Annual Report 1998-99

新增的電子資料庫及期刊 New Electronic Databases/Journals o IEEE/IEE Electronic Library Online o LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe o Web of Science (ISI) o OCLC Electronic Collections Online o JSTOR o Springer LINK o EBSCOhost o Science Direct 一九九八至九九年度圖書館流通量 Library Circulation 1998-99 書 Books 655,577 各類學報期刊 Periodicals 8,970 指定參考書 Reserve Books 177,672 影音資料及其他 Audio-video Materials & Miscellaneous 683,587 總數 Total 1,525,806 圖書館藏書量(截至一九九九年六月三十日） Holdings of the Library System as at 30th June 1999 種類 Category 東方語文 Eastern Languages 西方語文 Western Languages 總數 Total 書 Books 570,775 731,233 1,302,008 期刊合訂本 Bound Periodicals 45,746 174,074 219,820 各類學報期刊 Current Periodicals 2,995 7,412 10,407 總數 Total 619,516 912,719 1,532,235 重要里程碑 由醫學圖書館建立和管理的香港國際醫學資訊中 心於是年啟用。該中心是全球第十一個專為醫療專 業人員提供完善檢索及文獻傳遞服務的中心， 亦是亞太地區唯一的一個，現有四十個國家逾千 名人士登記使用。 為期五年的圖書館職員精簡計劃踏入最後一年，前後共減省人 手一成，為大學節省了一筆可觀的財政開支。圖書館同期引 進新科技，為讀者提供不少新服務，並大大提高了生產力和效率。 And a five-year staff retrenchment plan was fully implemented by the end of 1998-99, achieving a total reduction of more than 10 per cent in staff strength and significant budget savings. During the same period, new technologies were employed to offer new services to users, and significant improvement in productivity and efficiency was recorded. 敎學輔助設施 Academi c Support Facilities 69