USER EDUCATION / LIBRARY SERVICES
- Ever Wonder How Faculty Librarians Can Collaborate With You?
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Knowledge Discovery in the Library and Beyond 2013 – Orientation Quiz Prize Presentation
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Small-group Instruction Sessions for Preparing Your Assignments
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Our First Impressions of the Pao Yue-kong Library
Subject-specific Library workshop is considered one of the most effective means to enhance students' research skills. To this end, the University Library has prepared a scalable Library Instruction Programme to integrate into courses.
Content of subject-specific workshop may include the following:
Defining a research need
Subject and discipline-specific resources
Accessing and evaluating information
Managing research process
Developing search strategies
Using reference management tools
Faculty Librarians are enthusiastic to engage with individual academic staff members to design collaboratively on workshop content, activities, hands-on exercises etc.
We welcome all academic staff members to contact us for arrangements. For more details, please visit: http://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/services/teaching-support/request-workshops.
Library orientation sessions – Knowledge Discovery in the Library and Beyond 2013 for undergraduate students were held in Jul-Sep 2013. Students attended sessions and completed the online quiz with all correct answers were entered into a lucky draw for 10 book coupons worth $100 each.
A prize presentation ceremony was held on 14 Nov 2013. The University Librarian, Dr Shirley Chiu-wing Wong awarded the book coupons to the winners.
From left: Ms Karen Chan (Faculty Librarian (FENG)), Mr Fong Chi Ngei, Miss Zhou Xiaolin, Dr Shirley Chiu-wing Wong (University Librarian),
Mr Yu Ho Yung, Mr Anthony Ho (Faculty Librarian(FAST)), Ms Susanna Tsang (Section Head (Information Services)/Faculty Librarian(SD))
| Sharing from 3 of the winners: Mr Fong chi Ngei (ISE) "I was amazed to get to know the vast amount of resources available in the Library after participating in the Library Orientation session." Miss Zhou Xiaolin (LSGI) “I believe the introduction of databases/ articles in the Library orientation helped me a lot. I know where to begin locating papers for my assignments.”Mr Yu Ho Yung (ISE) “The Reference Books Collection and E-journals are essential resources for our studies” |
Finding literature and preparing your course assignment can be a daunting task, especially when you have a few projects in hand!
Ever wonder if the Library can help?
We have a team of Faculty Librarians readily available to offer you advice and guidance on locating academic sources, searching databases, as well as managing references.
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Depending on the number of students, we may arrange an Information Consultancy Session or a Library Workshop on your specified topics upon your request. Talk to your Faculty Librarians and arrange an instruction session!
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The Library attracted more than 11,000 visitors on the PolyU Education Info Day (5 Oct 2013). Three activities were going on throughout the day: Library Tours, Free Admission Visits and a Game Booth.
A total of 188 visitors joined the guided Library tours and another 8,974 visited the Library on their own. The Game Booth also attracted 2,228 visitors playing games enthusiastically.
Let's hear some of their comments:
