... 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...

... 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...

...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...

... the study of a longer period also reveal a point at which usage dropped sufficiently to allow librarians to use that point in selecting material to be stored off‐site? The latter point would be of great use to academic libraries in Hong Kong as they plan for the construction of a shared remote storage...

... in Hong Kong. The conference, “Promoting 21st Century Scholarly Communication: The Role of Institutional Repositories in the Open Access Movement”, marked a new era of awareness and commitment to open access in Hong Kong. As open access has an unmistakable goal of increasing public access to research...

... to librarians on whether such a campaign might be of benefit to their own libraries. Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is a mid‐sized government‐funded university with an enrolment of 8,300 students. In common with their peers around the globe, many students at HKBU are enthusiastic Facebook users...

...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...

... Organizational performance Libraries Hong Kong Libraries are evolving rapidly. Not only are collections and formats changing, but pressures felt by library staff, irrespective of library type be it academic, public, special or other, are increasingly many and varied. Much has been written about...

... 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...

... two to three hours are allocated as “case study time” but rarely do participants complete the task in this time making it necessary for them to work together outside of formal, allocated session time. In Hong Kong, and indeed in many other parts of the world, funding for academic libraries has...

... of changes taking place in the authors’ own workplace, the University of Hong Kong Libraries, are outlined. of preservation; of the archiving of electronic information; of copyright issues; and of restrictions in access to information due to the demands of commercial licensing agreements...

... 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...