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Updates for Graduate and Special Borrower Library Card Holders

Notice Monday, May 25, 2020 - 17:51

Updates for Graduate and Special Borrower Library Card Holders

In order to ensure that there is sufficient distance between study seats, the Library was reopened on 4 May 2020 with 72% fewer seats while making provisions for PolyU students taking the University’s 1st round of On-Campus Examination.

PolyU Library consistently has the highest usage among UGC-funded university libraries and is heavily used by our students. Therefore, after the completion of the Summer Term and the 2nd round of On-Campus Examinations in mid-August, the Library will then review the feasibility of resuming access for Graduate and Special Borrower Library Card Holders. The Library will also continuously monitor the situation of the pandemic and whenever possible, will come up with probably arrangements to accomodate access for Graduate and Special Borrower card holders as soon as practicable.

Special Arrangement to Opt for Partial Refund of Fees

Graduate and Special Borrower Library Card Holders who no longer require the use of Library services can opt to request for a pro-rated refund of fees. Pro-rated refund will be calculated based on the period in which the Library was closed from 11 Nov 2019 till the card expiry date printed on the Library Card (both dates inclusive). Details of how to request for refunds will be announced by early June.

If you would like to continue using our services, after the access has been resumed, the Library will then extend the validity of Library Cards based on the number of days the Library was physically inaccessible to Graduate and Special Borrower Library Card Holders.

Return of Borrowed Items

To allow more PolyU students to access Library collection, we encourage borrowed items to be returned at your convenience via the Library’s 24-hour Book Drop located outside the campus turnstiles on Podium Level (near public footbridge towards Exit A Hung Hom MTR Station).

Enquiries

Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us via the following channels:

Call 2766-6863 (During Library opening hours)
WhatsApp 6423-0820 (Mon – Sat 9am – 7pm; Sun 12 – 7pm)
Write to us

We regret for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding.

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News Monday, May 11, 2020 - 13:20

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Library Reopening on 4 May 2020

Notice Thursday, April 30, 2020 - 10:20

The Library will reopen to PolyU students and staff from 4 May 2020 and Graduate and Special Borrower Library card holders from 15 June 2020. Opening hours are 8:30am-10:00pm Mon-Sat and 12:00nn-9:00pm Sun (excluding public holidays). The 24 Hour Study Centre, G/F Quiet Study Zone and all group rooms of the Library will remain closed.

All users are required to wear a mask when in the Library. Please do not move the tables and chairs around so as to keep a safe social distance. Visit our Library Facebook / IG to see the new arrangement of the Library physical space.

While the Library is reopened, the HKALL and Interlibrary Loan Service will resume as well. Also, i-Booking for computers, designated database workstations and i-Space facilities will resume. All group rooms remain closed.

Return of Library Items and Waiving of Fines

PolyU students and staff should return their borrowed items on or before the specified due date as far as possible. The due date of your borrowed item(s) can be checked via login to myRecord using your PolyU NetID.
Please return Library items to the book drop situated below the Loan & Return Counter, or via the book drop outside Library when Library is closed.
Library items returned on or before 30 Jun 2020, will have their overdue fines waived. This applies to library materials with due dates previously extended up to 20 Jan 2020, or due on or after 29 Jan 2020.

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

Enquiries

Please contact us via the following channels:

Call 2766-6863 (during Library opening hours)
WhatsApp 6423-0820 (Mon – Sat 9am – 7pm; Sun 12 – 7pm )
Write to us

Interim Free e-Resources

News Thursday, April 9, 2020 - 14:59

More interim free e-resources are now available for study and research! These e-resources are provided by a number of publishers/content providers for free in an interim period to support students, faculties and researchers for their online learning, teaching and research activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. To highlight a few, Springer Nature, MIT, Cambridge University Press have opened up free access to their e-textbook collections.

Grasp the opportunity to explore the e-resources accessible for free only in the interim period! Find the latest update on Interim Free e-Resources now!

