Mr. Patrick LO (盧百祥)
(Cataloguing Librarian, Lingnan University Library, Hong Kong ;
Secretary of HKCAN (Hong Kong Chinese Name Authority Workgroup)
Email: <patrickl@ln.edu.hk>

1. Presenting “Using Outsource Data of Digital Resources in Creating Our Own Bibliographic Records.” at 72nd IFLA General Conference, on 22nd August 2006: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla72/Programme2006.htm
2. Presenting “How to Convert Naxos Music Library Online Titles into MARC Records - the Lingnan University Library Experience.” at the International Association of Music Librarian (IAML) Conference, in Göteborg, Sweden on 19th June, 2006: http://www.iaml.info/conferences/goteborg_programme
3. Presenting “Digital Library of Lingnan University, Hong Kong & OPAC as Library Resources Portal.” at Vienna University, in Vienna, Austria on 13th June 2006.
4. Presenting “Latest Developments of HKCAN (Hong Kong Chinese Authority Name) Project.” at National Library of France in Paris on 6th June 2006.
5. Presenting “Converting Lingnan Library’s Web-OPAC into a Library Resources Portal.” at CALIS Unicat Training Workshop, at Ningbo Institute of Technology of Zhejiang University, China (浙江大學寧波理工學院), on 16th September 2005.
6. Presenting “Latest Developments of HKCAN Database under XML Format” at Library of Congress (US) on 1st April 2005.
7. Presenting “The Digital Library of Lingnan University, Hong Kong.” at Austrian National Library, Vienna on 26th May 2004.
8. Presenting “The Digital Library of Lingnan University, Hong Kon.g” for academic library community in Berlin, organized by the Kooperativer Bibliotheksverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (KOBV) at Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum fuer Informationstechnik Berlin (ZIB) on 24th May 2004.

1. 中文名稱規範合作─香港的提議 (1999, with Lily Hu & Kylie Chan)
2. A Collaborative Project on Chinese Name Authority Control : the Latest Development of the HKCAN Database. (2000, with Lily Hu & Kylie Chan)
3. The Implementation Stage of the Hong Kong Chinese Authority Name (HKCAN) Database. (2001, with Lily Hu, Evelyn Kuo & Maria Lau)
4. 互聯網時代館藏目錄與資訊檢索服務的新貌: 嶺南–亞馬遜聯盟方案 (2002, with 譚文力 & 周偉明)
5. Enhancing Bibliographic Records with Value-Added Information from Online Bookstores. (2002, with Owen Tam & Joe Chow)
6. Chinese Authority Control Works in Asia : an Overview (2003, with Lily Hu & Owen Tam) – [Italian Translation] was published in conference proceeding, “Authority Control : Definizione ed esperienze Internazionali. Atti del convegno internazionale, Firenze, 10-12 Febbraio 2003”. Mauro GUERRINI and Barbara B. TILLETT (editors). Firenze University Press, Associazione italiana biblioteche, 2003, pp. 367-386
7. CN-MARC versus HKCAN : a Comparative Studies between Authority Control Works in Beijing and Hong Kong. (2003, with Liu Lijing & Owen Tam)
8. Amazon.com versus Syndetics : a Comparative Study Between their Bibliographic Enhancement Services. (2004, with Eugenie NG & Bill Tang)
9. Hong Kong Central Library : a Case Study of Central Libraries as Public Place and Its Role in the City of Hong Kong (2004)
10. 中文名稱規範資料庫的建置與發展概況 (2004, with Lily Hu & Owen Tam)
11. How to Introduce Naxos Spoken Word Library Titles to the OPAC – the Lingnan University Library Experience. (2004, with Joe Chow)
12. How to Introduce Naxos Music Library Titles to OPAC – the Lingnan University Library Experience. (2005, with Joe Chow)
13. Learning the Ropes : Cooperation in Chinese Authority Work. (2005, with Maria Lau & Owen Tam)
14. To Extend Functionalities of Web-OPAC by Developing the Library Online Catalogue into a Library Resources Portal – the Lingnan University Library Experience. (2006, with Owen Tam)
15. Web-OPAC and Selected Databases : a Comparative Study of the Searching Effectiveness and Efficiency. (2006, with Owen TAM, & Eugenie NG)

1. Effect of the Provision of Online Audio-Book Resources on Reader Motivation in a Primary School Library Setting – a Comparative Study Between Two International Schools in Hong Kong.
2. The Politics of Bilingualism: an Analysis of Nationalism and Decolonization Behind the Policy of Mandatory Use of “Mother-Tongue Education” in Post-Colonial Hong Kong.

2006-2007 JULAC-HKCAN Standing Committee Members:

1. Chinese University of Hong Kong Library (HKCAN Database Host Institution)
2. City University of Hong Kong Library
3. Hong Kong Baptist University Library
4. Hong Kong Institute of Education Library
5. Hong Kong Polytechnic University Library
6. Lingnan University Libraries (HKCAN Workgroup Secretary)
7. University of Hong Kong Libraries

Although they have been widely adopted throughout the world since the mid-1970s, MARC authority records developed in the early days are rendered in romanized forms, without any original scripts. This kind of transliteration presents no morphological meaning to the original Chinese headings. It is often confusing to the Chinese readers, even when they are accustomed to various romanization systems.

In order to tackle this problem, as well as to meet the bilingual nature of the community, the Hong Kong academic libraries began to cooperate since 1999, to build a Hong Kong Chinese Authority name (HKCAN) Database. This presentation provides an overview of Chinese name authority projects with particular focus on the latest achievements of the HKCAN Project. This presentation features HKCAN Workgroup’s experiences in implementing the Project as a cooperative effort, its subsequent findings and the significant impacts created on the current and future developments of Chinese authority work among the library communities in Mainland China, Taiwan, Macau, as well as Japan.

In addition to the contents and coverage of the HKCAN Database, this presentation also features the new XML Model developed for the HKCAN Database, with detailed descriptions on its new functionalities and capabilities. In mid 2003, the HKCAN Database Host Library – the University Library System of the Chinese University of Hong Kong initiated in mid 2003, to develop a new XML model. The new features of this new XML model have eliminated many obstacles that have previously hindered an effective sharing and exchanges of data on an international scale.

The future of regional resources sharing and cooperation among libraries in East Asia is yet to be shaped and the Chinese libraries are learning the ropes in authority work, we are confident that their efforts in cooperation on authority work can ultimately benefit other libraries worldwide.

The presentation will also include the following:

1. detailed analysis on HKCAN Database’s monthly growth statistics, as well as its monthly contribution to OCLC.
2. live demonstration, featuring the One-Stop Search functionality developed by the HKCAN Host Institution for the simultaneous harvesting of authority records from various national name authority files, e.g., from National Library of China, National Central Library of China (Taiwan), HKCAN, and from the Library of Congress.