Hong Kong Library

Yiu Tung Public Library

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Yiu Tung Public Library is a public library, located in Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong.

Facilities:

:Adult Lending Library
:Junior Lending Library
:Newspapers and Periodicals Section
:Extension Activities Room

Services:

:Lending Service
:Reservation and
:Newspapers and Periodicals Service
:Outreach Programmes

Tsing Yi Public Library

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Tsing Yi Public Library is a public library on Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. It is classified as Major District / District Libraries under the system of Hong Kong Public Libraries. Before the library was established , Hong Kong Government provided the islanders with only mobile library service.

After the completion of phase IV of Cheung Hong Estate, Tsing Yi Public Library was established on the ground floor of Hong Shing House of the estate on 21st March 1986. Although the library was small, it had one children's library, one adult library and one reference library.

The population of Tsing Yi Island continued to grow rapidly in 1980s and 1990s towards 200,000 as new housing projects in the new town completed. decided to built a new library which was suggested in new town planning in 1980s. On 2000-01-31 the library moved to the current location, Tsing Yi Municipal Services Building. The library is on a single floor and is more spacious than the old library. Computing facilities and a newspaper reading room was introduced to the library. As the Council was disbanded, the library is then managed by Leisure and Cultural Services Department.

Facilities

* Adult Lending Library
* Children's Library
* Computer Information Centre
* Extension Activities Room
* Multimedia Library
* Newspapers and Periodicals Section
* Reference Section
* Students' Study Room

Opening Hours

*Monday
09:00am - 08:00pm
*Tuesday
09:00am - 08:00pm
*Wednesday
09:00am - 08:00pm
*Thursday
Closed
*Friday
09:00am - 08:00pm
*Saturday
09:00am - 07:00pm
*Sunday
09:00am - 05:00pm
*Public Holiday
09:00am - 05:00pm

Except library closing day, the library will be closed at 5:00 p.m. on the following days: New Year's Eve, Chinese New Year's Eve, Mid-Autumn Festival and Christmas Eve.

Mobile services

Although the library in the central location of the new town of Tsing Yi Island, it is too far from the remote part of the new town. There are mobile services provided for Cheung Ching Estate in its south, Cheung Fat Estate in its north and Cheung Wang Estate in its east.

It also lends some of her collections to other organisations on the island.

Sha Tin Public Library

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The Sha Tin Public Library is a public library located at 1 Yuen Wo Road, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, China. It was opened on 16 February, 1987. At that time, it was called the Sha Tin Central Library before its current name was adopted in 2000. It is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. The opening hours are as follows:

Monday 09:00am - 08:00pm

Tuesday 09:00am - 08:00pm

Wednesday 09:00am - 08:00pm

Thursday Closed

Friday 09:00am - 08:00pm

Saturday 09:00am - 07:00pm

Sunday 09:00am - 05:00pm

Public Holiday 09:00am - 05:00pm

Ma On Shan Public Library

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The Ma On Shan Public Library is a public library located at 14 On Chun Street, , Hong Kong, China. It was opened on 2 April, 2005. It occupies an area of 2,200 square metres. It has a characteristic main building that is of shape. The library has more than 150,000 books.

List of libraries in Hong Kong

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This is a list of in Hong Kong.

Public libraries

The Hong Kong Public Library consists of 65 libraries organised by district:

Hong Kong Island

* mobile library stops

Central and Western

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* Shek Tong Tsui Public Library
* Smithfield Public Library

Eastern

* Chai Wan Public Library
* Electric Road Public Library
* North Point Public Library
* Quarry Bay Public Library
* Yiu Tung Public Library

Southern

* Aberdeen Public Library
* Ap Lei Chau Public Library
* Pok Fu Lam Public Library

Wan Chai

* Hong Kong Central Library
* Lockhart Road Public Library
* Wong Nai Chung Public Library

Kowloon

* mobile library stops

Kowloon City

* Hung Hom Public Library
* Kowloon Public Library
* Kowloon City Public Library
* To Kwa Wan Public Library

Kwun Tong

* Lam Tin Public Library
* Ngau Tau Kok Public Library
* Lei Yue Mun Public Library
* Sau Mau Ping Public Library
* Shui Wo Street Public Library
* Shun Lee Public Library

Sham Shui Po

* Lai Chi Kok Public Library
* Pak Tin Public Library
* Po On Road Public Library
* Un Chau Street Public Library

Wong Tai Sin

* Lok Fu Public Library
* Lung Hing Public Library
* Ngau Chi Wan Public Library
* San Po Kong Public Library
* Tsz Wan Shan Public Library

Yau Tsim Mong

* Fa Yuen Street Public Library
* Tai Kok Tsui Public Library
* Tsim Sha Tsui Public Library
* Yau Ma Tei Public Library
* Fu Shan Public Library

