After we opened the new entrance at LG5 early March, you can go in and out the Library at three different levels: Main entrance at G/F by the Atrium LG1, the Learning Commons LG5 Which one do you use more often? You may find that a particular entrance fits better into your locus in campus. But apart from that, each entrance in fact has its own character! LG5 The new entrance provides a convenient option for students at residential halls. We collected gate counts in March, and learned that 84% of the entrance traffic was UG students – the UG proportion is higher than the other two. It is interesting that there were about 16,000 counts at the entrance, but only 9,000 at the exit. I wonder why … tell me if you know! At the LG5 library space, you can find 3 bookable study rooms and over 100 study seats – and you can use these library facilities without passing the card-access gate! Please follow the library rules here, do not bring in food even though it's so close to eateries at LG5 and LG7. One more note for you is that, if you want to borrow books, make sure you do that at the Circulation Counter on G/F before going down there – the LG5 exit has no check-out service.

In the past year, using GenAI tools has become more common in universities. Everyone, from Year One undergraduates (beginning scholars) to advanced scholars, like professors are using it, or at least experimenting. One question many people have is: "How can I cite GenAI?" The answer is the dreaded, "Well, it depends....". What does it depend on?  Rules set by your audience, whether it's a publisher you want to accept your article, or a professor who will assess your assignment. Will they accept GenAi material? How will they accept it (acknowledged, cited, as a co-author?) It can be a bit daunting, but don't worry. Librarians at HKUST provide workshops and library guides that can help. One guide was developed for a workshop for the Researchers Series, Emerging AI Tools for Literature Reviews: https://libguides.hkust.edu.hk/AI-tools-literature-review/cite-ai-content Another is in a general guide on referencing: https://libguides.hkust.edu.hk/referencing/citing-AI We also teach and share this in course-based library workshops and online modules like LANG 1403, LANG 1404, LANG 2010, LANG 2030, and LANG 2070. Do you want the library to create a workshop or a guide for your needs?

Whenever we can, we give space to you for studying. Recently two more rooms were converted into Group Study Rooms: LG1-355 and LG3-05! LG1-355 was used by our librarians as a teaching room for Zoom classes during Covid.  Now the need is much less and we moved that to a smaller office space so we could give you another study room. LG3-05 was used an a dedicated Interview Room for the past year or so.  We looked at the usage numbers, and how some of you are using the new Study Pods, and decided this room could get more use as another group study room to meet your needs.  Please remember LG3-05 is on the Quiet Floor, so don't make much noise in there - be considerate of other students! I hope you like the new rooms.  I wonder if I can find any more for you?   Edward Spodick Associate Director of Library Services lbspodic@ust.hk

While visiting the map exhibition in the Library, you may not notice what is underneath the rare books on display. Guess what, it is more than just a stand! These rare books from our Special Collections have various ages; some older ones were published in the early 1600s, so they are almost 400 year old! To display them without hurting them is a huge challenge. Each book needs a custom-made support, called a cradle, that lets it stay open at the particular page and angle in the most comfortable way. In May 2023, library colleagues Fiona, Lu, and June worked together as the "cradle team" to tackle the challenge. For each book, they had to take these steps: 1. Determine the angle: they first had to figure out with the curators which page was to be shown; then they determined the best angle to let the book stay open. This was crucial to ensure that the book spine wouldn't be damaged while still allowing visitors to read the text and illustrations. 2.

You don’t need to be a Catholic to love this little book^. It is now featured in the Library G/F Collection Highlights corner in celebration of International Women’s Day. Mother Teresa was small in physical stature, but a spiritual giant to many. She founded in 1950 the Missionaries of Charity, a congregation of Catholic sisters, to serve the poorest and the smallest in the Calcutta slums of India. If you have never heard of Mother Teresa, Google and ChatGPT can fill in all the details for you. This book works like a flippable calendar to me. While my IPhone calendar reminds me of countless errands and deadlines, a daily piece of wisdom from Mother Teresa puts my jampacked life into perspective and keeps reminding me to do good, no matter what, where, and how. It goes from January 1 through December 31, and works like 'an angel a day keeps the devil away'. It’s incredibly green. When December is gone, start afresh with January 1.