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4/F Main Library

Archive for December, 2016

Dec 22 2016

Temporary Relocation of Collection – Call Number 300-330.9 (Q) Social Sciences

Dear Patrons

Please be informed that books with call number 300-330.9 (Q), Social Sciences Collection have been relocated from the 4th Floor New Wing to the 2nd Floor New Wing as part of the Compact Storage Relocation Project (Phase II) (http://lib.hku.hk/csrml/index.html). The Phase II works will complete in late January/early February 2017 with the collection returning to the 4th Floor.

For any enquiries please contact 3917 2202 or visit the Lending Services Counter on the 2nd Floor.

Ms Esther Woo

Associate Librarian

Engagement and Lending Services

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Dec 21 2016

Increase in Deposit Fee for Graduate Borrower’s Cards and Introduction of Processing Fee Graduate Reader’s Cards

Dear Patrons,

In order to recover the service costs for processing Graduate Reader’s Cards, an additional fee of HK$50 will be introduced to new applications with effect from 1 January 2017.

Please also note that the deposit for Graduate Borrower’s Cards will be increased to HK$1,000 for new applications with effect from 1 January 2017 to meet the increasing library material costs.

For inquiries about the above fee changes, please contact the Lending Services Division at 3917-5945 or 3917-2202.

Best regards,

Dr Y C Wan

Acting University Librarian

The University of Hong Kong

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Dec 21 2016

Beware: a phishing e-mail pretending from the Libraries

PLEASE IGNORE the e-mail below when you receive it.

phishing email

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Dec 12 2016

Christmas and New Year Holidays 2016/2017

Message from the University Libraries

Library Opening Hours during Christmas and New Year Holidays

Main Library and Branches

21 December 2016 (Winter Solstice)

– CLOSED at 5 pm

24-27 December 2016, and 1 & 2 January 2017

– CLOSED

31 December 2016

– CLOSED at 1 pm

The Library Corner on G/F and the Study Zone on Level 3, Main Library, will remain open for the use by CURRENT STAFF and CURRENT STUDENTS ONLY.

For enquiry, please call 3917-2203 or 3917-2202.

 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Peter Sidorko

University Librarian

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Dec 07 2016

HKUL Launches the New Hong Kong Image Database

On the 5 October 2016, The University of Hong Kong Libraries launched the Hong Kong Image Database.

The Hong Kong Image Database is a digital collection of historical images documenting the Hong Kong experience from the 1840s through to the 1990s. The Database features a wealth of images of Hong Kong, including people, landscapes, infrastructures, villages, agriculture and fisheries activities, industrial settings, housing, buildings, panoramas, and more. The University of Hong Kong Libraries unlocks this digital vault of historic images with rich metadata and makes them freely available for public consultation.

The Database contains images scanned from a variety of resources collected by the Libraries’ Special Collections, including photographic prints, slides, negatives, and print publications. Among the many photographs in the Database, several featured collections are available as well, such as, Hong Kong Tourist Association, Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch, Fanling Hunt Club, Land Use Survey Photos, Ng Bar Ling Hiking Photos, Walter Schofield Field Trip Photos, William Floyd Nineteenth Century Costume Portraits, Post WWII Images, Panoramas, Prominent Figures and more.

For more information about the Hong Kong Image Database, please visit http://digital.lib.hku.hk/hkimage/

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