Collections

Introduction
Library Classification Schemes
OPAC
Newly Catalogued Items

Fung Ping Shan Library has a focus in oriental languages, principally Chinese, with other East Asian Language materials including Japanese and Korean. As at 30 June 2007, the Library has a stock of 852,776 volumes, more than 11,500 periodicals titles and some 150 Chinese newspapers from Mainland China, Taiwan Japan and Southeast Asian countries. Its collections also consisted of some 18,000 reels of microfilm, more than 1,000 microfiche title and 4,500 titles of audio-visual materials. Of growing importance is its digital collection, comprising key Chinese online databases such as Sikuquanshu, Sibucongkan, WiseNews (online newspaper clippings service), China Journal Net (covers more than 9,000 e-journals), SuperStar Digital Library (contains 400,000 e-books) and Apabi Digital Library (contains more than 60,000 e-books).

Here are some highlights of the collections:

	Rare books It is the one of the largest collections in Hong Kong with more than 700 titles in 14,000 volumes, including 4 Song Dynasty editions, 18 Yuan Dynasty editions, as well as block prints from the Ming Dynasty and manuscripts from the Qing Dynasty.
	Genealogical materials About 400 titles with major emphasis on the clans from Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and the New Territories.  They are highly valuable sources for the studies of local history of China and Hong Kong.
	Stone rubbings A notable part of the collection is some 1,500 pieces of rubbings engraved in Qing Dynasty and early 1900s which were bought from a private collection in the 1960s.
	Periodicals and newspapers About 11,500 titles of periodicals, of which more than 2,500 are current, are in the collection. The Library is notably rich in its collection of periodicals on literature, history, fine arts and archaeology published between the 1900s and Sino-Japanese War, as well as publications of government departments and academic institutions in Guangdong Province in the Republican period. There are also more than 150 titles of print Chinese newspapers in the collection, including a variety of pre-1949 titles and thirty current titles. In addition, some 100 titles of Mainland newspapers are available in microfilm.
	Taiwan Research Collection Established in 2000 with the objective of supporting teaching and research activities in Taiwan studies, Taiwan Research Collection comprises publications relating to political, economic and social development of Taiwan, mostly published by the government. By the end of 2002, the Collections had some 2,000 books and more than 300 periodical titles.

In addition, there are some 6,000 titles on local gazetteers and over 200 titles of seal impressions.

1. For materials catalogued before 15 April 2002, Fung Ping Shan Library Classification System, a hybrid system of Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), Lai Yung-xiang (Lai), and a number of local adaptations was employed. Materials are represented by a location code and Arabic numbers. A typical call number appears like this:

R
016.67
506

2. Materials catalogued after 15 April 2002 employ the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) System. LCC numbers utilize alphanumeric system. Below is an example:

[中]
DS
795.23
.C47
1983

3. 杜Collection adopts Doo Ding-U's Book Classification Scheme.

All materials currently classified using the hybrid system will be re-classified using LCC. Detailed LCC list see the Library of Congress Classification Outline at the Library of Congress web site: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html.

Mapping tables for the hybrid system and LCC system are as follows:

Fung Ping Shan Library's catalogue was fully automated in 1997. The online catalogue displays bibliographic information of an item such as title, name of author/editor, edition, publication place, publisher, publication year, pagination, location symbol, classification number, barcode, subjects, etc. Please note that:

	Author and title heading Apart from headings of personal author/editor, entries such as associations, enterprises, conferences, academic institutions and government bodies are also included. Examples : Zhongguo ke xue yuan Quan guo sheng wu hua xue xue shu hui yi (1st : 1960 : Shanghai, China) Hong Kong (China) Education Dept. Taiwan yin hang
	Subject headings Most records catalogued before April 2002 in the Library have Chinese subject headings. Subject headings indicate the content of items and can be further subdivided. Items catalogued after April 1996 are assigned with Library of Congress subject headings. Example : Literature--Bibliography Literature--Study and teaching
	Location symbol and classification number Location symbol indicates the location of an item while classification number reflects its subject content. Location symbol, classification number and author number together form a call number that decides where an item is to be shelved. Materials of Fung Ping Shan Library are either shelved in open stack or closed stack.  Readers can access items on open stacks by themselves while closed stack items can be retrieved by submitting a completed loan form to the circulation counters on G/F, 1/F or 5/F.
	Open stack collections Location symbol Nature Shelving Location 中 Ordinary books 6/F R Reference books 5/F 大R Large reference books 5/F 大A Large books 5/F 臺 Taiwan research collection 5/F 臺期 Taiwan research collection periodicals 5/F 期 Periodicals 4/F, 5/F BC Recreational reading G/F CMF, CMPT Microform 1/F Special Collections av, avs Audio-visual materials 1/F AV Department
	Closed stack collections Location symbol Nature Circulation Procedure 特P Photocopies of theses Request at 1/F Special Collections Counter 地圖 Maps 羅 Lo Hsiang Lin Collection 善 Rare items 特 Special Collection 特C Chan Kwan Po Collection 特期 Pre-1950 periodicals　 杜* Ordinary books   Bound newspapers G/F Circulation Counter       RD Reference CD-ROMs, databases Register for use at G/F Reference Counter       山 Ordinary books Request at G/F Circulation Counter 大 Large books 山A Accompanied materials       X中 Collections at Hing Wai Centre compact storage Complete request e-forms for Hing Wai collections X山 X杜* XR X大A X大R 期, 大期 Periodicals, Large Periodicals * 杜 is used in the OPAC for identification only and will not be shown on the label of an item. Some Chinese/Japanese/Korean materials are located at the following locations according to their content and nature: Location Symbol Branch/Location D, D期, DR, DBC Dental Library E, E期, ER, EX Education Library HK, HKC, HKLB, HKS, HKP Hung On To Memorial Library 亞, 亞期, 亞R Centre of Asian Studies 法, 法期, 法R, 法av Lui Che Woo Law Library 農, 農R Kadoorie Agricultural Research Centre 音, 大音, 音期, 音R, 大音R Music Library 醫, 醫期, 醫R, 醫BC Yu Chun Keung Medical Library