About HKUL
Fung Ping Shan Library
Collections
Introduction
The history of the Fung Ping Shan Library dates back to 1929, when the late Mr. Fung Ping Shan (1986-1931) donated a building to the University of Hong Kong to be used as a Chinese Library. Sir William Peel, then Governor of Hong Kong and Chancellor of the University, opened the Fung Ping Shan Library on 14 December 1932. Since that time, Fung Ping Shan Library has served not only the University and the Hong Kong community but also scholars from different parts of the world.
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 2012, the Library had a stock of over one million volumes, more than 17,000 periodicals titles and some 170 Chinese newspapers from Mainland China, Taiwan, Japan and Southeast Asian countries. Its collections also consisted of 5,400 titles of microfilm, more than 1,000 microfiche titles and 20,000 items of audio-visual materials. Of growing importance is its digital collection, comprising key Chinese online databases such as Scripta Sinica Database, Chinese Classic Ancient Books, Sikuquanshu, China Journal Net, China Yearbook Database, China Doctor Dissertations Database, China Reference Works Online, China Infobank, WiseNews, Duxiu, Chinamaxx Digital Libraries, SuperStar Digital Library and Apabi Digital Library, etc.
Collection highlights:
- Rare books
The Library's collection of rare books (published in or before the year 1795) is one of the largest in Hong Kong. It comprises more than 700 titles in 14,000 volumes, including 4 Song Dynasty editions, 18 Yuan Dynasty editions, as well as block prints from Ming Dynasty and manuscripts from Qing Dynasty. - Genealogical materials
About 400 titles, most of them from clans in Guangdong and Hong Kong, are available. These are highly valuable primary sources for studying the history of Hong Kong and the region. - Stone rubbings
A notable part of the collection is some 1,500 pieces of rubbings engraved during the early 1900s. The Library acquired the collection from a private collector in the 1960s - Periodicals and newspapers
About 17,000 periodical titles, of which more than 2,400 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 during the Republican period.
More than 170 titles of print Chinese newspapers are available, including a variety of pre-1949 titles and thirty current titles. Some 100 titles of Mainland newspapers are in microfilm. Full-text newspapers, including two from Taiwan and eleven from Mainland China, are also available online. - 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.
Some 10,000 local gazetteers and over 200 titles of seal impressions are also available in the library collection.
Library Classification Schemes
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:
| FPS No. | Description | LCC No. | FPS No. | Description | LCC No. | |
| 000 | Generalities | A,Z | 500 | Applied Sciences | T | |
| 010 | Bibliography | Z | 510 | Medical sciences | R | |
| 020 | Library & information sciences | Z | 520 | Engineering | T-TN | |
| 030 | 530 | Agriculture | S | |||
| 040 | General encyclopedic works | AE | 540 | Home economics & family living | TX | |
| 050 | News media, journalism, publishing | PN,AN,AP | 550 | Management & anxiliary services | HD | |
| 060 | General organizations & museology | AS, AM | 560 | Chemical engineering | TP | |
| 070 | Collections on essays and Chinese studies | AC | 570 | Manufacturing | TS | |
| 080 | General collections | AC | 580 | |||
| 090 | Collected classics | B, PL | 590 | Buildings | TH | |
| 100 | Philosohpy | B | 600 | History and Geography | DS | |
| 110 | Thoughts | B | 610 | General works on Chinese history and geography | DS | |
| 120 | Chinese philosophy | B | 620 | Chinese history | DS | |
| 130 | Philosophy of the East | B | 630 | History of Chinese culture | DS | |
| 140 | Philosophy of the West | B | 640 | |||
| 150 | Metaphysics | BD | 650 | |||
| 160 | Logic | BC | 660 | Chinese geography | DS | |
| 170 | Psychology | BF | 670 | Chinese local history | DS | |
| 180 | Ethics (Moral philosophy) | BJ | 680 | Classified works on history of Chinese places | DS | |
| 190 | Popular psychology | BF | 690 | Travel in China | DS | |
| 200 | Religion | B | 700 | World History and Geography | C-G | |
| 210 | Comparative regligions | BL | 710 | World geography | GA | |
| 220 | Buddhism | BQ | 720 | Maps | GA | |
| 230 | Taoism | BL | 730 | History & geography of East Asia | DS | |
| 240 | Christianity | BR-BX | 740 | History & geography of Europe | D | |
| 250 | Islam, Mohammedanism | BP | 750 | History & geography of America | E,F | |
| 260 | Judaism | BM | 760 | History & geography of Africa | D | |
| 270 | Other religions | BL | 770 | History & geography of Australia and others | D | |
| 280 | 780 | Biography & genealogy | CS,CT | |||
| 290 | Astrology | BF | 790 | Archaeology & antiquities | CC | |
| 300 | Social Sciences | H | 800 | Language & Literature | P | |
| 310 | Statistics | HA | 802 | Chinese language | PL | |
| 320 | Political sciences | J,HX | 803-809 | Other languages | P | |
| 330 | Economics | HB-HD,HG-HJ | 810 | Literature (Belles-lettres) | PN | |
| 340 | Law | K | 820 | Critics on Chinese literature | PL | |
| 350 | Military science | U,V | 830 | Collections on Chinese literature | PL | |
| 360 | Social services | HM-HV | 840 | Collected works of individua Chinese authors | PL | |
| 370 | Education | L | 850 | Other special types of Chinese literature | PL | |
| 380 | Commerce, communications & transport | HE | 860 | Literature of the East | PJ,PL | |
| 390 | Customs, etiquette, folklore | GR, GT | 870-880 | Literature of the West | PQ-PZ | |
| 400 | Natural Sciences | Q | 900 | The Arts | N | |
| 410 | Mathematics | QA | 910 | Civic & landscape art | NA | |
| 420 | Astronomy | QB | 920 | Architecture | NA | |
| 430 | Physics | QC | 930 | Sculpture | NB | |
| 440 | Chemistry | QD | 940 | Painting & calligraphy | ND | |
| 450 | Earth sciences | QE | 950 | Drawing, decorative & minor arts | NC,NK | |
| 460 | Paleontology | QE,QH | 960 | Graphics arts print making & prints | NE | |
| 470 | Life sciences | QH,QR | 970 | Photography & photographs | TR | |
| 480 | Botanical sciences | QK | 980 | Music | M | |
| 490 | Zoological sciences | QL | 990 | Recreational & performing arts | PN, GV |
OPAC
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 Information Counter (3/F., Main Library) 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 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
Newly Catalogued Items
Most of the newly catalogued items will be displayed on the New Books Shelves on Ground Floor for one week. Display is changed every Wednesday. Users can also browse the addition lists on the Libraries' webpage.