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A Warm Welcome from the University Librarian

It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you all to the PolyU. Having just joined the University in April this year myself, I am very excited to have become a member of the PolyU family. I look forward to the opportunities to get acquainted with some of you, to understand your information needs and how the Library can best work with you in your research, teaching or learning. Your education and experience as a student will enable you to learn so many new ways of finding information through the Library. For those that I am unable to meet on a one-to-one basis, we will be soliciting your views and comments via a LibQUAL+TM Survey, developed by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), towards year end. All the university libraries in Hong Kong will participate in this survey. The survey data will help the participating libraries to solicit, track, understand, and act upon users’ opinions of service quality. Another important aspect of the survey is that the data will help us to benchmark our service quality against participating members.

The next important piece of news that I would like to share with you is the Library’s SCENARIO PLANNING exercise. To prepare for the future, the Library will be engaging the University community vigorously in the coming months through its scenario planning process. We will be inviting expert groups of leading researchers, academic development, students and library staff to participate in focus groups meetings and the scenario construction workshop. The process will help us to develop different models of the library’s future. The Preferred Future for the Library will lead us in our planning to meet future changes and challenges. The Future is exciting and we look forward to hearing your views and to making it happen.

Last but not least, on behalf of all library staff, I wish you all an enjoyable and successful year. For new students, please visit the Section “New Students’ Corner” in this Newsletter. You will find useful information to help you to make a head start to use the Library effectively for your assignments and research. Also, don’t miss out on your Library Orientation held throughout the first 2 weeks of the academic year, September 3 to 14, 2007 inclusive. Getting yourself familiarized with the Library will save you much time and effort in your information searching.

Steve O’Connor

Get to know your Library to make the BEST use of it

The Library holds over 2 million items, has 6 storeys and offers many services that you need. When you first enter the library, you may have many questions such as…

Where is the 24-hr Study Centre?

Where are the journals/magazines/newspapers?

Where are the Compact Stores?

Where can I use my mobile phone in the Library without disturbing others?

Where can I find help in using the Library?

Where are the photocopiers/colour printers?

Can I borrow movies?

How to get the answers of all these questions?

Join a LIBRARY ORIENTATION reserved by your Dept/School.

Join a LIBRARY TOUR at the Information Desk on the Podium Floor.
Date: 3-7/9(Mon-Fri) Time: 13:15

Try the VIRTUAL ORIENTATION in the Library Homepage.

2 other things you’ll need to do as soon as you can:

1. SET UP YOUR LIBRARY PIN (Personal Identification Number) for using library online services such as renewal, book request, view your own loan record and history, and place new materials recommendations, etc. Guides on setting PIN is available at http://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/pin.

(You don't need to register for a library card to borrow books. Your student/staff card is your library card).

2. INSTALL THE VPN CLIENT in your home PC to access the Library's e-resources at home. For details, please refer to http://www.polyu.edu.hk/its/services_facilities/dialup_06.html.

The Library has a brand new HomePage!!

Did you notice the following enhanced features?

You can get instant web feed by subscribing to RSS (Really Simple Syndication) on the new HomePage
You can use Online Spell Check in your OPAC search
You can sort your OPAC search results by relevancy/title/date

Do try out the new HomePage. If you have any comments or suggestion about our new HomePage, you are most welcome to send them to the Library’s Online Suggestions Box or contact us direct.

Wi-Fi Access in Library

Free Wi-Fi Internet connectivity is now available to University staff and students at numerous PCCW and Y5ZONE hotspots around town. Reciprocally, non-PolyU Library users who are current PCCW or Y5ZONE subscribers may now connect to the Internet right from the Library network. Non-subscribers may purchase a day pass online for temporary use. Details of access are available on the wireless LAN login page when connecting your notebook in the Library.

Good News! Wider Reciprocal Access to Other UGC-funded Libraries

Effective 1 August 2007 and for a trial period of 2 years ending 31 July 2009, wider access privilege to other UGC-funded libraries are extended to the following groups of users:

PolyU students	Library Privilege at UGC libraries
UGC-funded postgraduate non-degree students	Borrowing rights
UGC-funded undergraduate degree students	Reader access only

For details, please visit http://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/about/circular/ns0707.html or contact the Library Circulation Counter or call 2766-6864.

New Services for Audio-visual Materials

AV Online Renewal

Starting 1 September 2007, you can renew all AV materials (except movies and drama series and wireless LAN cards) on the online Library Catalogue for one time on condition that there is no one requesting for the same item.

Advance Bookings by Academic Staff

Besides placing online requests for AV materials, faculties who need to use Library AVM for teaching preparation or classroom use on a specific date can also book them in advance. Bookings can be made in person at the Media Services Counter, by phone at 2766-6870 / 2766-6871 or via email at lbms@inet.polyu.edu.hk. Requesters are required to pick up and return the booked materials promptly so that others can use them.

