To promote public interest in and understanding of modern Chinese literature and, at the same time to celebrate the completion of the digitization project of vertical files of Hong Kong literature donated by Prof Lo Wai Luen, the University Library System of the University held a joint ceremony of the Exhibition of Autographed Copies of Modern Chinese Writers and the Launching of the Vertical File Collection of Hong Kong Literature on June 17, 2005.  The Library was honoured to have Mr. Chen Jiangong, Director, National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature in Beijing, Ms. Anissa Wong, Director of Leisure and Cultural Services of the Government of the Hong Kong SAR and Prof. Liu Pak Wai, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University to officiate at the ceremony.  Over 60 guests from literary, cultural, publishing and educational sectors attended the ceremony and they showed great enthusiasm and interests in the exhibits.  The exhibition will last for one month until July 16, 2005.

We are happy to announce that the East Asian Languages Bibliographical Service Centre (EALBSC) under the University Library System has been established to provide fee-based cataloguing services for other libraries.  The University Library System has been contributing records to OCLC WorldCat bibliographic database and our records have been highly regarded by local and overseas libraries.  With encouraging support, the EALBSC is established.  This Centre catalogues all forms of materials published in the Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages.   The bibliographical data is delivered in MARC format with catalogued records conforming to standards like Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Library of Congress Classification, Library of Congress Subject Headings and MARC21.

The discounted annual subscription fee of the Digital Library Service for Alumni at HK$300 (original fee HK$400) is now extended to June 30, 2006.  CU Alumni Gold/Platinum Credit Card holders can enjoy a further 20% discount.

Starting July 2, 2005, all six libraries of the University Library System will close on Sundays.  Regular opening hours will resume on August 22, 2005 except Medical Library will resume regular opening hours from August 1, 2005.

In line with the progress of the renovation work, the partial closure of the Chung Chi College Library is now rescheduled as follows:

2/F and LG/F	May 10, 2005 - June 30, 2005
1/F and G/F	July 1, 2005 - August 30, 2005

Please note refurbishment works will be carried out on the 1/F of the Wu Chung Multimedia Library from July 4 to August 31, 2005.  During this period, the Seminar Room and the Information Commons on 1/F will be closed and computer facilities and services will not be available.