《四分之三的香港：行山．穿村．遇見風水林》@Library Summer Reading Club

Library Events
(Issue 108/June 2018)

Summer can be much more than a view through the window. Wanna go hiking but don’t know where to go? MacLehose Trail has been cited as one of the world’s top 20 hiking trails by National Geographic, a nature-adventure magazine. It’s time for you to explore and experience the beauty of nature.

Library Reading Club will organize reading sessions for Management and Support Staff to read 《四分之三的香港：行山．穿村．遇見風水林》, introducing the culture and villages of Hong Kong countryside. A welcome pack with a copy of the book will be given to you and you can enjoy the lunchtime with other hiking lovers. Details are as follows:

Date: 20 July 2018 (Friday) and 3 August 2018 (Friday) (tentative)

Time: 12:30 – 1:15 pm

Venue: Learning Commons, G/F of the Library

Target audience: Management and Support Staff

Brown bag lunch will be provided. Seats are limited. First come first served.

For registration, please click HERE

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Book Wanted

Facilities and Services
(Issue 108/June 2018)

The ideas inside books are always fascinating and worth sharing, aren’t they? Just drop by and put your pre-loved books in the collection box on G/F of the Library, so that they can be shared with other book lovers! Sounds great, right? Act now!

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Note: Books collected will be displayed at BookCrossing Points at the discretion of the Library and are non-returnable.

Come and Join Us!

Library Events
(Issue 108/June 2018)

In the past few months, Between the Lines brought a lot of great quotes from books, poems, movies to HSMC community. We are now recruiting new volunteers for the coming semester. If you wanna play a part to cultivate the senses of literature in the College, contact us now.

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4th “Higher Education Management at HSMC” Training Programme – Library Session

Library Events
(Issue 108/June 2018)

The Library held a session for the 4th “Higher Education Management at HSMC” Training Programme on 12 June. The response was encouraging! Participants learnt more about the role of an academic library in the higher education sector and the responsibilities of academic librarians. Followed by a guided tour, all participants enjoyed such an amazing learning journey from the Library.

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Librarian’s Choice – An Inspirational Story from Park Yeon Mi

Library Collections
(Issue 108/June 2018)

Out of suffering from constant oppression and prolonged starvation in North Korea, Park Yeon Mi, even being vilified as a defector, has decided to flee from harrowing ordeals and run for a new life, who is not longing for luxuries but food. It takes exceptional strength of character for Park to write the book In Order To Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey To Freedom 《為了活下去》in exposing her unusual experiences with sorrows, struggles and survivals.

Take a look at this book from the Library now or check out the book review from the database Literature Resources Centre via Gale!

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Redesigned Platform of Project MUSE

E-Resources
(Issue 108/June 2018)

Project MUSE provides digital humanities and social science content for the academics including eJournals and eBooks from over 120 university presses and scholarly societies as to support your research needs.

 

New features allow you to customize your research experience on MUSE:

  • A personalized “My MUSE” account allowing you to save searches and generate citations
  • Content footnotes and references presented “in-line” with the associated text in a journal article or book chapter
  • A streamlined search experience with additional facets for book series and thematic journal issues

 

Click HERE to start your new searching experience.

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Reminder to Graduating Students

Facilities and Services
(Issue 107/May 2018)

Congratulations to graduating students!

Don’t forget your full access to library services will continue till 31 August 2018 (Friday). We remain here to support you through the followings:

  • Access to the Library’s facilities;
  • Check out library materials; and
  • Use Library electronic resources.

A gentle reminder:

Please return all your borrowed materials on or before their due dates; and

Settle outstanding library fines (if you have any) on or before 31 August 2018 (Friday).