Bumper New Year Issue
The University of Hong Kong Libraries wishes you
all a very Happy New Year 2001
CONTENTS
The University of Hong Kong Libraries wishes you
all a very Happy New Year 2001
From
Lucinda Wong (Circulation Librarian) and Lorraine Lok (Audio-Visual Librarian)
In order to satisfy user demand for an increase in loan entitlement and to
better support research, teaching, learning and knowledge creation at the
University of Hong Kong, the Senate Library Committee has agreed to extend
library borrowing privileges for the following user categories:
40 books and 3 audio-visual items for teaching and administrative staff
40 books and 3 audio-visual items for research staff
40 books and 3 audio-visual items for postgraduate students
20 books and 3 audio-visual items for undergraduate students, and
10 books and 3 audio-visual items for non-academic staff.
Similarly, to meet user needs and at the same time promote greater use of
the audio-visual collection, the Senate Library Committee has agreed to extend
the borrowing privilege of 3 audio-visual items from the Main Library to HKU
staff, students, graduates, SPACE teaching staff and students who hold HKUL
borrower’s tickets.
The above extensions will take effect from 1 January 2001 for one year on
a trial basis to assess whether library resources can cope with such a generous
extension of borrowing privileges.
Enquiries regarding books should be directed to the Circulation
Department, Tel. 2859-7009 / 2859-2202, or email: kpwong@hkucc.hku.hk / maincir@helios.lib.hku.hk; for audio-visual materials,
enquirers may contact the Audio-Visual Department, Tel. 2859-7006 / 2859-7007,
or email: llklok@hkucc.hku.hk / mainav@helios.lib.hku.hk
From
Lucinda Wong (Circulation Librarian)
The spouses of all HKU staff are eligible for free reader's cards from the
University Libraries, with effect from 16 October. To apply, HKU staff and
their spouses should come in person to the Registration Counter on the G/F of
the Main Library. For cost recovery purposes, a charge of $35.00 will be made
for the smart card for those who do not yet possess a Facilities Access
Card.
All enquiries should be directed to the Circulation Department, Tel.
2859-7009 / 2859-2202, or email: kpwong@hkucc.hku.hk /
maincir@helios.lib.hku.hk.
From Mr Wan Yiu-chuen (Reader Services
Librarian)
We are very
pleased to announce the publication of The
Life and Work of Lin Sheng-shih (林聲翕傳), no.13 in the
University of Hong Kong Libraries Publication Series. In this well-researched
biography, Professor C.C. Liu depicts the life and work of Professor Lin
Sheng-shih, a prominent contemporary Chinese composer who dedicated his whole
life to the development of music education, conducting and composition in Hong
Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan. In his research Professor Liu was able to take
good advantage of the extensive Lin Sheng-shih Collection deposited in our
Special Collections. The biography also includes a catalogue of the Lin
Sheng-shih collection, jointly compiled by Professor Liu and Mr Wan Yiu-chuen.
From Rebecca Yeung (Reference Librarian)
User survey
HKU Libraries conducted a user survey from November 27- December 16 to
collect library user feedback on library services and resources in order to
better meet the study, teaching and research needs of our users.
What’s new on our homepage
Many publishers
offer email alert services that can keep you efficiently informed of new
resources. You can register for such a free alert service by visiting the
publishers’ webpage from the “Resources’ link on the HKU Libraries Homepage at
http://www.hku.hk/lib/reso_alert.htm and by then completing the online form.
The alert utility is designed to keep you abreast of new developments by
sending you daily, weekly or monthly emails of new entries related to your
field of interest.
Exhibition
introduces Library services
An exhibition highlighting the major services provided by the University
Libraries was held from November 20 to December 31.
From Lorraine Lok (A/V Librarian)
New A/V webpage launched
A new A/V webpage
has just been launched with the assistance of our Computer Officer, Dr Ku Kam
Ming. The site provides lists of A/V materials in various formats from the Main
Library’s A/V Collection with dynamic links to the library catalogue where
details of the items can be instantly viewed. Searching for A/V materials can
also be done by selecting the hyperlink for the Non-print Materials Subset of
the library catalogue. The webpage incorporates the New A/V Additions list and
the entire A/V Collection. It is accessible by selecting the icon ‘A/V
Department Collection’ on the Libraries’ homepage under ‘Resources’.
