Last Call for My Social Innovation Journey in Time Auction

(Issue 173/October 2021)

This is the final call for the talk My Social Innovation Journey in Time Auction co-organized by Wu Jieh Yee Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (WUCIE) and Patrick S C Poon Amity College in the Library.

The speaker, Ms Fion Leung, is the co-founder and CEO of Time Auction. The charity aims at encouraging volunteers to contribute their skills to serve the community in exchange for different kinds of life experiences such as meeting with amazing people, joining helicopter rides with pop stars and enjoying an orchestra in a concert hall etc. During the talk, Ms Fion Leung will share her story of founding this unique social innovation project.

All students and staff are invited to be with us. Details are as follows:

  • Date: 28 Oct 2021 (Thu)
  • Time: 4:00 – 5:00 pm
  • Venue: G/F, Space for All @HSUHK Library
  • Language: Cantonese supplemented with English

1 ECA hour / 1 iGPS unit will be offered to students with full attendance of the talk.

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Library 1-2-3

(Issue 173/October 2021)

Library Friend Fair is back for 2021.

It’s time to have a gathering with us! You can chit-chat with librarians at the booths set up, share your user experience in one, two or three issues and exchange ideas in a leisure atmosphere during the event. Your brilliant thoughts will make the Library a better place for us.

Come on buddies, spend quality time with friends and fellow librarians. Giveaways and light refreshments are here awaiting.

  • Date: 8 Nov 2021 (Mon)
  • Time: 2:30 – 4:30 pm
  • Venue: G/F, S H Ho Academic Building (Block A)
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Wisdom to Avoid Sexual Harassment on Campus

(Issue 173/October 2021)

The Library and the Student Affairs Office (SAO) co-organize an Exhibition Wisdom to Avoid Sexual Harassment on Campus. The Exhibition showcases findings from the report of “Break the Silence: Territory-Wide Study on Sexual Harassment of University Students in Hong Kong” released by the Equal Opportunities Commission.

Visit the Exhibition to know more.

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Good News to Book Lovers

(Issue 173/October 2021)

This year’s book fair will be arranged with Elmbook Bookshop (榆林書店). It will bring you hundreds of books from different subjects of your interests. Grasp this chance to pick your favourite titles up to 20% off.

  • Date: 3 – 5 Nov 2021 (Wed – Fri)
  • Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
  • Venue: G/F, S H Ho Academic Building (Block A)
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Using RefWorks to Manage Your References at Ease

(Issue 173/October 2021)

Citation management is an easy task if you know how to make good use of the tools.

Tuesday RefWorks runs on the first Tuesday of every month. By joining this workshop, you will gain conceptual knowledge of referencing, learn the key features of the web-based bibliographic management tool, and acquire practical techniques to create citations and generate reference lists effectively in Word documents.

Sounds great? Registration and walk-ins are also welcome!

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