{"id":1946,"date":"2022-06-01T17:02:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T09:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/?p=1946"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:53:06","slug":"librarian-message-re-special-collections-access-procedure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/?p=1946","title":{"rendered":"Librarian Message re: Special Collections Access Procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Librarian Message re: Special Collections Access Procedure<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jun 2022<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Special Collections Users,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The HKU Library Special Collections <\/span>covers a variety of rare and unique materials which are quite fragile. This includes the\u00a0western rare books relating to early China and Sinology\u00a0dating back as early as 1588 –\u00a0Historia della’ China, in Italian. These rare books collections are known as Morrison, Hankow and Charter Collections. Moreover, it contains materials relating to Japanese Occupation in Hong Kong. It also holds the looted library books from HKUL by the Japanese during World War II. Within the Special Collections, we have a unique Hong Kong Collection.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hong Kong Collection serves as a permanent one-stop repository of research materials covering all aspects about Hong Kong. Since 1974, we actively collect various kinds of Hong Kong-related publications and materials with the mission of preserving the Hong Kong history and cultural heritage. \u00a0We have the most complete Hong Kong Collection globally.\u00a0 We are proud to support many researchers for Hong Kong studies with our collection.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>To maximize the longevity of our special collections, the Preservation and Conservation team performs the necessary treatments to stabilize existing damages and prevent further damages.\u202fWe also perform a wide range of care activities. \u00a0All these\u00a0will enhance the overall value, significance and usage of the collections. The special collections are irreplaceable and invaluable sources for understanding the past, which is the foundation for the future. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Access procedures were recently updated\u00a0to align with international best practice and policies of other international institutions and universities with Special Collections.\u00a0 We focus on the preservation and protection on unique, valuable, rare and irreplaceable collections.\u00a0 We need to prevent mishandling, over usage and vandalism.\u00a0 We also want to ensure the collections and study space are being best utilised by researchers and scholars who need physical access to the collections.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The official announcement and refined procedures\u00a0including advance booking of our research desks, are on\u00a0<\/span>HKUL homepage<\/span><\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/b> Please refer to this official source directly for details.\u00a0 We will continue to review our approach as appropriate.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Regards,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Flora Ng,
\nCIO \/ University Librarian<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Librarian Message re: Special Collections Access Procedure\u00a0 Jun 2022\u00a0 Dear Special Collections Users,\u00a0 The HKU Library Special Collections covers a variety of rare and unique materials which are quite fragile. This includes the\u00a0western rare books relating to early China and Sinology\u00a0dating back as early as 1588 –\u00a0Historia della’ China, in Italian. These rare books collections […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1946"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1950,"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946\/revisions\/1950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}