From Iris Chan (Special
Collections Librarian)
New depository
collection added
Our United Nations depository collection was recently transferred to
the Special Collections. While the electronic version of UN masthead documents
and official records will be accessible from the Libraries homepage, the other
print and non-print depository materials are shelved in the Special Collections
for consultation by library users.
The Geotechnical Control Office (GCO) of the Hong Kong Government Civil Engineering Department has recently donated more than 600 volumes of ground investigation reports to the Libraries. These reports were prepared in conjunction with contracts issued by the GCO in 1997, which commissioned various consultancy companies to carry out ground investigations at different locations all over Hong Kong. Providing detailed information about local geotechnical conditions, these technical reports should be of great interest to students and researchers.
Other notable donations
More than 1,300 volumes of books were received
from Mrs Margaret Kwan, the grand-daughter of Sir Robert Hotung, and 50 cartons
of newspaper clippings on the People’s Republic of China from the Centre of Asian Studies.
Visitors welcomed
Visitors during this period included Ms Elizabeth
M. Ride, daughter of Sir Lindsay Ride, and Professor DWY Kwok of the University
of Hawaii.
FUNG PING SHAN LIBRARY NEWS
Facelift for the FPS Library
From Esther Woo (Assistant Librarian, Fung
Ping Shan Library)
As part of the
Old Wing cyclical redecoration project, the Fung Ping Shan Library has been
undergoing renovations which began in July. In order to facilitate major renovation
works, such as the alteration of partitions, improvement of lighting,
air-conditioning and fire safety installations, the office and stacks on the 5/F
were relocated to the 1/F Old Wing for almost three months. At the same time,
open stack collections on the 6/F and 4/F were temporarily closed to the
public.
Thanks to the
patience and understanding of our users, the major works were completed by the
end of November. The closed stack areas on the 4/F and 5/F were demolished to
make room for more space for the public and for the new Taiwan Studies
Collection. Although the
demolition of the storerooms has necessitated relegation of the newspaper
collection and 山, 杜collections to our offsite depository, users may be delighted to find
that the number of terminals has been significantly increased, and for the
first time all current journals are on open display. After the renovation of
the 4/F has been completed, all the East Asian language journals will be
shelved on that floor while additional reading places will be available adjacent to this collection.
Exhibition on The Life and Works of Professor Lo
Hsiang-lin
From Dr Ma Tai-loi (Fung Ping Shan
Librarian)
This exhibition
was held from October 23 – November 20 in the Main Library entrance lobby.
Professor Lo (1906-1978) taught in the Department of Chinese for 17 years from
1951 to 1968. He was a pioneer in Hong Kong studies and promoted this cause by
offering courses on Hong Kong 's history and conducting excursions for the
students. He published more than 400 articles and 47 books amongst which were
the history of Hong Kong prior to 1842, the history of Hong Kong's higher
education, and studies on Dr Sun Yat-sen's activities in Hong Kong.
Items on display
included Professor Lo's manuscripts, letters to him from such eminent scholars
as Chen Yinge and Joseph Needham, and papers written by his students. Also
featured were a fascimile of a diploma granted by the Hong Kong College of
Medicine for Chinese dated 1902, and other artifacts related to Dr Sun Yat-sen.
Most of the items
were selected from the Fung Ping Shan Library's Professor Lo Hsiang-lin
Collection.
From David Palmer (Systems Librarian)
Hong Kong Newspaper Clippings Online
As in previous
projects, we have digitized and created an online searchable database from
printed documents. A link to this new title can be seen on the Digital Library
Collections Web page, http://www.hku.hk/lib/dlc.html, under 'HKUL Digital
Initiatives', or by pointing the browser directly to
http://asterix.lib.hku.hk/news/.
This full-text
image database has been created from the original set of newspaper clippings
compiled for the Department of Political Science by Dr Norman Miners. The
database comprises more than 150,000 images covering the early 1970s to 1994.
Most of the topics are related to politics and government in Hong Kong and
materials were primarily gathered from the South China Morning Post and the
Hong Kong Standard. More clippings
collections will be added later.
More enhancements to the online thesis database
(http://asterix.lib.hku.hk/hkuto)
In a related development, the HKU Senate approved in November a new requirement for postgraduate students entering into M.Phil and Ph.D degree programs beginning from 1 January 2001. This will be the mandatory submission of an electronic copy of their thesis or dissertation (ETD) at the same time that the print copy is submitted. With few exceptions, the full text of these ETDs will then also be added to HKUTO.
*Please note that some
hyperlinks to images will produce exception messages rather than the desired
image. In this case, digitization work has not yet been completed, or the
thesis in question is restricted.
Web
pages for HKU Libraries' Digital Library Collections (DLC) enhanced in speed,
functionality and content
HKUL staff have endeavoured over the last several months to enhance the effectiveness of the Web pages for the DLC. These changes were put in place on November 4. The major changes are
the inclusion of e-book titles
the grouping of subject topics into larger subject areas
the faster loading of pages
Changes to a well
used resource such as the DLC are bound to bring some disruption to users. We
regret the inconvenience caused but believe that these changes will be welcomed
by most as a very big improvement. Please try them out at
http://www.hku.hk/lib/dlc.html and let us have your feedback.
GENERAL
COLLECTION NEWS
With the adoption of electronic deposit by the United Nations Publications
Board, effective January 2001, masthead documents and official records in
electronic format will be available for access via the United Nations Optical
Disk System (ODS). However, as the HKU Law Library subscribes to the ODS, our
users have already been able to access it. The UN Bibliographic Information
System (UNBISnet) and the United Nations Treaty Collection are also available
to the HKU community.
To facilitate access to the collection, a web page has been created for
the United Nations Depository Collection. The URL is:
http://www.hku.hk/lib/un/
OR
Go to:
http://www.hku.hk/lib
Click: <Library
Collections> under ‘Resources’
Click: <United
Nations Depository Collection>
UN print and non-print depository materials are shelved in the Special
Collections, 1/F New Wing of the Main Library building. These materials are
available to staff, students, visiting researchers as well as the general
public for consultation during Special Collections opening hours.
For further information, please contact the Special Collections at 2859
2207. Their staff will be happy to provide any assistance required.
From Irene Fung (Dental Librarian)
A Knowledge Navigation Centre (KNC) was
set up in the Dental Library in early September, providing the latest hardware
and software for users to integrate learning, research and digital publishing.
The Dental Librarian gave a seminar on Electronic Research Strategies to students and teaching staff of
the Faculty of Dentistry. The seminar was sponsored by the Faculty of Dentistry Committee of Research Management.
The Library recently acquired the
following electronic resources: Magnetic
resonance imaging, Principles and practice of anesthesiology, Drugs, diseases
& anesthesia, Elsevier's encyclopedia of neuroscience, and Pyramid
challenge.
Visitors to the Dental Library during
this period included Dr Thomas M. T. Waltimo from the University of Helsinki,
Finland; Professor Douglas Luke from the Universiti Kepangsaan, Malaysia; Dr
Yang Hui from the Department of Psychology, Beijing Normal University; Dr David
MacDonald from the Department of Radiology, University of Bergen, Norway; and
Mr Peter Cheung, Secretary-General of the University Grants Committee.
From Mimi Yeung (Education Librarian)
The Education
Library started its busy academic year with a series of orientation programmes
which lasted from September 4 to October 13. A total of 6 library
introductions, 30 guided tours and 3 CD-ROM workshops were arranged during the
period to familiarise new students with library facilities and services. Two
open bibliographic instruction sessions on how to use CD-ROMs were also
arranged in November and December. Bibliographic sessions for M.Ed. and P.C.Ed.
students will continue well into the second semester of the academic year.
To facilitate
their retrieval, dissertations from previous years once stored outside the
Library have been relocated to join the current ones on the newly installed
book shelves behind the library counter, making the collection more readily
available to library users.