AV Reserve

Faculties are welcome to recommend the Library to place specific Library AV items on AV Reserve if the AV items are expected to be used by a large number of students for course work. All items on AV Reserve will be loaned for use only within the Library for a maximum of 3 hours and are not available for online request nor renewal.

Looking for new books, new e-books, new audiovisual materials or new journals? Check out the New Additions List Online!

All these listings are available online and can be easily found on our new Library HomePage(http://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/addlist/index.html). And you are most welcome to visit our New Books on Display nearby the Library entrance.

New Acquisitions

	Asia Pacific Tourism Forecasts 2007-2009 By Lindsay Turner Call Number: G155.A74 T876 2007		The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts Edited by Gordon Campbell Call Number: NK28 .G76 2006 v.1-2
	Companion Encyclopedia of Geography : From Local to Global (2-volume set) Edited by Ian Douglas, Richard Huggett, Chris Perkins Call Number: REF G116 .C645 2007 v.1-2		Encyclopedia of Portal Technologies and Applications (2-volume set) Edited by Arthur Tatnall Call Number: ZA4201 .E53 2007 v.1-2
	Handbook of Research on Open Source Software : Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives Edited by Kirk Amant and Brian Still Call Number: QA76.76.S46 H35 2007		The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Health and Medicine (4-volume set) By James Chambers, Lee Ann Chearney, Deborah Romaine et al. Call Number: R125 .F33 2007 v.1-4
	World Yearbook of Education 2007: Educating the Global Workforce: Knowledge, Knowledge Work and Knowledge Workers Edited by Lesley Farrell and Tara Fenwick Call Number: LC65.W698 2007

“Movie of Hundred Years, Collection of Hundred Years”, produced by the National Cultural Bureau in association with China Central Television and various audiovisual publication companies, aims to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Chinese motion pictures. The 100 selections, mainly Chinese classical films and encompassing different styles and subjects, allow the audience to recall the past 100 years’ history of China. Presented in DVDs, movie posters, original or re-made movie sound tracks and others, the series reflects the development and evolution of Chinese motion pictures over the past 100 years. It is commended as the great encyclopedia of Chinese motion pictures.

Movie DVDs
-- Titles and library call numbers can be found in the Library Catalog by title search using “Movie of Hundred Years, Collection of Hundred Years”.

Know Your Faculty/Schools Librarians

Can you find your Faculty/Schools Librarians?

Printing/Photocopying/Scanning Facilities in the Library

- Over 200 PCs linked to printers.
- 21 new black and white photocopiers added.
- Tap your Octopus and print - double-sided, 6-in-1, stapled.

- More professional color copiers on the Ground Floor.
- Enjoy the photo-quality colors at only $3 per A4 / A3.

- Convenient and competitive pricing.
- Nevertheless think before you print a page.

- New scanners now on 5/F (Serials), 3/F (Media Services) and G/F (Photocopying Unit).
- Scan for free and save a tree!

Antarctic Photo Exhibition

The University Library will be displaying a small exhibition of images from the Antarctic, 10 September to 16 October inclusive. The Antarctic is a stunningly beautiful and pure place. Antarctica is the most southern continent sitting at the bottom of the earth. It is below South America , New Zealand and Australia. It is most difficult to get to. It is extremely remote.

It is 1.4 times the size of the United States and 58 times bigger than the United Kingdom. It has less than 1000 people and then only in the summers but is teeming with wildlife and breathtaking scenery.

These images of the various aspects of the Antarctic concentrate mainly on the area around South Georgia, the Falklands and the Antarctic Peninsula itself. The images evidence wildlife, the ice , the whaling history and life in the nearby islands of the Falklands.

Come and enjoy these images of extreme cold, contrasting so much with the heat and humidity of Hong Kong.

Coming Library Workshops in October

Enhancing your information finding skills will help you locate relevant information you need effectively and efficiently. All are welcome to join one or several of the following Library Workshops in October:

‧ Accessing E-book collections of the PolyU Library
‧ Accessing E-journal collections of the PolyU Library
‧ Learn how to search the library catalogue effectively: some advanced techniques and features
‧ Library workshop for postgraduate students
‧ Online tools for assignment writing
‧ Surfing the Internet for useful information
‧ Using RefWorks to handle references and bibliographies

… and more…

DON'T miss out our workshop announcements via

and on the Library HomePage !

POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS? Come & join our workshops specially designed for you!

PolyU Education Info Weekend

In celebration of the 70th Anniversary of PolyU, the Education Info Day will be extented to a 2-day event to be held on 6 and 7 October 2007 (Saturday and Sunday). A great variety of activities will be available to visitors on the event days. Come and visit the Library booth or take a guided Library Tour with your friends and family. Lots of fun, games and prizes!!

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