New Territories

* mobile library stops

Kwai Tsing

* North Kwai Chung Public Library
* South Kwai Chung Public Library
* Tsing Yi Public Library

Tsuen Wan

* Tsuen Wan Public Library
* Shek Wai Kok Public Library

Tuen Mun

* Tuen Mun Public Library
* Butterfly Public Library
* Tai Hing Public Library

Yuen Long

* Yuen Long Public Library
* Tin Shui Wai Public Library

North

* Fanling Public Library
* Sheung Shui Public Library
* Sha Tau Kok Public Library

Tai Po

* Tai Po Public Library

Sha Tin

* Sha Tin Public Library
* Ma On Shan Public Library
* Lek Yuen Public Library

Sai Kung

* Sai Kung Public Library
* Tseung Kwan O Public Library

Islands

* Cheung Chau Public Library
* Mui Wo Public Library
* North Lamma Public Library
* Peng Chau Public Library
* South Lamma Public Library
* Tai O Public Library
* Tung Chung Public Library

University libraries

*The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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**Ch'ien Mu Library, New Asia College
**Li Ping Medical Library
**Elisabeth Luce Moore Library, Chung Chi College
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**Wu Chung Multimedia Library, United College
*City University of Hong Kong
**Run Run Shaw Library
*Chu Hai Post Secondary College
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*The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
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*Hong Kong Baptist University
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*The Hong Kong Institute of Education
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*The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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*The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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*The Open University of Hong Kong
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*Shue Yan College
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*The University of Hong Kong
**HKU Dental Library
**HKU Education Library
**HKU Fung Ping Shan Library
**HKU Lui Che Woo Law Library
**HKU Main Library
**HKU Music Library
**HKU Yu Chun Keung Medical Library
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Private libraries

*Kwang Hwa Information and Culture Center
*Sun Yat Sen Library

Lingnan University Library

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The Lingnan University Library was named after the late benefactor Mr. Fong Sum Wood in 1998. The Library is centrally located on the campus of Lingnan University. It occupies four floors of the Main Building with a total floor area of 4,000 sq.m.

Collection

Currently, more than 400,000 volumes of and books are on open shelves on the first and third floors where students can access them freely. The strength of the book collection is on arts and humanities, business and management, and the social sciences. The Library also subscribes to over 28,000 and 3,000 print journals on these academic disciplines. Journals and newspapers are kept on the second floor. More than 20,000 items of media resources, including audio and video tapes, laser discs, multimedia packages, microforms, etc. are housed in the Multimedia and Language Learning Centre on the same floor.

Digital Library

The Library has been fully automated since 1994. Users can gain 24 hours access to databases and electronic resources through the Digital Library and to other library systems.

Online Library Guide

Online Library Guide is now available on YouTube

Library Staff Group Photo

Hong Kong Public Libraries

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The Hong Kong Public Library system consists of 65 static and 10 mobile offering a total collection of 12.1 million items. The network of libraries are interconnected by a digitalised library management system, the busiest and one of the largest in the world offering both and capabilities.

Unlike most HKPL is under the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, a ministry-like department in the Hong Kong Government, after dismissal of Urban Council and before the commence of 2000.

Elisabeth Luce Moore Library

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The Elisabeth Luce Moore Library, donated by the Henry Luce Foundation, was named after Mrs. Elisabeth Luce Moore. It is located in the Chung Chi College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Resources found in the Elisabeth Luce Moore Library range from recognized music and religion collections to specialized works. Facilities include Late Reading Rooms and Group Study Rooms.

Background

Of the 7 libraries in the Chinese University of Hong Kong , the Chung Chi Library was first built in 1951 with its home at St. John’s Cathedral Library. In 1956, it moved to the Ma Liu Shiu campus. With donation through the Henry Luce Foundation in the United States of America, the present library was named after Mrs. Elisabeth Luce Moore and moved the last time to the Chung Chi College campus in 1971.

Resources

Collections in the Elisabeth Luce Moore Library are especially specialized out of all university libraries found in CUHK. Other than recognized music and religion collections, there are also collections of Western literature and languages, Japanese literature and language, philology and lingustics, education and sports science. All collected works are supported by the Departments of Music, Religion, , Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies, Japanese Studies and Faculty of Education in the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

In addition, the Library provides resources like theses, newspaper, together with ERIC documents and out-of-print materials on Music and Religion. To be specialized in education, Instructional Materials Collections, which is the of teaching materials for all secondary and primary schools' subjects of Hong Kong, can also be found in the Elisabeth Luce Moore Library.

Moreover, electronic resources can be accessed by CUHK students and staff too. These resources include the materials of Education, Humanities, Language & Literature, Music, Religion and Sport Sciences.