Library Facilities
The following facilities are available to Library users:
(Refer to the library floor plan for the locations of the facilities.)
Electronic Resources Workstations
A number of electronic resources workstations are provided near the Law Section of the Library for all library users to use various electronic resources.
LSEG Workspace Workstation
A LSEG Workspace Workstation is provided near the IT Help Desk in the Library for current CityUHK staff and students. Users can reserve the workstation via LSEG Workspace Workstation Booking System with their <Electronic ID> and the corresponding <Password>.
Media Resources Workstations
A number of media resources workstations are provided outside the Media Resources Collection Room and 2nd floor of the Library for all library users to use various media resources.
Carrels with various equipment are provided in the area for users to use library resources only but not personal media. Available equipment includes:
N.B.
Photocopiers, Printers, Scanners and Microform Equipment
Photocopiers and Printers
Photocopiers and printers (release stations) can be found at various locations within the Library. They cater for black and white as well as colour photocopying/printing of A4 and A3 sizes.
Locations of photocopiers and printers (release stations)
Charging rate:
| Photocopying | Printing | |
|---|---|---|
| A4 Black & White | HK$0.3 per page | HK$0.3 per page |
| A3 Black & White | HK$0.6 per page | HK$0.6 per page |
| A4 Colour | HK$3.0 per page | HK$3.0 per page |
| A3 Colour | HK$6.0 per page | HK$6.0 per page |
Printing Services
Most of the workstations in the Library are connected to network laser printers.
Users of notebook computers and mobile devices connected to the CityUHK WLAN or the CityUHK VPN from any Wi-fi hotspots of ISPs can also print to the network laser printers.
Two types of printing service are available, namely Octopus Card-operated Fast Printing Service (charged printing) and Quota Controlled Fast Print Queue Service (free laser printing using quota limit as assigned by Computing Services Centre):
Locations of photocopiers and printers (release stations)
| Location | Octopus Card-operated Fast Printing Service | Quota Controlled Fast Print Queue Service printing instruction |
|---|---|---|
| A4 Black & White - $0.3/page A4 Color - $3.0/page A3 Black & White - $0.6/page A3 Color - $6.0/page |
A4 Black & White only - free of charge |
|
| Computer Area in the Oval | Yes (not the default) printing instruction |
Yes (default) |
| Media PCs outside Media Resources Collection Room | Yes (default) | No |
| Information Space | Yes (not the default) printing instruction |
Yes (default) |
| Law Section | Yes (default) | No |
| E-Resources Workstations Area (near Law Section) | Yes (default) | No |
| Notebook computers connected to CityUHK WLAN or CityUHK VPN (temporarily unavailable due to technical issues) | Yes printing instruction |
Yes printing instruction |
| Mobile devices connected to CityUHK WLAN or CityUHK VPN | No | Yes printing instruction (iOS device) printing instruction (Android device) |
Scanners
The following workstations in the Information Space are connected to colour scanners with OCR capabilities:
| Workstation | OCR enabled in Windows 10 |
|---|---|
| 311, 816, 826, 835, 855, 865 | Yes |
All scanners are available to current CityUHK staff and students of programmes leading to CityUHK awards. These machines can be used to capture colour images and text documents.
Microform Equipment
Microform readers/scanners located outside the Media Resources Collection Room are available for viewing, printing and scanning microform materials.
Observation of Copyright
Users are reminded to make sure that their photocopying and scanning does not infringe the Copyright Ordinance. The legislation is accessible from the web site of the Department of Justice of the HKSAR Government: http://www.legislation.gov.hk/index.htm.
Rooms and Venues
Study Carrels
- CREATE! Makerspace
- Libratorium
- Facilities for Users with Special Needs
- Computers and Equipment
- Interactive Learning
- Rooms
- Booking of Library Study Space
- Study Carrels
- Group Study Rooms
- Si Ku Quan Shu Reading Room
- Law Discussion Room for Mooting Preparation
- Videocassette players of the following formats: U-matic, VHS
All of the VCRs are available with mutli-system capacities. - Multidisc players
- Audio cassette deck
- Multimedia PC computers
- Blu-ray players
- Microform reader/scanner is available outside the Media Resources Collection Room.
- Users are allowed to use the workstations up to 4 hours daily. Users are reminded to pay attention to the remaining time displayed on screen. Since the PCs will be shutdown automatically after reaching the daily quota, users are advised to save working documents to external or cloud storage regularly in order to avoid data loss.
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