ULS Celebrates Three Decades of Service of the Main Library
The University Library System celebrated the 30th anniversary of the University Library building on the morning of 11th December 2002 at the Forum outside the library. An exhibition on Hong Kong literature was held in celebration of the launch of the Hong Kong Literature Collection at the same time.
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Officiating at the opening ceremony were Dr. Jack C.C. Tang (left 1), son of the late Dr. Tang Ping-yuan, the donor of the University Library building, Mrs. Martin Tang (left 3), granddaughter-in-law of Dr. Tang Ping-yuan, Prof. Dai Longji, University Librarian of Peking University, Prof. Ambrose King (right), vice-chancellor of the University, Prof. P.W. Liu, pro-vice-chancellor, Prof. Jao Tsung I, Wei Lun Honorary Professor, Prof. Lo Wai-luen, director of the Hong Kong Literature Research Centre, and Dr. Colin Storey (left 2), University Librarian.
The University Library building was completed in 1972. As a key academic and research library in East Asia, the University Library System of CUHK currently holds 1.7 million items in print, some 14,000 electronic journals and electronic databases and eight in-house developed databases such as the Hong Kong Index of Chinese Periodicals (HKInChiP) and the Hong Kong Literature Database (HKLit).
The Hong Kong Literature Collection comprises some 12,000 items that are valuable sources for research and study. The collection contains some first and out-of-print editions of Hong Kong literature publications in both Chinese and English. Prof. Lo Wai-luen has also donated to the University Library her private collection of about 20,000 books, journals, and vertical files. Among them are precious Hong Kong literature publications of the early 1920s and 1930s.