The audio-visual
facilities in the Education Library have been upgraded with the acquisition of
new headphones and a CD/DVD/LD player. A list of Education Library audio-visual
titles in English and Chinese is now available in printed form at the library
counter for quick reference.
LEE HYSAN MEDICAL LIBRARY
From Mary
Leong (Medical Librarian)
Over the last
quarter, preparations have been made to increase the number of e-book,
e-journal and e-collection subscriptions provided for our users. One
interesting new addition is access to the Internurse web site
(www.internurse.com) which offers nursing staff and students a wide range of
online resources, including access to six major journals and some useful
information and references on topics such as nutrition, diabetes care, wound
care, IV therapy, palliative care, and midwifery.
A subject list of
current subscriptions was mounted on the library webpage in early October. The
headings chosen generally conform with those used for indexing Journal Citation
Reports to help users match our holdings against their subject specialties.
Plans have also
been in hand for two new discrete collections: a Historical Collection and a
Faculty Publications Collection. Once the relevant books have been retrieved
from the main collection there will be some slight rearrangements to
accommodate these new sections.
The library
recently introduced a ‘Students’ Corner’ display of articles giving hot tips
for managing their studies, hints on sharpening their practical skills,
information on careers, a spotlight article on an topic of special interest
(such as overseas volunteer work), and a few cartoons on medical topics.
Articles are being replaced every two weeks.
An exhibition of
books from the collection and of newspaper articles relating to Hong Kong and
China was held from November 29 - December 18 to publicise World AIDS Day
on December 1.
LUI CHE WOO LAW LIBRARY
From Sng
Chan Yok Fong (Law Librarian) and Irene Shieh (Assistant Librarian)
The following two
titles were finally completed and published in November:
1. Master
List of Holdings of Serial Titles, Law Reports & Legislation, & Current
Loose-Leaf Publications. 2nd ed. (University of Hong Kong Libraries
Publications, No. 15).
2. Chinese
Language Serials, Newspapers & Electronic Databases in the Law Library.
(University of Hong Kong Libraries Publications, No. 16).
In conjunction
with the Faculty of Law Library Committee, the Chinese language law serials
were reviewed with a view to cancelling those which were little used or
irrelevant. A total of 15 titles were identified for cancellation, most of
which were Chinese newspapers. The only title not cancelled was taken over by
the Fung Ping Shan Library.
Associate
Professor and Deputy Director of the Law Library, Peking University, Ms Yin Li,
visited the Library from October 4-13 on a familiarisation tour to observe its
operations, services and resources. Arrangements were also made for her to
visit the Fung Ping Shan Library, the Main Library Cataloguing Department, the
Law Library of the City University, the Legislative Council Library, and the
High Court Library.
Mr Cao Shou Ye (曹守曄), Senior Judge of the Supreme People's Court in
Beijing, visited the Law Library to do some research. Irene Shieh gave him a
2-hour personal research session on WTO and related law.
The library
recently took out a subscription to LEXIS.COM, a major online service.
Arrangements were made for a total of 5 open and tailor-made training sessions
for staff, faculty members, undergraduates and postgraduates.
A series of
library instruction classes were held during the first semester, covering
topics such as Searching for Legal Materials in the OPAC, Searching for Law
Review & Journal Articles, and Searching for HK Cases & Law Reports in
Electronic Format. A number of topical legal research sessions were also
conducted for LLM students.
Students are invited to suggest new topics for classes, workshops, or tailor-made
research training sessions which they would like the library to organise during
the next semester. Please email your suggestions to: lawlib@lib.hku.hk.
Users are
probably aware that the staircase leading to the library entrance on the first
floor has recently undergone a complete overhaul, with the carpets and metal
nosing replaced. This has eliminated the potential hazards posed by the
worn-out nosing.
As part of our
efforts to improve the general environment of the library, several legal prints
have been added to various spots inside the library. Observant users will
notice that the familiar sight of Lord Denning overlooking the first floor
staircase has been replaced with a print of WP Frith’s ‘The Plea’, a fine
hand-coloured reproduction from the original Victorian printing plate, depicting
a scene from Court 1 of the Old Bailey.
