The Hong Kong Library and Information Network – A Virtual Gateway to China – Proceedings of HKLA Conference, 1996
| PREFACE | v |
| CONFERENCE ORGANISING COMMITTEE AND SESSION CHAIRS | vi |
| ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS | vii |
| INTRODUCTION TO THE HONG KONG LIBRARY AND INFORMATION NETWORK | |
| 1. Library and Information Services in Hong Kong : Current Developments and Future Challenges / Julia L. Y Chan, Angela S. W Yan and L.B. Kan | 3 |
| 2. A Survey of and Guide to the Medical, Health and Welfare (MHW) Libraries in Hong Kong / Grace Cheng | 19 |
| UNIQUE HONG KONG RESOURCES AND INITIATIVES | |
| 3. The Hong Kong Literature Collection in the Urban Council Public Libraries / Michael Mak | 35 |
| 4. Hongkongiana : an Index to Local Periodical Literature / Nancy Wong and Lisa Kwan | 41 |
| 5. The Hong Kong Law-On-Line Collection : Features, Usage and a Virtual Gateway to China / Law-On-Line Database Services, the University of Hong Kong | 59 |
| 6. Chinese Medicinal Databases at the Chinese University of Hong Kong / WK. Kan, YT Siu and P. P. H But | 71 |
| 7. The Hong Kong Newspaper On-line Database / The Hong Kong Newspaper Project Team, University Library System, the Chinese University of Hong Kong |
77 |
| 8. Digital Library Initiatives at the HKUST Library / Min-min Chang and Library Systems Staff, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
93 |
| 9. The Bold Path Taken : Retro conversion of bibliographic data of the Fung Ping Shan Library, University of Hong Kong / B.W Lee, C.F Lee, WM Chan, T.K. Lo, WK. Kwan, T Y. Lui | 103 |
| 10. The Unicode™ Standard and Its Potential for East Asia / Joan M Aliprand | 123 |
| VIRTUAL GATEWAYS TO CHINA: NETWORKING AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE | |
| 11. Cyber-Communities of Asian Immigrants / Kwan Yau LAM | 141 |
| 12. Talking with China on the Internet. Is This Part of the Virtual Library? / Harry Campbell | 153 |
| 13. Enhancing Document Delivery Through the Virtual Gateway to China / Judith Gee | 161 |
| 14. Networking with Libraries in China : Special Endeavours at the CityU Library / Paul WT. Poon | 169 |
| 15. Analysis on the Book Publication and Distribution in PRC / Dai Longji and Deng Hua | 179 |