News & Events

Virtual Reality Contest: Stories from Ancient China

News Thursday, August 29, 2019 - 10:30

Join our VR Contest to create experiential stories from ancient China!

The Library’s MakerMindset@i-Space Programme is offering a series of workshops for you to think up ideas, learn VR techniques, and 3D modelling tools so that you can create your story in VR! This series is supported by the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering (EIE).

Submit your VR story and you will stand a chance to win our contest!

Come and join our briefing session to know more! Register now

Date: 19 Sep 2019 (Thu)
Time: 1:15 pm - 1:45 pm (Session 1)
6:15 pm - 6:45 pm (Session 2)
[The two sessions are identical.]
Venue: Digital Visualisation Room, i-Space, 4/F, Library
Registration: Please click on this link for registration.

For enquiries, please contact lbsys@polyu.edu.hk, phone 2766-6909 or visit our Technical Support Desk at i-Space!

MakerMindset@i-Space Sponsored by Shun Hing Education And Charity Fund

Furniture Re-arrangement in L301 (REC) on 27 Aug - 29 Aug 2019

Notice Monday, August 26, 2019 - 10:13

Furniture re-arrangement in L301 will be carried out from 27 Aug - 29 Aug. The booking of computer workstations (REC WS05 to REC WS33) will be suspended. Noise is unavoidable during the work period. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. Please approach the nearest counter if you need assistance.

Get to Know your Library - Orientation for PolyU Freshmen

News Wednesday, August 21, 2019 - 14:44

Learn about all that's on offer at the Library:

  • Where's the best spot for quiet study & group study?
  • What are my Library privileges?
  • How can I make the MOST out of my library?

… and more!

Find out how the Library helps you succeed by learning about the services, facilities, and resources that will help you the most.

Library Orientation

Where:    Meet @ P/F Library near the entrance (Look for the Meeting Point stand)
When:     28 Aug to 6 Sept except Sunday
Time:       up to 3 sessions per day for your selection
Sign Up:  Check the schedule and register at https://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/orientation/register

Walk-ins also welcome! (Registered students will be given priority)

PolyU Library

Primal's 3D Real-time (via anatomy.TV) (Trial)

News Monday, August 19, 2019 - 15:45

This 3D interactive anatomy resource focuses on digital and cadaveric dissection which facilitates users to explore the human body in detail and with functional flexibility.

Expiry date: 9 Sep 2019

韓使燕行錄 (Trial)

News Friday, August 16, 2019 - 10:48

本資料庫資料來源為韓國成均館大學收藏的《燕行錄》,記載了明清時代韓國使節前往北京時使行人員、貢品和沿路所見的風景,包含中國當時政治、經濟、文化、社會風俗詳略各異的記述。

Expiry date: 30 Sep 2019

Attention SYA students: Get to know your Library!

News Tuesday, August 13, 2019 - 11:17

Learn about all that’s on offer at the Library:

  • Where's the best spot for quiet study & group study?
  • What are my Library privileges?
  • How can I make the MOST out of my library?
    … and more!

Join a session specially designed for Senior Year Admitted students on:

14 Aug 2019 (Weds) 6–7pm | Sign up online  or

16 Aug 2019 (Fri) 12nn–1pm | Sign up online

Walk-ins also welcome! (Registered students will be given priority)

Look for the Meeting Point stand, after you get in the Library on P/F.

Meeting Point
PolyU Library

READ@PolyU: Be a Facilitator for the Book Chat sessions!

News Tuesday, August 6, 2019 - 09:22

Be a Facilitator for the READ@PolyU Book Chat sessions!

Help our students explore their reading in a relaxed, small group atmosphere. All academic staff are warmly welcome to join.

Facilitators will:

  • Receive a complimentary copy of the 2019 common book – Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood.
  • Be invited to attend a facilitator training session in late August, where they will receive a Facilitator Resource Package and be invited to participate in a Facilitators Book Chat Group.
  • Support a Book Chat group of PolyU students in Weeks 2, 3, and 4 of the first semester.*

* The hour-long Book Chat sessions will be held at the Library every weekday in Weeks 2, 3 and 4 between 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Choose a day and time that suits!

