Lingnan University Library

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The Lingnan University Library, named after the late benefactor Fong Sum Wood in 1998, is located in the Main Building of Lingnan University, Hong Kong and occupies four floors.

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Beginning in 1968, the Library currently holds over 530,000 volumes of books in English and Chinese, bound journals and audio-visual materials with subjects including arts and humanities, social sciences, and business studies. The Library has introduced a range of electronic services, such as online full-text databases, CD-ROMs, a wireless LAN network, automatic alert services, and over 160 public computers. The Library holds 600 seats, as well as individual and collaborative workrooms in the Chiang Chen Information Commons (IC) on 1/F and soft drinks and a TV inside the Café.

The Library presently has 38 full-time staff, 11 of which are professional, and averages 93 opening hours per week.

Timeline

Collections

Currently, more than 530,000 volumes of books are on open shelves on the first and third floors. The Library also subscribes to over 270 online databases and approximately 69,000 electronic and 1,162 print journals, which are kept on the second floor. Newspapers are kept on the 1/F Reading Room, along with more than 177,000 items of media resources, including audio and video tapes, Blu-ray discs, DVD, laser discs, multimedia packages, and microforms are housed in the Multimedia and Language Learning Center on the same floor.

The Library offers online databases such as the Tuen Mun Heritage Image Database, Lingnan Newsletter, Lingnan Publications, Theses and Dissertations, and the Lingnan University Examination Database.

The Library also has a YouTube channel with video subjects including user guides, workshops, talks and seminars, and an Online Library Guide including a full tour of the facilities. [1]

Services

Services offered include Circulation Services, Information Services, User Education, and Interlibrary Loan Services, as well as the Hong Kong Academic Library Link (HKALL) project, undertaken by the Library since 2005. Users can request more than 11 million books from 8 academic libraries online.

Library Automation

The Library has been fully automated since 1994. Users can gain 24 hours access to databases and electronic resources, and to other library systems, through the Library website. [2] The Library also has a wireless LAN network for internet access from personal laptop computers.

Collaborations

The Library has participated in cooperating and resource sharing with libraries in Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan and Macau. In 1993, it worked with the City University of Hong Kong Library to establish the Pearl River Delta Collection Project; in 1996, cooperated with all Hong Kong academic libraries on Chinese cataloging; in 1998, organized Joint Symposium on Library & Information Services; in 1999, spearheaded to establish Hong Kong Chinese Authority (Name) database (HKCAN); in 2000 & 2001, organized Summer Workshop and Summer Program respectively; in 2003 & 2005, organized Annual Hong Kong Innovative Users Group Meeting; in 2012, organized JULAC Libraries Forum.

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