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News & Events
Library Special Arrangement During Revision & Examination Period (26 Nov - 23 Dec 2016)
News Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 09:22
IHS Standards Expert : Personal account registration using PolyU email domains
News Monday, November 21, 2016 - 09:33
With immediate effect, users accessing IHS Standards Expert are required to create and login to personal account using PolyU email domains (i.e. @polyu.edu.hk and @connect.polyu.hk) in the platform.
If you have any queries, please feel free to contact the Research Help Desk at lbinf@polyu.edu.hk or by phone at 2766-6863.
Noisy Work on 3/F External Wall Facing the Clock-tower (18- 24 Nov)
News Friday, November 18, 2016 - 10:44
Urgent repair work on 3/F external wall facing the clock-tower will be carried out on 18-24 Nov 2016. Noise is unavoidable during the work period.
Please proceed to other floors for quiet study. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
READ@PolyU: Essay Contest
News Friday, November 11, 2016 - 15:05
Tell us what you think about The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time! Write a 500-word essay on your reflection, the book’s impact on you, and themes and issues raised. Get writing now, and you could win an iPad and more!
Grand Prizes: Champion - iPad Pro; 1st Runner-up - iPad Air 2; 2nd Runner-up - iPad Mini 4; Consolation Prizes - Book Voucher
Eligibility: All PolyU full-time first-year undergraduate students
More details: https://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/read/contest.php
Partial Closure of Quiet Study Zone Room L003 (7-13 Nov)
News Monday, November 7, 2016 - 15:03
Room L003 will be partially closed from 7-13 Nov 2016 for conduit installation work of the public announcement system. Disturbance will be minimized but noise is unavoidable during the period of works.
Please proceed to other floors for quite study during the work period. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Waterproofing work for Room L019 (4 Nov – 21 Nov 2016)
News Friday, November 4, 2016 - 09:30
Waterproofing work will be conducted on Level 1 above Room L019 (courtyard outside L115). Noise might be generated during the period of works. For quiet study areas, please proceed to other floors.
Waterproofing work for Room L019 (29 Oct – 1 Nov 2016)
News Tuesday, October 25, 2016 - 15:13
Waterproofing work will be conducted on Level 1 above Room L019 (courtyard outside L115). Noise might be generated during the period of works. For quiet study areas, please proceed to other floors.
Services of 1) 民国时期期刊全文数据库 (1911-1949). 第1-5辑, 2) 晚清期刊全文数据库(1833-1911) & 3) 字林洋行中英文报纸全文数据库 (1850-1951) will be temporarily unavailable during 20:30 on 23 Oct 2016 to 5:30 on 24 Oct 2016.
News Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 12:31
Publishing in Open Access Seminars: Open Access Week 2016
Event Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 11:54
For this year’s OA week, the Library has scheduled 3 seminars. All academic staff, research staff and students who are interested to explore more about open access and open science are welcomed to join!
Introduction to Open Publishing at Taylor & Francis
| Date: | 25 Oct 2016 (Tue) |
| Time: | 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm |
| Venue: | Learning Lab 1, 3/F, Library |
| Speaker: | Ms. Lyndsey Dixon (Regional Journals Editorial Director of the Asia Pacific portfolio, Taylor & Francis) |
What is Open Access (OA)? Why should authors consider publishing OA? In this talk, Lyndsey will talk about impact of Open Access publishing for authors and also what responsibilities an author has in this new open access landscape.
She will also cover:
- Taylor & Francis and OA
- The Global Landscape – Research trends and author views
- Things to consider: ORCID, your responsibilities as an author, and ethics
Enriching the Research Lifecycle with Open Science
| Date: | 27 Oct 2016 (Thu) |
| Time: | 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm |
| Venue: | Learning Lab 1, 3/F, Library |
| Speaker: | Mr. James W. Murphy (Director, Research and Professional, Wiley) |
What is Open Science? How has Open Science changed the role of publishers and how research is communicated? In this talk, James will introduce what is Open Science and how the Open Science revolution has caused the scholarly communication landscape to become increasingly complex for journal authors and readers. He will also cover the potential benefits brought by Open Science to the way researchers communicate.
Topics will include:
- Defining open science
- Data Sharing and Data Publication
- Types of open access and how they are growing
- Challenges and benefits of open access for researchers
Maximize Your Research Impact through Open Access Publishing
| Date: | 28 Oct 2016 (Fri) |
| Time: | 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm |
| Venue: | Learning Lab 1, 3/F, Library |
| Speaker: | Mr. Victor Hung (Marketing Executive, BioMed Central) |
One of the Open Access options for authors is the Gold Route - where authors or funders pay to allow the free dissemination of their research article. In this talk, Victor will talk about how Open Access works in BioMed Central (BMC), as part of the Springer Nature, a Science, Technology and Medicine publisher with a large portfolio of peer-reviewed open access journals, and how researchers can benefit from these.
Topics will include:
- About Open Access in BMC and Springer Nature
- Benefits of Open Access
- How do we fit in the open research landscape
Registration link: https://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/register/?event=2016-OA-Week-Seminar
Visit our OA Libguide: http://libguides.lb.polyu.edu.hk/open_access/OAweek2016
Training Workshops on Selected Databases (Oct series)
News Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 10:43
Ovid Resources on Medicine and Health Sciences
Date: 17/10/2016
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Location: Learning Lab 1, 3/F, Library
Workshop outline:
This workshop will focus on highlighting essential features of Health and Allied journals, Books and recommended practices from different Ovid resources. Demonstration on using the following databases will also be included:
• Journals@Ovid
• Books@Ovid
• NEJM-New England Journa of Medicine
• Food Sciences
Registration link: https://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/register/index.php?event=ovid-resources-on-medicine-and-health-sciences
Finding Standards in the Library: Workshop on IHS Standards Expert
Date: 19/10/2016
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Location: Learning Lab 1, 3/F, Library
Workshop outline:
• Overview of new features, e.g. Engineering Workbench
• Exploring the Home page and Navigation
• User Personalized Dashboard
• Search and View Content
• And many more ...
Registration link: https://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/register/?event=Workshop-IHS-Standards-Expert
Finding Dissertations using Digital Dissertation Consortium database
Date: 24/10/2016
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Location: Learning Lab 1, 3/F, Library
Workshop Outline:
- Content, sources and structure of the Digital Dissertation Consortium database
- Basic and advanced searching interface
- Use of special features and demonstration
- Recent development and enhancement
- Questions and answers
The workshop will be conducted in English and Putonghua.
Registration link: https://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/register/?event=finding-dissertations-using-ddc-database
WGSN workshop
Date: 31/10/2016
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Location: Learning Lab 1, 3/F, Library
Workshop outline:
• Introduction to WGSN and how WGSN forecasts trends
• Introduction to the four main trends for Spring/Summer 2018, highlighting the fashion, art, culture and consumers that are set to influence the season
• What’s new on WGSN
• Questions and answers
Registration link: https://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/register/?event=wgsn-workshop
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