The Department of Translation and the University Library System held the inauguration ceremony of the 'Translation Archive of The Chinese University of Hong Kong' cum opening ceremony of 'The David Hawkes Papers: An Exhibition' at the New Asia College Ch'ien Mu Library on February 1, 2012.

The University Library System (ULS) is happy to announce a new addition of 700,000 Chinese eBooks to our electronic collection.  This brings the 24/7 easily accessible eBook collection of the Library to over 2,000,000 titles.  The collection covers major publishers, university and many small presses.

As part of our continuous effort to improve library services, the University Library System conducted a survey in November 2011.  Over 2,760 staff and students completed the survey and half of the respondents also provided written comments.  The Library would like to thank all participants who took their time to complete the survey.  As a token of thanks, an iPad 2 and 10 book coupons were given out as incentive prizes in a lucky draw.  Prizes were presented by the University Librarian on January 17, 2012 at the University Library.

The University Library is pleased to offer the following workshops in March...

The Library will offer intensive courses from March to June 2012 to assist students in preparing for the Information Literacy Section of the Student IT Proficiency Test.  The course provides not only an overview of the Web-based Information Literacy Tutorial, but also includes exercises and practice tests in:

To correspond with the University's new development in the Smart University ID Card and the availability of the Online Add Value System for CU Link card holders to recharge their print account, the Library's Add Value Machines will be decommissioned effective June 30, 2012.  In addition, the Library's existing smart card will be replaced by a contactless smart card and the existing Payflex devices for charging copying/printing will be decommissioned effective June 30, 2013.