Library Orientation 2024-2025

Time flies! Another new academic year has begun. An orientation programme organized by the Library ran from mid-August to mid-September 2024, mainly to familiarize students who were new to the SFU community with our key services, subject-specific resources and study facilities.

By setting up a booth during the registration days, posting advertisements around campus and sending out promotional e-mails, we were able to draw over 280 new students to register for the orientation sessions which were conducted either online or face-to-face. All attendees were automatically entered into a lucky draw to get a chance to win cash coupons sponsored by SFU.

In late September, eight lucky draw winners received their gifts in a simple prize presentation ceremony held at the Learning Commons.

After the commencement of the academic year 2024-25, the Library continued to collaborate with the Schools/Departments to organize orientation and workshops for new students (full-time and part-time). Details can be referred to Library Skills Workshops 2024-25.

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Enhanced Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Service

In response to the need for stronger support for the teaching and research activities of the staff, the Library has broadened the range of its interlibrary loan (ILL) service to include the acquisition of e-book chapters and e-journal articles from both local and overseas university libraries. With only a few clicks, users may be able to get hold of materials that are not available in our Library but are held by other institutions. Information on the actual procedures can be found at the Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Request guide.

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Workshops on Research Skills for Academic and Research Staff

Two customised workshops on research skills, which are intended for the academic and research staff in nursing and physiotherapy, were held in August 2024 upon request. In addition to an introduction to advanced search skills, there was a demonstration of how to use the Discovery Search platform and specific e-databases to search for subject-specific resources. Each participant was assigned a computer to perform advanced searches so that he/she could gain some hands-on experience.

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Olympics and Humanities & Professor Leo Lee’s Book Launch Event

Jointly organized by the School of Humanities, the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong & Macau, Alliance Française de Hong Kong, the Library and the Student Affairs Office, the Olympics and Humanities: Photo Exhibition and French Culture Day took place on 28 June 2024 in anticipation of the Paris Olympic Games that would kick off in late July 2024. Through such special events as the French Culture Workshop and the Non-local Students’ Cultural Sharing Session, we were able not only to highlight the key features of the history and culture of France but also to encourage exchanges among local and non-local students in the SFU community.

The Library was chosen as the venue for a photo exhibition featuring the memorable and pleasurable moments of the previous Olympics Games.

The Library also played an active part in a landmark event jointly organized by the School of Humanities and the Museum of Hong Kong Literature, an event which was entitled “小說真好玩兒 —— 李歐梵「舊」書發佈會” and which was held on 26 July 2024. A great variety of publications by Professor Leo Lee Ou-fan, an internationally renowned scholar, were exhibited at the book launch to give the audience a glimpse of his unique insights into contemporary Chinese literature. As a follow-up, Professor Lee’s works were put on display in the Library in August.

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Relocation of Staff Publications Area

To better showcase the academic achievements of the faculty and researchers of SFU, the Library has relocated the entire collection of staff publications to a more spacious area at the Learning Commons. Users will now be able to comfortably browse the scholarly works of both current and former members of staff.

 

The Library has also updated the e-resources slideshow, which is viewable on the large TV screen installed in the area. Information on the history of SFU and the development of the Library has been included. This eye-catching visual display can give users, especially newcomers, a greater understanding of the long journey which our institute has gone through to becoming the first Catholic university in Hong Kong.

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Re-set the Reserve Collection Area

To make students easily borrow the course reserve collection, the Library setup a self-checkout station and a multi-function photocopier / printer in the Reserve Collection area at the CBCC Library. Users can now borrow designated course readings themselves using the self-checkout station or make a copy of printed work for self-study purposes.

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e-Resources Activities in 2024 – Lucky Draw Winners

As the Chinese saying goes, “Good things come in pairs”.

Two SFU staff members won an Apple Watch and a cash coupon respectively in the lucky draw in connection with the online Emerald Journal Reading Quiz Competition titled “The Rise of Gen Z Workforce” in May 2024. Besides, six members of staff and students each won an e-gift card in the “Read-Share-Win Prizes” Contest organized by PressReader from March to May 2024.

These two activities have helped promote the use of e-resources that could benefit teaching, learning and research. The following e-databases are highly recommended and can be accessed via the A-Z List e-Databases:

• eBook Series Collection, Marketing Collection, Public Policy & Environmental Management Collection and Tourism & Hospitality Management Collection (Emerald Publishing)
• PressReader

Our warmest congratulations to all the winners. Please stay tuned to the next e-resources competitions!

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Enrichment of E-Resources

The Library has sought to broaden the range of our e-resources so as to meet the ever-increasing learning, teaching and research needs of users in different subject disciplines. In this connection, the Library has recently added the following e-databases:

E-Databases	Introduction
ProQuest One Business	ProQuest One Business contains a vast amount of business information in multiple databases, including ABI/INFORM Collection, Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection, Business Market Research Collection and Entrepreneurship Database, covering over 2,400 journals, thousands of e-books and videos, as well as hundreds of thousands of reports from J. P Morgan, BMI Research, Hoovers and others.
ProQuest One Psychology	ProQuest One Psychology provides diverse resource types including scholarly journals, therapy videos, counselling transcripts, news and dissertations to support research on various topics related to psychology, such as abnormal psychology, addiction, death and dying, school counselling and parenting.
Web of Science	Web of Science is a well-known database which publishes Journal Citation Reports (JCR) and impact factors to inform research performance and analysis. It also provides the most recent and retrospective reference information from academic journals and conference proceedings in various disciplines.
Harvard Business Review Press Collection (EBSCOhost)	The eBook Harvard Business Review Press Collection provides full-text access to more than 800 titles published by Harvard Business Review Press in business and related areas, including marketing, finance, human resources, organizational psychology, entrepreneurship as well as leadership and management.
LSEG Workspace	LSEG Workspace, a product of London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), is a database that provides a wide variety of financial information including real-time market data, news and analytics. Users can navigate and search for financial instruments and deals data across multiple industries. [The Workspace has been installed at computer workstation (No. E1) in the e-Learning Laboratory of the Learning Commons. In case you need assistance with the use of the Workspace, please approach our staff at the Help Desk.]
Gale Business: Insights	Gale Business: Insights provides a host of information about companies, industries and markets across the globe, including investment and financial reports, case studies, SWOT analysis, and articles from academic journals and trade magazines.
Oxford English Dictionary	Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a comprehensive and authoritative online dictionary of the English language. This reference guide contains the meanings, histories, usages, and pronunciations of over 500,000 words and phrases across English-speaking countries.

At present, about 250 e-databases in different subjects are accessible via the Database List of the Library Guides both on and off campus.