MUSIC LIBRARY
From Helen Woo (Music Librarian)
The Music Library has recently added two very
important CD-ROM databases to its collection:
1.
RISM Serie A/II (International
Inventory of Musical Sources), the most comprehensive work for music
manuscripts and printed editions through 1800.
2.
CPM Plus, the Catalogue of Printed Music in the British Library
1503-1996, which records the most comprehensive collection of printed music in
the world, with 755,000 entries.
With assistance from the Systems Department, all stand-alone CD-ROMs
and floppy disk programs have now been installed. Internet resources for music
have been updated and various e-books for music have been selected.
Two new computers with LCD monitors have replaced the old
workstations. New CD, LP and microform cabinets have been acquired to
accommodate the rapid growth of the audio-visual collection which has been
completely rearranged. New journal titles have been submitted to the Arts
Faculty Library Committee for subscription in 2001.
The Music Library participated in the JUPAS Open Day on 14 October
with an exhibition of some special music scores.
Some 400 items of duplicate books, scores, journals, CDs and
cassettes were donated to the library of the Academy of Performing Arts.
Effective 1 January 2001, Dr Kan, former
Librarian and Senior Library Consultant will move to SPACE as Senior
Consultant, primarily responsible for Library and Information Science Programmes.
We thank Dr Kan for her many contributions as the University Librarian for 15½
years and Senior Library Consultant for 1½ years.
Dr Ma Tai-loi, Deputy Librarian, attended an
organizing meeting for the compilation of a Comprehensive Catalogue of Chinese
Genealogies at Shanghai Library on 27- 28 November 2000. The meeting was
attended by representatives from over 25 institutions, mainly provincial libraries. Mr Chen Qilin, Director of the Bureau
of Social Culture and Libraries, Ministry of Culture, gave the opening speech. Shanghai Library will be
the Chief Editor of this Comprehensive Catalogue, and the University of Hong
Kong Libraries has been appointed as the Editor for Hong Kong and Macao. The
Catalogue is scheduled for completion in three years. While in Shanghai, Dr Ma
and Ms Angela Ko of the Fung Ping Shan Library also visited other libraries,
the Shanghai Archives and vendors for the collecting of materials on Shanghai.
Mr Wan Yiu-chuen, Reader Services Librarian, and Ms Lucinda Wong, Circulation
Librarian were admitted to Fellowship of the
Hong Kong Library Association on December 7. Mrs Mary Leong, Medical Librarian, received her Certificate
of Fellowship of the UK Library Association at a ceremony in London on October
19.
Congratulations to Ms Lilian Lucke, Library Assistant I in the
Medical Library, who received her Diploma in
Library and Information Science from HKU SPACE on September 30 and her
BA (Library and Information Science) degree from Charles Sturt University on
October 10; and to Ms Amy Kok, Library Assistant II in the Circulation
Department, who received her Diploma in Librarianship from Charles Sturt
University on October 10.
Congratulations also to Ms Grace Chan, Library Assistant II in the
Music Library, who was awarded the H.A. Rydings Award for attaining the highest
mark in the examination of the Certificate Course for Library Assistants
(English Stream) 1999-2000.
APPOINTMENTS
Mrs Averil
Robertson, BA Newcastle-upon-Tyne, MAppliedSc
Charles Sturt. took up appointment as
Temporary Assistant Librarian II on 1 November 2000.
Miss Winnie Lam,
BBS Southern Queensland, MA Shefflield, took up appointment as
Temporary Probationary Assistant Librarian on 20 November 2000.
Mr Low Tsz Kin,
BSocSc HK, MSc CUHK, took up appointment as Computer Officer on 18 December
2000.
Date Visitors
/ Institutes
September 25, 2000 A
19-member delegation of Feng Chia University, Taichung, including Professor Liu
An-chih (劉安之), President, Professor Li Yuan-tung (李元棟), Vice-President, and Dr Ching Hsiang-hoo (景祥祜), Director of
University Library.
September 29, 2000 Ms
Cai Suiang (蔡睟盎) and Mr Cai Yingduo (蔡英多), children of the late Dr Cai Yuanpei (蔡元培), the eminent educator.
