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The Library’s Lift B will be renovated over the next several months, during which it will be out of service. Please use Lift A and Lift C, or the stairs, for your movement between floors.
We apologize for the inconvenience caused, but now is the best time to do the renovations to the lift to minimize disturbance to staff and students.
We are glad to let you know that the Library has been able to convert another space into a Group Study Room for you – and it is in the 24-hour Learning Commons!
The new room is “LC-18” and you can now see it on the library floor plan. For now it just has a table and chairs and a white board. We will add some color and a monitor screen later.
The HKUST Library is replacing all research carrels on LG3 and LG4 with new furniture. The initial preview samples are now available in the back of the Library G/F.
If you have time, please take a look and let us know what you think!
You can write your comments on the boards near the furniture, or you can fill out this online survey.
We have rearranged some of the furniture on the ground floor, creating a new large study room towards the back and an expanded casual reading area near the entry gates.
We would like to share an article for your consideration:
Pre-emptive low cost social distancing and enhanced hygiene implemented before local COVID-19 transmission could decrease the number and severity of cases.
In cooperation with several University departments, the Library has taken action to ensure your safety in the Learning Commons.
Some of these may cause you inconvenience. Please be understanding and cooperate with our efforts, and with instructions from Library and Security staff.
Thank you!
The Learning Commons reopened today – Monday, February 24.
It will open this week, Monday-Friday from 9am-7pm.
A book pickup service is available on G/F. Send book requests to lbcirc@ust.hk.
The G/F doors should be used for book pickup only.
The LG1 doors provide access to the Learning Commons.
As part of a toilet renovation plan, FMO has just upgraded some of the water taps in the first floor toilets to touchfree motion sensor models.
Try them out, and let us know what you think – both of the sensors and of timing and the water flow.
A Library user recently made a request:
“I am looking for the services of Paper Shredder. As a matter of fact, some of the documents, after printing and/or photocopying inside the library, have personal information. It is no[t] a good idea to put them into paper recycle bag. Thus, I would like to ask whether it is possible for library to provide paper shredder.“
Yes – let’s give this a try! We have repurposed a small paper shredder and made it available for you to use.
知道科技大學圖書館有一批共200幅的古地圖珍貴特別館藏嗎？
信報最近有關於我們這批特別館藏的專訪：
http://www1.hkej.com/dailynews/article/id/1973832/
http://www1.hkej.com/dailynews/article/id/1973833/
The Library has purchased a few new power strips with USB charging ports installed. Should we get more of these for other locations? Or are they a waste of time and money? Try them out and let us know what you think.
They are located on the tables in the back hall of 1/F:
The Library is always working to improve services and facilities for your use. Recently, we have been able to convert 3 more rooms into group studies!
Back in May, we added room LG4-02. And this week we rolled out LG3-04 and LG3-08! We still need to add some artwork to them, and the computer monitor in LG3-08 is a temporary one on the table – a proper 32″ wall-mounted monitor will be added later.
This week, the Library was able to extend the overnight study space to include all of LG1. The plan is to try this out for the study and exam weeks to reduce the pressure on the existing 24-hour LC space. We are able to do so through a lot of work and planning by Library staff, and with the help of University administration and support from FMO.
Sadly, some students abused this change, and they made a big mess in one of the Media Viewing rooms.
During the exam period, the Library provides an additional women’s toilet during the examination period.
This will be done by converting the G/F Men’s Toilet to Women’s use from 19-29 May.
So there will be two Women’s Toilets on G/F during exams, as well as one on each of the other floors. Men’s toilets will continue to be available on the other floors.
The Library has a website at http://library.ust.hk/m specially designed for your phones. Try it out now!:
