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Past News & Events
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Temporary Closure of 24-hour Study Centre (8:30am - 3:00pm on 12 Feb 2016)
24-hour Study Centre (Room L001) will be temporarily closed for carpet cleaning from 8:30am to 3:00pm on 12 Feb 2016 (Fri).
Please use other areas of the Library during the period.
Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Check out for the NEW PolyU Institutional Research Archive
After months of testing the beta site, the PolyU Institutional Research Archive (IRA) has been launched!
The PolyU IRA aims to increase the visibility of PolyU's research and facilitate knowledge transfer. It is an online platform that indexes and disseminates the research and scholarly outputs created by the PolyU community.
What’s new in PolyU IRA:
- Richer collection: not limited to full-text journal articles with bibliometrics,
but also covers other types of research outputs such as projects, conference
papers, awards and presentations. - Researcher profiles: showcasing publications, research interests and professional
activities - Researcher Identifications: displaying ORCiD, ResearcherID and Scopus Author ID
on a single page
Check out our new PolyU IRA and explore how this powerful platform can help
you to publicize your profile and research outputs -
SHOWCASE YOUR RESEARCH, GAIN GLOBAL EXPOSURE!
Special Opening Hours during Chinese New Year Holidays
Date | LIB Hours | |
7 Feb 2016 (Sun) | The day preceding Chinese New Year | 12noon - 7:00pm |
8 - 10 Feb 2016 (Mon - Wed) | Chinese New Year Holidays | Closed |
24-Hour Study Centre (G/F):
Digital Dissertation Consortium – Service temporarily unavailable (9:00 a.m. on 1 Feb 2016 - 6:00 p.m. on 1 Feb 2016)
Digital Dissertation Consortium – Service temporarily unavailable
(9:00 a.m. on 1 Feb 2016 - 6:00 p.m. on 1 Feb 2016)
Noisy Work in Room L401 & L501 (15-19 Jan 2016)
To accommodate users’ needs in private study space, new private study carrels will be installed in Room L401 and L501 from 15 – 19 Jan 2016. Part of the study areas near lift lobby will be temporarily closed.
Noise is unavoidable during the work period. Thank you for your understanding and forbearance.
Talk - Developing Research Metrics for the Measurement of University Research Performance: Nanyang Technological University’s Journey
The Library warmly invites faculty staff members and researchers to attend this talk:
Date: 18 Jan 2016 (Mon)
Time: 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Venue: Teaching and Learning Lab 1, 3rd Floor, Library
Language: English
To register, please go to https://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/register/?event=developing-research-metrics
About
The measure for research excellence is crucial to universities aspiring to compete for prominence among the research intensive universities of the world. To transform their research, universities could measure and monitor the widely accepted measures of research performance such as scholarly output and citation counts. In this talk, Prof. Khor will share on Nanyang Technological University’s journey in transforming research as well as his findings on bibliometrics analysis on the research outputs of institutions in Hong Kong.
Speaker: Prof. K.A. Khor
K.A. Khor is a professor at School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering in Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, and currently served as the Director of Research Support Office & Bibliometrics Analysis in NTU. He has published over 265 peer reviewed journal articles which have received ~9200 citations (h-index = 51). In his current role, he conducts various studies on research trends of technological fields.
Services of all ProQuest platforms and RefWorks are temporarily unavailable from 11:00-19:00 on 17 Jan 2016
Increase in HKALL Loan Quota
HKALL loan quota will be increased for eligible users with effect from 4 January 2016. Details are as follows:
Eligible Users | New Loan Quota * | Loan Period # |
---|---|---|
University Court members, Council members and their delegates | 30 books | 30 days |
Members of Departmental Advisory Committees | 30 books | 30 days |
Academic, Research, and equivalent Administrative staff | 30 books | 30 days |
General Staff | 15 books | 15 days |
Research / Postgraduate Students | 15 books | 30 days |
Undergraduate Students | 15 books | 15 days |
# Loan period for all categories of borrowers remain unchanged.
Temporary closure of G/F Discussion Zone 2 (L010) on 24 Dec 2015 from 08:30 to 16:00
Please note that Discussion Zone 2 on G/F (L010) will be temporary closed from 08:30 to 16:00 on 24 December 2015 for a Library event.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.