四年六月三十日） Holdings of the Library System as at 30th June 1994 種類 Category 東亞語文 East Asian Languages 西方語文 Western Languages 總數 Total 書 Books 530,094 514,798 1,044,892 期刊合訂本 Bound Periodicals 35,508 148,995 184,503 各類學報 Current Periodicals 2,456 6,077 8,533 總數 Total 568,058 669,870 1,237,928 使用光碟人數年內增加四成 CD-ROM usersincreased by 40 per cent in 1993-94.