News & Events

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E.g., 25/03/2021
  • Zoom-with-a-Librarian: CUHK Library Virtual Enquiry Service
    06/07/2020 to 30/10/2020

    Zoom-with-a-Librarian: CUHK Library Virtual Enquiry Service has been launched.

    Service Hours: 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday (except Public Holidays)

    What is Zoom-with-a-Librarian service?

    Through using the Zoom Conference Meeting , you can communicate with and get assistance from the librarian-on-duty by using chat to write or transfer files, screen sharing or speaking to the librarian, for example, on:

    Library services Access to library e-resources, such as databases, e-books, etc. Library collections, such as HK Studies, CUHK Digital Repository Bibliographical management tools, such as EndNote, RefWorks

    Click here for details.
  • New service - choose a library for picking up requested item
    02/07/2020 to 31/07/2020

    Except multimedia materials, you can now choose at which CUHK Library you would like to pick up your requested items. You can see the available pick-up locations in the request procedure when you put a hold on a checked-out item.

    For details, please refer to the Library's webpages on Holds and Recalls & HKALL .
  • Library Opening Hours for the Tuen Ng Festival and HKSAR Establishment Day
    18/06/2020 to 01/07/2020

    University Library

    25 June 2020 Closed 1 July 2020 Closed

    Learning Garden

    25 June 2020 Closed 1 July 2020 Closed

    Chung Chi Library

    25 June 2020 Closed 1 July 2020 Closed Late Reading Room 25 June 2020 Closed 1 July 2020 Closed

    New Asia Library

    25 June 2020 Closed 1 July 2020 Closed Late Reading Room 25 June 2020 Closed 1 July 2020 Closed

    United College Library

    25 June 2020 Closed 1 July 2020 Closed

    L/G Floor

    25 June 2020 Closed 1 July 2020 Closed

    Law Library

    25 June 2020 Closed 1 July 2020 Closed Legal Resources Centre 25 June 2020 Closed 1 July 2020 Closed

    Architecture Library

    Open 24/7 for School of Architecture staff and students only

    25 June 2020 Closed 1 July 2020 Closed Staffed services 25 June 2020 No...
  • University Gallery Maintenance Works
    05/06/2020 to 19/06/2020

    The LG Floor of University Gallery will be closed for maintenance works from 11 June to 18 June 2020.
  • "Something Real (?)" (Solo Display)
    01/06/2020 to 19/06/2020

    Artists: Leung, Hiu Ling
    Date: 1 - 19 June, 2020
    Venue: New Asia College Ch'ien Mu Library
    Statement:

    To a relationship living in my dreams and reality,

    The uncertainty of reality, the gaps and errors of memory, the power of dreams, and my hope to escape, push me to think about what is real. Evidence, memories in people, or what we can feel? In the days we do not know what is real, what can we believe in, what can stay?

    Leung Hiu Ling was born in Hong Kong and studies Fine Arts in CUHK. She is interested in dreams and reality, fantasy and psychology, they always appeared in her art. She observes the world in a detached way, looking while keeping distance, because she thinks the distance between...
  • AIMS and Research Portal System Maintenance from 9 to 11 June 2020
    01/06/2020 to 11/06/2020

    AIMS and Research Portal will be under system maintenance from 00:01am June 9 (Tue) to 11:59pm June 11 (Thu) 2020. The systems will not be available during the above period.

    For enquiries, please contact us at aims.info@cuhk.edu.hk .

    Thank you for your understanding; we apologize for any inconvenience that may cause.
  • "Harsh Heat" and "As Tantalus Quenches His Thirst" (Duo Solo Display)
    18/05/2020 to 29/05/2020

    Artists: Lo Wing Tao and Tam Man Ching
    Date: 20 - 24 January, 2020 and 18 - 29 May, 2020
    Venue: New Asia College Ch'ien Mu Library
    Statement:
    "Harsh Heat" — I have learnt at a young age that Water Ghosts are the most ferocious. If I were to become a ghost amidst the vast Summer sea, I would probably, in days reeking of sweat, slam heads against walls with brute force, sing hymns in Japanese at the top of lungs, sanitize wounds with brute force, murmur prayers in Spanish at the top of lungs, hold “good morning” towels tight within palms with brute force, and while petting doggies with tears running down boiling cheeks, make a scene.

