Library Blog

We are pleased to introduce the Library’s new “E-Newspapers” webpage, which provides a consolidated listing of leading local and national newspapers in Hong Kong, the Asia-Pacific region, North America and the United Kingdom.  The listing also includes online special interest newspapers such as The Times Higher Education Supplement and The Chronicle of Higher Education.  All “E-Newspapers” titles can be browsed either by title or by country, and we have also established hotlinks to the current day’s contents of each newspaper.

The consolidated listing of online newspapers is to assist you browse for news and current affairs in your country or newspaper of choice.  For further details on e-newspapers, please go to the “E-Newspapers” link on the Library Website (www.lib.ied.edu.hk), or contact our Information Counter at 2948-6653.

The Estates Office is going to replace the floor tiles in the area outside the main entrance of the Mong Man Wai Library from Saturday, 5th July 2008 to Sunday, 20th July 2008. The replacement work will be scheduled in two phases. Access to the MMW Library will not be affected during the work period, and the Library will maintain its normal services. Please refer to the diagram below for details.

To minimize the disturbance to our users, hacking off of old floor tiles will only be carried out during weekends. However, noise and dust will still be generated intermittently. The electric auto doors at the MMW Library main entrance will also be suspended during the work period. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Please note that the Mong Man Wai Library and the Town Centre Library will open according to its summer vacation schedule from 29th June 2008 (Sunday) to 17th August 2008 (Sunday) inclusive. The hours of opening will be:

The Mong Man Wai Library and the Town Centre Library will also be closed on the HKSAR Establishment Day, Tuesday, 1st July 2008.

Both Libraries will resume normal opening hours on Monday, 18th August 2008. Please contact the Lending Services Section at 2948-6658 should you need further information on the library opening hours.

The Library is pleased to announce that starting from Tuesday, 10th June 2008, all HKIEd staff and students can access EdVideo (the Library’s local “off-air” video-on-demand service) remotely outside the campus by using their HKIEd Network usernames and passwords for authentication.

Due to the higher bandwidth requirement for viewing online video, remote access to EdVideo is only available to computers connected to Internet via broadband network. Computers connected to Internet via telephone modem are not supported. It is also anticipated that the quality of the video may be distorted or automatically downgraded due to the variations of network traffic over the Internet.

To achieve satisfactory video quality via remote access, the following PC hardware and software set up is recommended:

• Broadband connection to Internet
• PC with Pentium 4 CPU or above, at least 1GB of memory and sound card
• Windows XP or later version
• Microsoft Windows Media Player version 11 or above

For further details on EdVideo, please contact our Information Counter at 2948-6653.

To support students’ preparation for their final examinations in May and June, the Mong Man Wai Library will open on the following public holidays in May and June, and extend its opening hours on weekends from Sunday, 18 May 2008 to Sunday, 8 June 2008, with all usual services provided. The 7 x 24 Learning Centre located on G/F of MMW Library will also remain open 24 hours everyday. The special weekends and public holiday opening hours are as follows: