CUHK Library E-newsletter

South-Bound Intellectuals and Their Legacy Exhibition

Southbound intellectuals had had a profound impact on the heritage and evolution of traditional Chinese culture in Hong Kong over the past century since the late Qing and Republican era. These Lingnan literati established schools and other educational institutions for nurturing talents, founded literary societies and poetry gatherings to facilitate literary expression and exchange, and celebrated the humanity and integrity of the traditional ideal Chinese scholar. They also launched newspapers and magazines and organized exhibitions to preserve and promote the traditional Chinese culture in Hong Kong. The rich and enduring legacy of the traditional Chinese classics, art, and literature followed the southbound journey of these intellectuals to Hong Kong and flourished in the city. Tracing the footprints of twenty southbound intellectuals in Hong Kong, this exhibition will display their rare publications and manuscripts, photographs, as well as calligraphy and paintings, to showcase the Lingnan literati’s contribution to a century of Hong Kong education.

Exhibition period: 30 September 2021 – 18 February 2022
Organizers: Research Programme for Lingnan Culture of CUHK Institute of Chinese Studies and the Chinese University of Hong Kong Library
Sponsors: Bei Shan Tang Foundation, GS Charity Foundation
Venue: Exhibition Area, University Library, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

CN Yang at 100 Special Exhibition

Professor CN Yang, a friend of CUHK for over half a century and our Distinguished Professor-at-Large, is one of the most important theoretical physicists of the contemporary era, and one of the first Chinese to win the Nobel Prize. As Professor Yang enters the hundredth year of a remarkable life, the Library is delighted to present the Exhibition "Professor CN Yang at 100: Grand Master of Physics, Stalwart Friend of CUHK", as part of the celebratory activities.

The exhibition showcases precious collections from Professor Yang and take audiences on a journey through Professor Yang’s life and experience. The selected items on display include his study notes, research papers, graduation certificates and photographs as well as replicas of the Nobel medal and other medals. These document his progress, first as a university student during the difficult years of World War Two, then as a doctoral student in Chicago, onward to a distinguished career, and his return to Tsinghua in later years. His long association with CUHK is especially featured. A remake of Professor Yang's 1964 public lecture at the Hong Kong City Hall is also shown.

The exhibition is being held in the University Gallery from 22 September 2021 to 28 January 2022. Admission is free and advance registration is required. For details, please visit: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ugallery/en/zone-h.html.

Update on Universities Service Centre for China Studies Collection

With effective from July 5, 2021 the Universities Service Centre For China Studies Collection (USC) has the same opening hours as the University Library. Please visit the Library’s homepage for detailed opening hours.

From the same date access to the USC Collection on the 8th and 9th floor of the Library is now through the University Library main entrance, no longer via the Tin Ka Ping building. If you do not already have a CULink or another library card, please contact us. If you are visiting the Library for the first time or only once, access for a single day is available after signing in with suitable ID at the library Help Desk near the entrance.

In addition, USC has full CUHK WiFi coverage to allow users’ notebooks and mobile devices to gain access to the Internet. Provided by CUHK centralized WiFi services, there are different wireless networks for different groups of library users. Please check here for the common wireless network with unique SSIDs. Once connected to (SSID: CUHK, CUHK1x, CUguest, Eduroam), you can also use the Library’s Wi-Fi printing service in USC.

Extension of Library Opening Hours to Sunday

To enhance access to study space and library resources and in response to users’ feedback in the 2019 Library Survey, starting from 29 August 2021, the University Library, Chung Chi College Elisabeth Luce Moore Library, New Asia College Ch’ien Mu Library, United College Wu Chung Library and the Lee Quo Wei Law Library will open two hours early at 11am on Sunday during term time. The new Sunday opening hours during term time will be from 11 am to 7 pm.

For details of library opening hours, please visit: https://www.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/use/hours/calendar.

New HKALL Self-pickup Station @University Library

Next time you receive an email notification that a HKALL item you have requested is available at the University Library, you can simply go get the book from the Self-pickup Station, which is conveniently located in the Course Reserves / Holds Room. With this new service, you no longer need to queue at the Service Counter of the University Library just to pick up HKALL items, and you can borrow HKALL items around-the-clock during the semester.

To know more about HKALL service, please refer to the Library's webpage:
https://www.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/use/interlibrary-loan/hkall

Overleaf Publishing Tool

Overleaf is an online collaborative scientific writing and publishing tool. It is designed to make the process of writing, editing and producing your research papers and project reports efficient for researchers and their collaborators, providing support and templates for text, layout, graphics, and formula. Overleaf also records all the changes during the workflow, such as when who has made changes on what.

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