Books borrowed or renewed on or after 29 July 2013 will be due for return on 6 January 2014.

This message is a gentle reminder to all academic, administrative equivalent staff and postgraduate students that all library books on loan to them are due on 26 August 2013. To avoid a last minute rush, please return books before the last day.  Overdue books returned after 26 August 2013 will be subject to a fine of $2.00 (1 - 6 days) and $3.00 (7 - 42 days) per book per calendar day.

To enhance the security for off-campus access to Library’s electronic resources, effective 25 July 2013, users will be prompted to input several letters from an image code after logging with their Net ID.

For enquiries, please call 2766-6864 or 2766-6909

Migration of the new Library homepage is scheduled in the evening of 21 July, from 10pm to 4am of the next day. There will be service interruptions of Library homepage, OneSearch and Classic Catalogue during the time.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Re-indexing of the Library system database is scheduled on 4 June from 1am-8am. You may experience slow response when searching the Library Classic Catalogue during the period. Thereafter, you can refine your searches in the Library Classic Catalogue by limiting search results to the following categories:

Effective 1 Jun 2013, a default PIN (personal identification number) will be added to all new Library accounts (myRecord) and accounts with no PIN set up yet. The default PIN is the first 6 alphanumeric characters of HKID or passport (or mainland ID) number. For example, for a user with HKID no. A123456(7), the default PIN is A12345. For a user with no HKID card, but with passport number AB12345KK, the default PIN is AB1234. Please change your PIN after first login.

Themed “Scenes-urban-rural-Hong Kong-China”, the Exhibition presented in the Library features Mr Lui’s works on various scenes of the urban and the rural areas from the 1990’s to the present. The 84 pieces of exhibits, ranging from architectural drawings, Chinese ink paintings, water color and pastel paintings to charcoal and pencil drawings and sketches, capture the sentimental journey of Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland over the last two decades. (For PolyU and Staff only.)