Stories from the Library – what's new and what's happening
Setting up Course Reserve for Fall 2023 – reminder If you plan to place course materials on Reserve, please make your request as early as possible. After receiving your request, we will acquire the materials that are not currently available in the Library; this process takes time. For books and media items, if no electronic…
Sunrise, the start of a new day, usually symbolizes a fresh start, rising hope or a new beginning. However, for HKUST students who spend the whole night studying or working on assignments in the Learning Commons, witnessing the sunrise signifies a sleepless night or the looming deadline they are racing against. As a former HKUST…
Have you noticed that starting Feb 10, 2025, a new dashboard appears on the library homepage? There, you can see the number of people currently in the Library, and the real-time booking situation of study rooms and study pods. How It Is Done This new people counting system estimates how many people are in the…
What is ILLiad? I bet this question comes to most of your minds immediately when you read the title. It is our interlibrary loan system used since 2004! ILLiad is totally separate from the operating system we used in managing the Library. Each user has to register as an ILLiad user before placing a request…
The new issue of “Notes from the Library” is available at http://library.hkust.edu.hk/newsletters/september-2023/ HKUST Library Newsletter | Issue No. 129 | September 2023 Collection Spotlight—What’s New Airiti Library (華藝線上圖書館) strengthens the Library’s support for full-text Taiwan journals and conference proceedings. Over 2,800 Chinese journal titles from 1991- are available. More… Join Our Library Team –…
Yesterday we changed all the furniture in the study pods – except for the orange high chairs in the solo pods. We work hard to get you the best furniture available – and we were not satisfied with the defaults provided by the vendor. The new seats in the duo and quad pods have improved…
The new issue of “Notes from the Library” is available at https://library.hkust.edu.hk/newsletters/September-2022/ HKUST Library Newsletter | Issue No. 125 | September 2022 A New Milestone – HKUST™s Guangzhou Library The Guangzhou Library of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is almost ready to serve the needs to the new campus. More… Change…
As the year closes, it is an opportune moment to reflect with humility on the year passed, and to look forward with hope to the year coming. I would like to attempt a brief review and preview about the Library’s work. 2024 In 2024, the Library team worked very hard to update and upgrade services…
Did you know that Canton (Guangzhou) and Hong Kong, twin cities where Cantonese is the lingua franca, have much more in common beyond language? Modern art and visual culture born in the two cities share a legacy deeply rooted in the history of Modern China. M+ Museum’s recent exhibition “Canton Modern: Art and Visual Culture…
Kanopy is a streaming video database the Library subscribes to for you. I knew about it before, but I never really explored it until recently. There’s a lot more there than I thought, and it’s also much easier to use than I thought! Access to Kanopy is available from a web browser, or from a…
