1997年是中国人的一个特殊年份，香港回归，党的十五大胜利召开，三峡工程长江截流等等都是具有划时代意义的大事；而对中山大学信息管理系（下简称中大信管系），1997年同样具有特殊意义：8月30日，在第63届IFLA哥本哈根年会上，中大信管系被正式接纳为IFLA机构会员，成为中国 1997 is a special year for Chinese people. The return of Hong Kong, the victory of the 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and the interception of the Three Gorges Project in the Yangtze River are epoch-making events. However, for the information management department of Sun Yat-sen University (hereinafter referred to as " , 1997 is also of special significance: On August 30, at the 63rd IFLA Copenhagen Annual Conference, the CUHK letter system was formally accepted as a member of the IFLA Institution and became China