News & Announcements

We are pleased to let you know that you will be able to use your HKU Student Card for access to the University Libraries until August 31, 2024.

Notes:

• For updated access policy and service level, please refer to: https://lib.hku.hk/index.html.
• The above shall be eligible for access by graduands of the Class of 2023 with their HKU Student Cards until August 31, 2024.
• The access is eligible to the Year 2023 graduands who have already completed their studies in the following HKU programmes: Undergraduate, Taught Postgraduate, Research Postgraduate, Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma. The list does not include HKU SPACE.
• For those graduands who have lost their HKU Student Cards, they can apply for the Facility Access Card by filling in this form.
• For graduands who will be admitted to the HKU postgraduate programmes, when issued with a new HKU Student Card, their level of facility access as postgraduates will override their “Class of 2023” status.
• Kindly find more details at: https://www.newgrads.alumni.hku.hk/facilities-access-2023

Dear colleagues, students and Libraries patrons,

We have received more reports of excessive downloading incidents recently from our information providers and suppliers of electronic resources (eResources). This would sometimes lead to an access ban on the whole HKU community.

To better tackle the interruption caused by excessive downloading incidents, the Senate Library Committee has passed the below policy against any student, staff member or Libraries patron found to have involved in any excessive downloading or prohibited uses (the Offender) after our investigation: –

1. A one-month access ban will be placed on the first-time offender from using all eResources offered by the Libraries (remote and on campus);
2. The first-time offender has to complete an e-Learning Course on the ethical use of electronic resources with a passing threshold at 80% in one month;
3. A repeat offender (being caught more than once) will be put on a five-month consecutive access ban from all eResources subscribed by the Libraries. The Libraries may consider taking repeat offenders to the Disciplinary Committee for further actions;
4. If the offender is a student, a staff member or any personnel attached to a faculty or a department, the Libraries will serve a letter with details to the respective faculty or department for record or any further action needed.

To avoid any interruption in the course access of eResources to the HKU community, we call for your attention to what leads to excessive downloading or prohibited uses on our thematic page: https://www.lib.hku.hk/general/warning.html.

Your cooperation is key to uphold our reputation. Thank you.

Yours Sincerely,
Flora Ng
CIO and University Librarian