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GENERAL
INTRODUCTION |
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The
Library of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
is divided into two parts, the Old Building which was founded in
1953, and the New Building (named Yi Fu Building), which was erected
in August, 1990. Located in the center of the university, the Library
occupies a total area of 24,000 square kilometers, with a beautiful
scenery in the courtyard and a spacious and comfortable environment
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The Library possesses
altogether 29 reading rooms of various kinds, which can hold over
2,700 readers at a time and provide more than 100 computer terminals
for information retrieval. The Library adopts the entire open-shelf
approach in the document circulation and is equipped with the first-level
book-management system in the world. By the year of 1999, the Library
has possessed more than 2,290,000 collections, including over 10,000
kinds of periodicals and 300 newspapers from both China and abroad. |
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The accumulation of videos, records,
microprints and machine readable media is also on the rise. What
has been established is a computer express information network,
two advanced CD Towers and a CD base in which the center part will
be further developed. Now the Library owns over 20 CD databases,
more than 10 self-built databases and which enables all the databases
to serve on the Internet. In addition to multiple channels of acquisition,
the Library has established material exchange relations with more
than 110 units of about 30 countries and regions to enrich its holdings.Owing
to the efforts of all the work staff, the Library has undergone
a great development and acquired a high reputation in the education
field in both China and abroad. The Library of HUST will be sure
to have a even brighter future in the coming of the 21st Century!
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