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.

Recently, Google launched the Google Scholar PDF Reader as a Chrome browser extension. This convenient tool offers a range of features that enhance the way we interact with scholarly articles and documents.

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?

AI's ability to quickly generate article summaries from a single question is always fascinating. The paragraphs are often well structured, and many do include real sources. But how accurate is the generated content?