TNAG-0534-FCO40-629-UK-aid-to-Hong-Kong-Polytechnic-and-technical-institutions-1975 — Page 51

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Engineering, Production Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Building Departments. Bibliographies of reference books were compiled for each subject, and in the case of mechanical engineering a literature guide was prepared. The guide included a flow chart showing the stops to take during a literature search, and this was found to be particularly useful to the students preparing projects. It is hoped that this program will be expanded considerably during the next academic year with the emphasis placed on teaching students to know and use the literature within their own subject fields.

7.

General

Total number of Volumes in DDC

Total number of Volumes in LCC

Total number of uncatalogued volumes Total volumes in library system

14890

6150

5376

26,416

An assessment was made of the worth of the books previously owned by the Technical College and it was decided to discard some which were obsolete or in bad repair. Taking account also of the large number of books from the former library which had already, before August 1972, been lost or discarded but not then written off stock, the above figure for total book holdings is an accurate one.

users.

The figures show that 21,040 volumes are available to

8.

Finance

Actual Expenditure

1973/74

1972/73

Books

HK$503,000

N.A.

Periodicals

HK$361,000

N.A.

AV aids and equipment

HK$157,000

Nil

Total

HK$1,021,000

HK 64,778

Outstanding Commitment

HK$858,000

Total Estimated Expenditure HK$1,879,000

Nil

HK$64,778

9th August, 1974 BLB/bl

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