{"id":962,"date":"2017-12-08T16:10:19","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T08:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/?p=962"},"modified":"2018-03-22T14:28:46","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T06:28:46","slug":"take-a-break-santa-paws-session-at-the-medical-and-main-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/?p=962","title":{"rendered":"Take A Break Santa Paws session at the Medical and Main Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-968 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/201712-DrDog_MainMed-Roller_MainMed-Roller-300x83.jpg\" alt=\"Dr.Dogd\" width=\"437\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/201712-DrDog_MainMed-Roller_MainMed-Roller-300x83.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/201712-DrDog_MainMed-Roller_MainMed-Roller-768x213.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/201712-DrDog_MainMed-Roller_MainMed-Roller-1024x284.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the overwhelming demand and positive response from the Libraries\u2019 past Santa Paws and Dr Dog sessions, the University of Hong Kong Libraries will host two Santa Paws sessions during the December 2017 Assessment period.<\/p>\n<p>The first <em>Take A Break<\/em> Santa Paws session will be held at the Medical Library on 15 December 2017 from 11:30 AM \u2013 12:30 PM. The second session will be held at the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> floor Lounge Area, Main Library on 18 December 2017 from 11:30 AM \u2013 12:30 PM<\/p>\n<p>It is well documented that therapy dogs can contribute to calmness and overall emotional well-being. Therapy dog programmes are being offered in many universities around the world, in libraries, university health services and student counselling units. It is hoped that these sessions will benefit HKU students during the assessment period by encouraging less stress and anxiety by taking a break from their studies.<\/p>\n<p>To view past sessions, please visit:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/hkulevents\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=1044710135664365\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/hkulevents\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=1044710135664365<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/hkulevents\/photos\/?tab=album&#038;album_id=1042902372511808<\/p>\n<p>For enquiries, please email Public Relations and Development section at <a href=\"mailto:friends@lib.hku.hk\">friends@lib.hku.hk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><em><strong>Note:<\/strong> Jasper, the HKU Libraries resident therapy dog, will not be able to attend the two sessions.<\/em><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the overwhelming demand and positive response from the Libraries\u2019 past Santa Paws and Dr Dog sessions, the University of Hong Kong Libraries will host two Santa Paws sessions during the December 2017 Assessment period. The first Take A Break Santa Paws session will be held at the Medical Library on 15 December 2017 from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-962","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\/962","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\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=962"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1003,"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions\/1003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lib.hku.hk\/newsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}