Library Blog

Due to server upgrade, a electronic journal services including EdLINK, citation linker and e-journals listings, etc will be temporarily unavailable from 8:30am to 1:00pm on 30 August 2010 (Monday).

We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

For enquiries, please call our Information Counter at 2948-6653.

To further improve the effectiveness of Library services, amendments will be made to the Library Regulations with effect from 1st July 2010. Highlights of revisions are as follows:

Section 4.2 – Borrowing rights of HKIEd Regular Staff Child Dependants
Borrowing privileges have been granted to Child Dependants of HKIEd Regular Staff. Their borrowing rights will be the same as Category C Members with a loan quota of 15 items. The loan quota and loan period table in 4.2 will hence be updated accordingly.

Sections 4.9, 4.10 and 4.11 – “Maximum Fine” no longer applicable to lost/assumed lost items recovered
Overdue fines of library loans are currently capped at $30 for 30-day and 90-day loan items, $100 for 3-day and 7-day loan items, and $60 for 3-hour loan items (i.e. the “Maximum Fine”). To encourage prompt return of library materials so that other library users will have fair chances to use them, “Maximum Fine” will no longer be applied to “lost”, “assumed lost” or “claimed returned” items which are later recovered and returned to the Library. The overdue fines of these recovered materials will be calculated up to the date the item is officially returned to the Library. Relevant sections in 4.9, 4.10 and 4.11 will thus be revised to reflect this change.

Sections 5 & 6 – Amendments of wording relating to violations of Library Regulations
Minor changes will be made to replace the negative wording of various sections in 5 and 6. All actions and effects resulted from violations of Library Regulations will remain unchanged.

For further details, please consult “Library Regulations” under “About the Library” on the Library Website (http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk/), or contact the Library’s Information Counter at 2948 6653.

Please note that the Mong Man Wai Library and the Town Centre Library will be closed on the HKSAR Establishment Day, Thursday, 1st July 2010.

The Mong Man Wai Library and the Town Centre Library will also open according to its summer vacation schedule from Monday, 12th July 2010 to Sunday, 22nd August 2010 inclusive. The hours of opening will be:

Both Libraries will resume normal opening hours on Monday, 23rd August 2010. Please contact the Lending Services Section at 2948-6658 should you need further information on the library opening hours. The 7 x 24 Learning Centre at MMW Library will remain open 24 hours a day during the public holidays and summer break.  

The Hong Kong Museum of Education (HKME) will launch a new exhibition entitled “Under the Trees: The History of Hong Kong Village Schools” on Friday, 14th May 2010.

Displays and exhibits of the existing exhibition “Education and Heritage: Teachers’ Training” will gradually be replaced by the new exhibition on Monday, 10th May 2010 to Thursday, 13th May 2010. During this period, the Museum will remain open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm each day. However, individual sections of the Museum will be closed off sequentially for setting up the new exhibition. Guided group tours are also not available on these four days.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused. And we look forward to your visit of our new exhibition.

To support students during the examination period, the Mong Man Wai Library will open on the following public holidays in May and June. All library services will be provided as usual during the opening hours listed, and in addition the Library 7 x 24 Learning Centre (located on the Ground Floor) will remain open 24 hours every day. The special public holiday opening hours are as follows: