PolyU Digital University Collection

To celebrate the PolyU 85^th anniversary, the Library has formally released a unique and indispensable PolyU Digital University Collection, which is a valuable resource to understand and visualise the history and development of PolyU.

This Collection is composed of featured works and publications selected and digitised from the physical collection published after 1951. It contains historical materials documenting the development of the University and information on academic, research and administrative units, such as annual reports, anniversary related publications, and congregation publications.

For wider access, the Collection is now open to the PolyU community and the general public. Explore it now and you may also find the past ceremonies, campus facilities and buildings at PolyU in pictures anywhere anytime.

Government Trade School, ~1951	Hong Kong Technical College (HKTC) campus, ~1967
The formal establishment of the Hong Kong Polytechnic, 1 August 1972	The I.C.I. Library (the Library of HKTC), ~1967
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, ~1994

The PolyU Digital University Collection provides valuable resources for understanding the University’s history & development. Some featured works and publications are listed below:

PolyU Anniversaries

• Hong Kong Polytechnic: the first ten years
• Hong Kong Polytechnic: the first twenty years 1972-92
• 65 years of education and innovation: 200,000 alumni the pillars of our community / 六十五載耕耘創新: 廿萬校友推動繁榮
• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University: a photographic portrait (1937-2007) / 歲月留影 : 香港理工大學七十年回顧
• Innovation and application for the future: 75th anniversary commemorative publication 1937-2012 凝聚智慧, 創建未來: 七十五週年紀念特刊 1937-2012
• Deep roots sheltering leaves decades of influence: 1937-2017 80th anniversary commemorative album / 根深葉茂, 碩果芳華: 建校八十周年紀念相冊

Administration Publication

• Final report of the Polytechnic Planning Committee / 理工學院計劃委員會最後報告書

Ceremony Publication

• Opening ceremony of the new technical college by His Excellency the Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham, G.C.M.G.
• Opening ceremony of the Polytechnic’s first new building. 26 October 1976

Prospectus

• Hong Kong Technical College. Prospectus 1967-1968
• Hong Kong Technical College. Prospectus 1970-1971

PolyU Annual Report

• Hong Kong Technical College Annual Report 1959/60
• Hong Kong Technical College Annual Report 1960/61
• Hong Kong Polytechnic Annual Report 1972/73 / 香港理工學院一九七二/七三年度年報 (Changed to “Hong Kong Polytechnic”)
• Hong Kong Polytechnic Annual Report 1981/82 / 香港理工學院一九八一/八二年度年報 (1972-1982 Tenth Anniversary 十週年紀念)

• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Annual Report 1994/95 / 香港理工大學一九九四/九五年度年報 (Changed to “The Hong Kong Polytechnic University”)

Alumni

• 工專學院. 建築系. 戰後第一屆同學錄
• Hong Kong Technical College. Building Department. Souvenir album: 1951-1954

At present, the PolyU Digital University Collection contains 208 titles and more titles will be added by phases. To know more about other digital collections and digital humanities projects, please visit the PolyU Library Digital Collections Portal.