Library Hours During Revision & Examination Period

Alternative Overnight Study Space
The 24-hour Study Centre located on G/F is now closed but alternative overnight study space is available in CD301 - 304 and Communal Space. For details, please click here.

Quiet Study Environment
Silence must be observed in the Library except in designated areas. Users who do not comply with the policy may be asked to leave the Library.

A Variety of Individual Study Spaces
Study carrels are available on 4/F and 5/F for walk-in use. Research carrels (Zone A and Zone C) and study seats in Research Carrels (Zone B) on 3/F are open for booking by eligible users one day in advance via iBooking System.

Be Considerate and Check out Facilities after Use
Tap your PolyU ID Card on the check-out reader nearby to release your booked group rooms on G/F and 3/F, research carrels, and study seats in carrels on 3/F after use.

Past Examination Papers 
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Please be reminded that Library users are required to always wear a mask properly that covers their mouth and nose, practice social distancing, and observe personal hygiene. 

Due to the repair and reinstatement of flush pipe works arranged by the University’s Facilities Management Office, the supply of flushing water will be suspended in all Library toilets from 2 Apr to 5 Apr.

The Facilities Management Office will arrange frequent cleaning service and water buckets for toilet flushing.

As the Library building is included in the Government Gazettes Compulsory Testing Notice issued on 24 March 2021 at 20:52, it will be temporarily closed from 25 to 26 Mar 2021 for thorough disinfection, and will resume normal operations on Saturday, 27 Mar 2021 (8:30am – 10pm) tentatively.

For details about the compulsory testing requirement for Library users, please refer to the Government Gazettes Compulsory Testing Notice, and the Government website on Compulsory Testing for Specified Premises.  Any enquiries on compulsory testing arrangements may be addressed to the hotline at 6275 6901, which operates daily from 9am to 6pm. 

Return of books and AV items
For items that are due on 25 Mar or 26 Mar, no fines will be incurred if the items are returned within 3 days after the Library re-opens.

Users may also return books and AV items to our book drop located outside the campus turnstiles on the Podium Level near public footbridge towards Exit A Hung Hom MTR Station. The items returned to the book drop during the Library closure period (25-26 Mar tentatively) will be processed as returned on 24 Mar 2021.

Picking up of books or AV items Requested
Users who have been notified to pick up the requested books or AV items by 25 Mar or 26 Mar can pick up the item(s) within 3 days after the Library re-opens.

For enquiry about Library services, please contact our Library staff at 2766 6863 during office hours (9:00 AM - 6:00 PM) or email to lbviews@polyu.edu.hk. 

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Expiry date: 30 Apr 2021