    Lo Wing Tao (b. 1998, Hong Kong), eldest son in the family, takes interest in freestyle cooking and...
  • Online Payment by Credit Card for Library Fees & Fines
    28/04/2020 to 28/05/2020

    No time to go to the Library? Library is closed? You may now make payment online by credit card. Click here for how to.

    For other payment methods, click here .
  • Temporary free at-home use of Adobe Creative Cloud
    08/04/2020 to 31/05/2020

    Temporary free at-home access to Adobe Creative Cloud is now available to CUHK students and educators. Please refer ITSC webpage for details.
  • CUHK Library Services to Support Remote Teaching and Learning
    07/02/2020 to 30/06/2020

    For Teachers | For Students

    For Teachers

    CUHK Library services to support remote teaching and learning
    A starting point for students to make best use of the Library off campus.

    NEW - Electronic versions of Course Reserves
    Where possible we will be automatically purchasing electronic versions of material in Course Reserves as this is material in heavy demand for teaching.

    NEW - Special Request - Print Book to E-Copy
    If the library holds a print book but no electronic version, CUHK staff and students can request an e-copy. We will try our best to purchase an e-copy, although...
  • Workshop Webinars for Researchers and Postgraduates
    07/02/2020 to 03/04/2020

    Do you want to learn at home the techniques to enhance your research skills or manage your research data? A series of webinars for researchers and postgraduates on research skills and data management is organized from 10 Feb to 2 Apr 2020:

    Literature Review for a Successful Research Paper Introduction to Research Data Management Plan Discovering and Reusing Research Data: Data Citation Using ATLAS.ti for Qualitative Data Analysis Effective Management of Your Research Data

    Details and registration are available here .

    All CUHK postgraduate students and staff are welcome!

    You can also watch two recorded webinars on enhancing your research impact at your...
  • Self-pickup Station on Campus (Pilot Run)
    13/01/2020 to 31/01/2020

    To enhance access to library materials and in response to users’ feedback in the 2019 Library Survey, we are pleased to announce that a pilot Self-pickup Station with 18 lockers is now available at the Shaw College. The secured lockers enable CUHK students and staff to pick up books they request and return without having to go to a library.

    This Station is the first of its kind among all university libraries in Hong Kong that is installed outside of a library building. It comes with a user-friendly touchscreen interface. As a pilot run, the Station has 18 lockers and a book drop. When a requested item is ready to be picked up at the station, users will receive an email pickup notice from the Library.

    Please visit the...
  • Digital Scholarship and Research Data Workshops (Jan - Apr 2020)
    06/01/2020 to 06/04/2020
    * Please note that some workshops will be postponed until further notice. The Library will have workshops on introducing digital scholarship and related tools to arouse the interest in applying new digital tools on research. Welcome CUHK academics, researchers and postgraduate students to join.

    Analysing Texts with Voyant Tools (Hands-on)

    Voyant Tools is a web-based reading and analysis environment for digital texts. Join to learn how to use this online tool to analyse textual materials, no matter they are in text file or online.

    Remarks:
    Participants may bring your own device and use a browser to access http://www.voyant-tools.org/ and try out.

    16 Jan (Thu) 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m....
  • "The Spirit of Chinese Ancient - Art is Still Lingering" (Solo Display)
    06/01/2020 to 17/01/2020

    Artist: MAK, Kit Jing Vivian
    Date: 6 – 17 January, 2020
    Venue: New Asia College Ch'ien Mu Library
    Statement:
    My paintings: Absorbing from the essence of Chinese ancient literati painting, works are developed in both meticulous and impressionistic painting ranging from ancient natural landscapes, flowers-and-birds to figures, in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, together with paintings of Dunhuang murals from the Sixteen Kingdoms, Northern Wei, Sui and Tang, Five Dynasties, Song, Xixia and Yuan Dynasties. My calligraphy: A creation of academic and composition. While the art of calligraphy begins with the ancient works and rubbings from calligraphers of different dynasties. The highest art spirit of poetry, paintings and seal...
  • Public Talks on "Digital Humanities and Chinese Studies" 2020
    30/12/2019 to 10/01/2020

    The Library is very pleased to collaborate with Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS) in January 2020 in co-organising the Public Talks on "Digital Humanities and Chinese Studies" series (「數位人文與中國文化研究」公開講座系列 2020) . In this series, two GIS experts from Academia Sinica will share their experience in conducting GeoHumanities and historical research. Welcome to join!

