Valid JULAC Library Card holders may access the PolyU Library from 4 Jan 2021.

To enter the PolyU campus, JULAC Library Card holders are required to present their valid JULAC Library Card and ID card or other proof of identity, and sign the University’s travel and health status declaration form at the registration counter at any of the following campus entrances on their first visit:

• Entrance at Podium Level (via public footbridge from Exit A of MTR Hung Hom station)
• Entrance at the Fountain Square near Core A

* As informed by the University’s Facilities Management Office, Library card holders will be required to submit the declaration again when their card is renewed or replaced, or if there are any subsequent changes in their travel and/or health status, or upon University management’s latest instruction.

Please note that all users must be wearing a mask to be allowed entry into the campus and the Library. To protect oneself and others, all Library users are reminded to

• Wear a mask properly at all times;
• Observe the Library Food & Drink Policy. Put the mask back on as soon as possible after drinking. Do not consume any drinks when walking. 
• Keep a safe social distance with others and not to move the tables and chairs away from their original places.

​Before your visit to the Library, please check the Library Homepage for the latest service updates and opening hours.

Please contact us for enquiries and assistance.

What book do you think the PolyU community should read next? Send us your Common Book nominations for a new year of reading in 2021.

Submit your favourite book titles, along with the author’s name, to lbread@polyu.edu.hk  by 31 December 2020 (Thursday). There is no limit to the number of book titles you can submit.

To encourage participation, PolyU students and staff who submit a nomination will be automatically enrolled in a lucky draw. Winners will receive a copy of the selected Common Book, and will be notified by email in Spring 2021.

Nominate a book now!

READ@PolyU is the community reading project of PolyU. Our vision is to build an empathetic, creative, and courageous community of learners for whom reading is a source of knowledge and creativity. Each year, we select one book and invite the whole campus to read along.

The Programme Committee reviews all nominations before making the final selection.

What we look for in a common book:

• The book will be in English, preferably less than 300 pages
• It should be engaging for the PolyU community (both Faculty and students)
• It should be accessible, not difficult to read
• It should appeal to students’ imagination, and should include some elements of exploration of and reflection on multi-cultural issues
• It should preferably have been adapted for film
• It should preferably have won international and critical acclaim
• It should preferably have an electronic version
• Ideally, the author would be available to visit PolyU

Sample titles suggested by staff and students:

• Speak / Laurie Halse Anderson
• Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda / Becky Albertalli
• Artemis Fowl / Eoin Colfer
• The Giver / Lois Lowry
• Persepolis / Marjane Satrapi

Your views matter. Submit now and get entered into a lucky draw for a copy of the chosen book!
 

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