For enquiries, please contact us via the following channels:

Call 2766-6863 (during office hours)
WhatsApp 6423-0820 (during office hours)
Write to us

Access to i-Space Equipment and Bloomberg Workstations by Appointment

News Wednesday, April 8, 2020 - 23:59

PolyU staff and students can access and make use of the following i-Space facilities and equipment by making an appointment at the Library iBooking System.

Bloomberg Workstations

Eligible users can book a Bloomberg workstation located at 4/F i-space using the Library iBooking System.

One Button Studio

One Button Studio is a self-service facility for staff and students to prepare and create online teaching materials, video recordings, rehearse or practice for presentation. No special knowledge or expertise is required to operate the audio/video recording equipment, and digital content can be easily produced with just a few steps!

Equipment in Digital Makerspace

You can also use the Library iBooking System to book the following equipment available in i-Space to facilitate the preparation of teaching materials:

Laser Cutting
Vinyl Cutting
Large-Format / Poster Printing
3D Printing
3D Scanner
Book Scanner
VR Experience Zone - offering HTC Vive Head Mounted Display (HDM) and Unity software

Click here for more information about the i-Space equipment.

As a precautionary measure, the Library requires all users to wear masks whenever they are in the Library. Anti-bacterial wet-wipes, alcohol gels and disposable VR face masks will be provided at One Button Studio and VR Experience Zone.

Book Now@iBooking

For enquiries on i-Space Equipment, please contact Technical Support Desk at 2766-6909.

Stay Healthy! Stay Curious! Visit PolyU Open Educational Resources Portal

News Wednesday, April 8, 2020 - 11:41

PolyU Open Educational Resources (OER) Portal features quality OER selected from around the world, which are indexed and classified into eight disciplines to mirror the eight faculties/schools of the PolyU. In the Portal, you can discover or even share open-licensed teaching, learning and research resources that reside in the public domain, enriching and enhancing teaching and learning.

A good news is that we have collected links of resources, cultural events, and online exhibitions around the world for you to enjoy and learn at the same time during COVID-19 pandemic!

Check out our new section “Stay Healthy & Stay Curious” on the PolyU OER Portal https://oer.lib.polyu.edu.hk/ to find out more!

For enquiries, please contact us via the following channels:

Call 2766-6863 (during office hours)
WhatsApp 6423-0820 (during office hours)
Write to us

STATdx (Trial)

News Wednesday, April 8, 2020 - 11:40

STATdx is a point-of-care diagnostic decision support resource for radiologists. It covers expert-written diagnosis, images, anatomy modules, patient cases and procedures, etc.

Click here to access

e-Resources on Trial Online Survey

Launching of Digital Collections Portal

News Tuesday, April 7, 2020 - 09:41

The Library is pleased to launch the new Digital Collections Portal with the purposes to preserve scholarly and intellectual work from the Library’s special collections, and to make the full-text openly accessible by faculty members, students and general public to support research and learning. The Portal contains digital contents of rare books, lyric manuscripts, oral history interviews and digital humanity projects. Here are the collection highlights:

Rare Books on China and East Asia

The Library has been digitizing the rare books of its Special Collections. To give users a glimpse of the Chinese and East Asian cultures and histories in western eyes between 18th and early 20th century, this collection contains the rare books on China and East Asia which were mainly published in western countries between 1704 and 1922. Users can also browse different topics by its sub-collections including Chinese Literature, Missionary, Religions in China, Social Life and Customs in China, Statistics of China Commerce, Travel in China, etc.
Cheng Kok-kong’s Lyric Manuscripts & Oral History Interviews
Cheng Kok-kong, Cantopop lyricist, was Artist-in-Residence 2017/18 of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Mr Cheng has been writing more than 2,000 Cantopop songs. Many of his songs still enjoy immense popularity to this day. These digital contents contain around 100 lyric manuscripts and his oral history interview records, which help users to know more stories behind the lyric manuscripts.

“When I was Little” Lyric: Cheng Kok-kong / Composer: James Koo (1977)
〈小時候〉詞:鄭國江 / 曲:顧嘉輝 (1977)