    (Details in Chinese.)

    第一講: 從時空GIS到空間人文學 From Spatio-temporal GIS to Geo-humanities
    講者: 范毅軍教授
    范教授主要研究領域為明清與近代中國社會經濟史與時空地理資訊系統等。前者涉及中國近代海關、傳統常關以及江南市鎮的研究。後者乃自1980年代末期以來，致力於時空地理資訊系統的研發與推廣。企圖以虛擬時空框架的構想與落實，廣泛應用於人文社科領域，包括歷史、宗教與地方社會等之研究。並進而倡導科技與人文結合之所謂空間人文學（Geo-Humanities）的探索與發展。

    日期: 2020年1月7日 (星期二)
    時間: 下午四時三十分 (下午四時正敬備茶點)
    地點...
  • “Along the Hong Kong Harbour in the Next Decade” (Joint Display)
    23/12/2019 to 03/01/2020

    Artist: Chan Anpel and Fung, Yee Lick Eric
    Date: 23 December, 2019 - 3 January, 2020
    Venue: New Asia College Ch'ien Mu Library
    Statement:
    This exhibition presents the collaboration between Anpel Chan and Eric Fung which examines human relations in our contemporary world where human are connected by the most advanced technology under a globalised context. By juxtaposing western and eastern art media, the artists question how technology, when it goes back to its origin, assists or hampers the communication between people. While we are going into another new decade, let us rethink how human beings interact and restart from where everything begins. Part of the work are also displayed in the Greater China region during the same period, echoing...
  • “Colon” (Solo Display)
    09/12/2019 to 20/12/2019

    Artist: Leung, Puiyi
    Date: 9 – 20 December, 2019
    Venue: New Asia College Ch'ien Mu Library
    Statement:
    Forget all that can be forgotten, words that have long been silenced, will eventually be understood.
    Living in the most mundane age, it slowly becomes the landscape of my life. Its reflection will surely fall upon the eternal stream under the bridge one day.

    Leung Puiyi (b. 1996) majors in Fine Arts in the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Specialising in Chinese Gongbi painting and oil painting, the artist seeks the possibilities within contemporary paintings by utilizing traditional skillset with contemporary expressions, thus connecting her own feelings and things observed from her daily life. The artist tries to show the...
  • Temporary closing of the Li Ping Medical Library (5 Jan, 2020)
    09/12/2019 to 06/01/2020

    The Li Ping Medical Library will be temporarily closed at the time below for carpet cleaning.

    Date: 5 January, 2020 (Sunday)
    Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

    We apologize for any inconvenience caused....
  • CORPRO Workshop Series (Nov 2019)
    11/11/2019 to 14/11/2019

    The Library is co-organising with Centre of Translation Technology in Department of Translation for events to introduce CORPRO, a tool for Chinese text analysis. The workshops and seminar will be conducted by Prof. CHUEH Ho-chia, Associate Professor at Department of Bio-Industry Communication and Development, National Taiwan University, who developed CORPRO originally for her research but opens freely for use. Welcome users who are interested to know more about Chinese texts analysis to join.

    (Details in Chinese.)

    CORPRO 庫博中文語料庫分析工具 講座系列

    講者: 闕河嘉教授 (國立台灣大學生物產業傳播暨發展學系副教授)

    闕河嘉是人文社會學家，國立台灣大學生物產業傳播暨發展學系副教授...
  • National Catalogue of Precious Ancient Books: Selected Titles from the CUHK Library
    10/11/2019

    Approved by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced the sixth batch of ‘National Catalogue of Precious Ancient Books’ on 13 November 2020 in Beijing. Fifteen Chinese ancient books from the CUHK Library’s Rare Book Collection have been included in the final list. The selection criteria of the National Catalogue of Precious Ancient Books are extremely strict - listed materials must be of scholarly value, historical and cultural significance, and they should be handwritten or printed before 1912 in the form of classical binding. This is the first time that Chinese ancient books from Hong Kong academic library collection being selected as national precious books.

    The CUHK Library has developed a distinguished Chinese...

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