Information Skills Workshops

User Education
(Issue 189/September 2022)

Whether you want to acquire or sharpen basic information skills, Information Skills Workshops with various topics, ranging from searching Library resources to techniques of handling citations and visualizing research data, are right there for you.

iGPS unit (s) will be offered. Register now for a chance to win a $50 book coupon if you are the student who has attended most workshops this semester.

Don’t miss to join Learning Journey@Library as you have already completed one of the four easy missions by attending the workshop. Just finish the remaining three simple tasks to get an ice cream coupon!

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Textbook Fair (Semester 1, AY2022-23)

Library Events
(Issue 189/September 2022)

The 1st Semester Textbook Fair will be held on 14 – 16 September 2022. All listed textbooks will be sold at discounted prices.

Details for the Fair are as below:

  • Date: 14 – 16 Sep 2022 (Wed to Fri)
  • Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
  • Venue: G/F, S H Ho Academic Building (Outside the Library)

Students can also purchase listed textbooks online at discounted prices after the onsite Textbook Fair until 7 Oct 2022.

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Culture and Technology Talk – Reconstructing Lost Heritage of Tiger Balm Garden

Library Events
(Issue 189/September 2022)

Have you ever been to Tiger Balm Garden (虎豹別墅) before? It’s an excellent chance for you to learn about the past, present, and future of the Tiger Balm Garden, as well as how VR meta technologies can help preserve the culture, reconstruct the lost heritage and support the education needs.

  • Date: 22 Sep 2022 (Thur)
  • Time: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
  • Venue: G/F, Space for All @HSUHK Library
  • Speaker:
  •  -Ms. Sally AW Sian (胡仙女士), OBE, DStJ, JP, Founder, Aw Boon Haw Foundation
  •  -Mr. Roger WU (胡燦森先生), Executive Director, Project Development, Haw Par Music Foundation Limited (HPMF)
  • Organisers:
  •  -Department of Art and Design, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
  •  -Virtual Reality Centre, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
  •  -Chu Hai College of Higher Education
  •  -HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education

An iGPS unit will be offered. Register now!

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Equipment for Students with Special Needs

Facilities and Services
(Issue 189/September 2022)

Launched with Student Affairs Office, the Barrier-free Self Study Room (A108) provides equipment and software for visually impaired students, where braille signage is installed. A computer with screen reading software, NVDA, assists users in reading the text on a speech synthesizer or braille display in English and Chinese. For details, please visit the Library website.

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HSUHK publications on G/F Library

Others
(Issue 189/September 2022)

Have you noticed that S H Ho Academic Building and the Library were open on the same day, 17 September 2012?

On the Library’s 10th anniversary of moving to its current location, discover the university’s history in HSUHK publications on G/F of the Library!

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