Information Space

Information Space

Information Space is an area designed to create a conducive area for more interactive and participatory learning as well as small group teaching. Students can use the PC workstations to explore the information space and to work on their assignments there.

PC Availability

Please click HERE for the detailed seating plan.


Facilities

Information Space

About 80 PC workstations(including 10 iMac) equipped with a wide range of software tools including word processing, spreadsheets, presentation, graphics, desk top publishing, web authoring, statistical analysis and programming languages, etc. are available here. For details, please visit the software list of Computing Services Centre (CSC). Current CityU staff and students can use the PC workstations by logging in with their CityU Electronic ID. Advance booking for individual PC workstations are available to eligible students via the Resource Booker. Please see Rules for Reserving Oval & Information Space Workstation for details.

The following workstations are iMac:

  Seat number
iMac 823 828 830 831 845
850 856 861 867 873

The following workstations are connected to colour scanners with OCR capabilities:

  Seat number
Scanner 816 826 835
855 865

Most of the PC workstations are connected to laser printers. Current CityU staff and students are entitled to print within his/her quota limit as assigned by Computing Services Centre. Please see CSC's guidelines for laser printing for details.

Seminar Room

There are two laser printers for Quota Controlled Fast Print Queue. Current CityU students can print by using of their print quota. Printing papers are provided for this service. For details, please refer to the Printing Steps for IS and Oval Area Workstation Users and Notebook Computer Users. To Connect to the Octopus-card-operated network printers, please refer to the Fast Printing Service Guideline for Oval & IS Workstation Computer Users.

There is a 3D Scanner and Virtual Reality facilities & services (CAVE) at the Discovery Corner. Advance booking for individual 3D Scanners & CAVE are available to eligible students via the Library Facilities Booking System. Please see Rules for Reserving 3D Scanners / Workstations for details.

For enquiries, please contact IT Help Desk at 3442-6963 during its opening hours.

Opening Hours

Please refer to Library Opening and Counter Hours Schedule.

How to log in to the public workstations inside the Library?

Type of PC User Type Login with If you come across logging in problems
PCs in the Oval and Information Space CityU staff and students, SCOPE members with new SCOPE smart cards (issued in or after 2006) Active Directory (AD) User Account please consult the following pages:
For staff: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/csc/deptweb/facilities/using-facilities/stf-account.htm
For student: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/csc/deptweb/facilities/using-facilities/stud-account.htm
Electronic Resource Workstations, Media PCs CityU staff and students, SCOPE members with new SCOPE smart cards (issued in or after 2006) EID please consult the following pages:
For staff: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/csc/deptweb/facilities/using-facilities/stf-account.htm
For student: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/csc/deptweb/facilities/using-facilities/stud-account.htm
Alumni, JULAC Card / Borrower's Card / Reader's Card / Spouse Card holders as well as Friends of the Library members EID please approach the Circulation Counter for assistance.