Join Now!

What past facilitators had to say:

  • “It was a very encouraging sign to witness that students found pleasure in reading. This activity gave me much-needed encouragement for my first semester teaching in Hong Kong.”
     
  • “As a teacher, it made me realize the importance of getting students to open up and sharing their thinking to help broaden their thinking, feeling and acting.”
     
  • “I was impressed with the diversity of students in my group; it was nice to have students from different backgrounds and years interacting together.”

Please sign up on or before 16 August 2019.

For details, please visit the READ@PolyU website.

you have further enquiries, please contact us by email at lbread@polyu.edu.hk.

Partial Closure of Reading Rooms for Mandatory Window Inspection and Repair Work (1 Aug 2019 – 26 Aug 2019)

News Friday, August 2, 2019 - 09:01

Reading rooms will be partly closed for window inspection and repair works as follows:

Floor Work Period Arrangement
5/F 1 Aug 2019 – 5 Aug 2019
  • Area along window side will be partly closed during the work period
  • Noise and dust will be generated
4/F 5 Aug 2019 – 12 Aug 2019
3/F 12 Aug 2019 – 19 Aug 2019
P/F 20 Aug 2019
1/F 19 Aug 2019 – 22 Aug 2019
G/F 19 Aug 2019 - 26 Aug 2019

The schedule may be slightly adjusted according to the work progress.

Noise is unavoidable during the work period. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. Please approach the nearest counter if you need assistance.

Temporary Closure of 5/F and 4/F Entrance and Staircase for Rubber Flooring Modification Works (22 July 2019 – 29 July 2019)

Notice Monday, July 22, 2019 - 10:15

Staircase and entrance in 5/F and 4/F will be temporarily closed for rubber flooring modification works as follows:

Location Work Period Arrangement
Entrance at front staircase on 5/F and 4/F 22 July 2019 – 24 July 2019
  • The front staircase from 5/F to 3/F will be closed
  • Male student toilet at 5/F front staircase will be closed
  • Female student toilet at 4/F front staircase will be closed
  • Drinking dispenser at 5/F and 4/F will be suspended
Entrance at back staircase on 5/F and 4/F 24 July 2019 – 29 July 2019
  • The back staircase from 5/F to 3/F will be closed
  • student toilet at 5/F back staircase will be closed
  • Male student toilet at 4/F back staircase will be closed

The schedule may be slightly adjusted according to the work progress.

Noise is unavoidable during the work period. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. Please approach the nearest counter if you need assistance.

Seminars: Open Science, Research Data and Open Educational Resources

News Wednesday, July 10, 2019 - 22:40

The Library will host two seminars by Prof. Klaus Tochtermann, Director of the German National Library of Economics, on Open Science, Open Educational Resources (OER), and GeRDI - A Generic Research Data Infrastructure in Germany.

Seminar 1:
Open Science and the role of Open Educational Resources

This seminar will introduce what is Open Science, its latest development in Germany, as well as the role played by Open Educational Resources (OER) in Open Science.
Click to view full abstract

To Register Date: 25 July 2019 (Thursday)
Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Venue: Seminar Room, 3/F, Pao Yue-kong Library

Seminar 2:
GeRDI – A Generic Research Data Infrastructure

This seminar will explore what is digital scientific data, its role in scientific investigation, and the GeRDI, a research data management initiative funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Click to view full abstract

To Register Date: 26 July 2019 (Friday)
Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Venue: Seminar Room, 3/F, Pao Yue-kong Library

About the speaker:

Prof. Klaus Tochtermann is a professor in the Institute for Computer Science at Kiel University and the Director of the ZBW – German National Library of Economics – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, the world’s largest research infrastructure for economic literature, online as well as offline.

For inquiries, please email to lbres@polyu.edu.hk.

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