... issues with regard to Library buildings, services, and operations using the experience of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Library. Design/methodology/approach This paper focuses on the design, operation, and maintenance of the physical infrastructure. It further discusses...

...Venia Y.M. Mak; Diana L. H. Chan; Ki-Tat Lam; Y.O. Li Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe a collaborative project on issuing a library card for common access among all eight higher education libraries in Hong Kong. Design/methodology/approach – The project was undertaken...

...Brian Minihan Purpose – Collaborative efforts in academic library collection management and development are frequent topics in library literature. This paper aims to analyse the nature of collaborative projects among Hong Kong academic libraries, with a view to whether further synchronisation...

...Peter Sidorko; Linda Lee Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss issues and concerns raised in a collaborative and cooperative central storage facility for Hong Kong academic libraries. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is to propose and to implement a joint storage...

... of the NextGen Leadership program which this author established and conducted across Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai. The paper will also seek to draw on the author's experiences seeking new scenario futures for special libraries in Australia. Design/methodology/approach – This paper will explore future...

...Patti P.C. Cheung; Maria L.C. Lau Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reflect The Chinese University of Hong Kong Library's catalogue evolution as a result of electronic resources cataloguing and how collaborative cataloguing could be implemented in the context of Hong Kong. Design...

... Usage statistics Circulation studies Chinese texts English monographs Subject usage Hong Kong The selected volumes included both Chinese and English books, as well as small portion of books in other languages that accounted for around 0.2 per cent of the total target volumes. The raw data...

... that is far more than mere digitization, is the Hong Kong Jockey Club and Hong Kong Government sponsored oral history project known as the Hong Kong Memory Project, which is Hong Kong's response to UNESCO's “Memory of the World” Project aimed at preserving historical records through digitization. The Library...

... or to the targeting and pricing options during the period. Facebook provides a number of different statistics for tracking the performance of advertising. These metrics were used in evaluating the effectiveness of the advertisement, and are explained in the following section. Hong Kong University libraries...

...Diana L.H. Chan; Samson C. Soong Purpose The main purpose of this paper is to discuss the strategic repositioning of an academic library using the dynamic capability framework. Design/methodology/approach The discussion is based on the re‐organizational process of the Hong Kong University...

...Dianne Cmor Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the strategic efforts of the Hong Kong Baptist University Library to build institutional support for information literacy in an environment of major curriculum reform. Design/methodology/approach The paper outlines the current state...

... a branding exercise that sought to capture the Library's philosophy in terms of its relations with its user community. Our branding exercise resulted in “The University of Hong Kong Libraries. Your partner in intellectual excellence. Caring. Collaborative. Creative”. This brand was attached...

... of information services to the “digital native”, using Hong Kong academic libraries as a case study to reflect on the appropriateness of the services offered. Design/methodology/approach The paper questions whether academic libraries which have begun to recognize this phenomenon, and have changed...

...Lai Fong Li; Shirley Leung; Gladys Tam Purpose The purpose of this paper is to reflect on The Chinese University of Hong Kong Library's development of its web‐based Information Literacy Tutorial and how it was incorporated into the mandatory Student IT Proficiency Test. Design/methodology...

...Winnie Chim Purpose The purpose of this paper is to trace the development and implementation of the quality assurance system and its continuous review process at the Pao Yue‐kong Library of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. It aims to share with readers the experience gained in developing...

... have been working as expatriates in Hong Kong for 2 to 18 years were asked to comment on their own personal experiences in moving to a new culture, a new language environment, and new management challenges. Findings Moving to a new culture can be difficult for the expatriate and his family but work...

... and culturally. Peter Edward Sidorko can be contacted at: peters@hku.hk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Library management Leadership Librarians Professional education Innovation Hong Kong The range and complexity of challenges facing libraries and librarians today...

... of changes taking place in the authors’ own workplace, the University of Hong Kong Libraries, are outlined. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Developments in information technologies and advances in telecommunications have revolutionised the worldwide information society. Access to information, via...

... services (LIS) in a technical organisation in Hong Kong. Customer requirements are identified through the focus‐group brainstorming and critical‐incident interviews with users. The study identified 45 critical incidents, and translated them into 23 satisfaction items. Two iterations of house of quality...

...Colin Storey Briefly describes the recent history and development of information technology in Hong Kong Polytechnic University Library in all areas of operation. The Library installed the Data Research integrated online library system in 1989, and in early 1991 reorganized its management structure...