October 10, 2000 Mrs.
Sue Swee Chin Small, Chinese Studies Librarian, School of Oriental and African
Studies, University of London.
October 12, 2000 Ms
Yin Li (尹力), Deputy Director of Law Library, Peking University (北京大學).
October 24, 2000 Dr
Lily Sui-fong Sun (孫穗芳), grand-daughter of Dr Sun Yat-sen.
October 30, 2000 Professor
Boris L. Riftin, Corresponding Member, Russian Academy of Sciences, and
Professor Zhou Zhenhe (周振鶴), Geography Department, Fudan University (復旦大學).
October 31, 2000 A
delegation of officials from Shenzhen who are attending a study course in Hong
Kong.
November 3, 2000 Professor
Liu Zhiming (劉志明), Vice-President, and Professor Wei Zhen (魏偵), Director of External Affairs, Hebei Industrial University (河北工業大學).
Mrs
Fanny Law, Secretary for Education and Manpower and Mr Raymond Young, Deputy
Secretary for Education and Manpower.
Professor
Qi Changzheng (戚長政), Head, Department of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering and
Professor Lin Runhui (林潤惠), Director, Department of Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Light Industry
Technical College (廣東輕工職業技術學院).
November 17, 2000 Visitors
from International Youth Exchange Programme, led by Professor K. Refsing and Dr
Y. Nakano, Department of Japanese Studies, H.K.U.
Visitors
from the University of Calgary
November 21, 2000 A
36-member delegation from Fudan University (復旦大學) and Nanjing University (南京大學).
November 22, 2000 Ms
Chen Yunping (陳蘊萍), Office Manager, and Ms Li Ying (李瑛), Head of Acquisitions, Southeast University Library (東南大學), Nanjing.
November 27, 2000 Undergraduate students from the National University of Singapore.
December 4, 2000 Professor Chen Zhaoneng (陳兆能), University Librarian, Ms
Gu Jiang (顧江), Ms Wang Lianjia (王鏈嘉), and Professor Zhang Huihui (張惠惠) from Shanghai Jiaotong University (上海交通大學).
December 6, 2000 Visitors
from Tianjin Normal University (天津師範大學), led by Professor Gao Ti (高悌), President.
Tel: 2819 9286
APPENDIX:
new electronic resources
Provides business
information on Canadian public, private, and crown companies.
Offers detailed issue-by-issue coverage of all sizable U.S. equity and debt offerings.
Includes
financial and management information for more than 12,000 companies trading on
major US exchanges.
A worldwide financial information service with over one billion items of data from more than 140 countries and 60 markets spanning over 40 years. Covers all aspects of the securities industry and contains key data sets from both developed and emerging markets :
Family process
A searchable database which provides over 16,000 text pages, including article abstracts, full text, reference notes, footnotes, tables, graphs, and charts of the original journal from 1962 to the present.
A
multilingual database of
bibliographic citations of translated books in all domains from more
than 100 countries recorded by UNESCO since 1979.
Covers
publications on transportation, primarily railroad and aviation, such as the
Jane's yearbooks.
The most
comprehensive careers guidance program in the UK which includes the AGCAS database
of over 400 Profiles covering a wide range of graduate occupations.
Contains a total
of 136 issues and more than 1,000 articles in 59 volumes published over 70
years, for the study of arts, science, history and literature in relation to
Burma.
Provides online
access to Securities Data Company's global merger and financing information
with coverage of the widest variety of financial transactions. HKU Libraries
has access to three of their databases: Global New Issues, Mergers &
Acquisitions and VentureXpert.
M&A ( Mergers & Acquisitions database)
Includes The
Joint Ventures and Alliances database, the New
Issues databases and VentureXpert, from Venture Economics and Securities Data
Corporation.
Web-based research service providing direct access to Thomson
Financial’s comprehensive ownership data. Reports can be exported in commonly
used formats for further analysis, including in Microsoft Excel®.
World higher education database 2000
Combines the latest databases of the IAU: International Handbook of Universities and the IAU: World List of Universities.