The suspension of lift services is extended from 22 December 2017 (Friday) to 7 January 2018 (Sunday) due to lift replacement work.
For enquiry and assistance, please call us at 3943-7655 or send an e-mail to nal@lib.cuhk.edu.hk .
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused!
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The Library is pleased to organise the following public talk by Prof. Grace S. Fong of McGill University. All are welcome to join!
Writing and Local Identity: Literary Women of the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong in the 18th and 19th Centuries Speaker
Prof. Grace Fong
Professor of Chinese Literature, Department of East Asian Studies, McGill University
Visiting Professor, School of Chinese, The University of Hong Kong
Abstract of the talk
On the southern margins of the Qing empire, Guangdong has been seen as an evolving site of regional culture, education, and commerce, particularly in the Pearl River Delta counties surrounding the provincial capital Guangzhou in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. While anthropologists have uncovered a...
Date: December 18 - 29, 2017
Venue: New Asia College Ch'ien Mu Library
Exhibition Statement:
Eyes shut,
Draw a circle.
(I began my bravura.)
You shook me off with the softest grin—
None left but the circle.
Sun Ziping
Life is a cramped enclosure:
It does not always let “us” all in.
The slightest step astray pushes me out of yours,
Or you out of mine.
“Please mind the gap and the closing doors—”
Yet the train doors squeeze me into you again.
Man evolves to learn four vague ideas of interpersonal distances*:
A public distance of 3.7m to 7.6m, for random strangers and public speeches;
A social distance of 1.2m to 3.7m, for acquaintances and social occasions;
A...
Date: December 4 - 15, 2017
Venue: New Asia College Ch'ien Mu Library
Exhibition Statement:
hey miss/sir,
opps sorry, sir/miss.
Your judgement is not necessary.
Poster: 
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The University Library will be open to CUHK alumni on the CUHK Alumni Homecoming Day.
We are expecting many visitors, but will try to minimize any disruption.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused....
Date: 20 November – 1 December, 2017
Venue: New Asia College Ch'ien Mu Library
Introduction:
Over the years, the Chinese University of Hong Kong Library has acquired very finely reproduced artworks made by specialists including the Nigensha Publishing Co. Ltd. in Japan and kept in the New Asia College Ch’ien Mu Library. The Collection consists of calligraphy and paintings reproduced from the Tang to the Qing Dynasty. The originals of these artworks are housed in different museums such as National Palace Museum, Taipei, Shanghai Museum, and British Museum. The artwork reproduction requires a high standard of professional and specialized skills.
This exhibition showcases the fan paintings of the Four Masters of the Ming Dynasty including Shen Zhou, Wen...
Date: 6 –17 November, 2017
Venue: New Asia College Ch'ien Mu Library
Exhibition Statement:
This exhibition intends to investigate how the painters in the past perceiving the world based on imitation from paintings of the old masters. Painting can be understood as the process of the co-operation of sight, hand and human-mind. It does not only illustrate what did the painter see but also reflects the painter’s internalization from the outside world. Through investigating on landscape paintings, this exhibition focuses on how painters in the past perceiving the world. Besides it will be asked that if there are any common attributes among oriental and western art.
Poster:
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Short talk by academic staff
Presentations on research
Exchange ideas among postgraduates
Enhancing presentation skills from feedback…
The tenth Research Café organized by the Library will be held on 23 Nov. The theme is Socialist China Studies . Postgraduates, academics and researchers are all welcome to attend ! The Café is consist of a talk by Prof. PANG Laikwan of the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies on “Culture and Politics in Maoist China”, and three presentations by research postgraduates. Prof. Pang will moderate the presentations and discussion. Dr. Benson Lee of The Independent Learning Centre (ILC) will provide feedback on student presentation skills.
Date: 23 Nov...
Co-organized with the Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research (CLEAR), the Library is pleased to offer a new advanced NVivo workshop for staff and postgraduate students to use NVivo to conduct research analysis. CUHK staff and postgraduate students are all welcome to join .
Strategies to advance qualitative data analysis: from thematic, matrix coding to text queries through NVivo
When analysing qualitative data, researchers can use an inductive or deductive approach to examining sources of data. Coding may allow us to formulate a framework or identify sources of evidence with respect to the approaches used. Categories emerge when individual coding is clustered into levels of sub-themes. To address research questions, researchers can further explore relationships...
Date:
November - December 2017
Venue:
Audio-visual area, G/F, United College Wu Chung Multimedia Library...
New Asia College Ch’ien Mu Library will exhibit one major modern Chinese author every two months. A brief biography together with select critical editions of their major works will be displayed. The author displayed in November and December is Yang Kui. For enquiry, please contact us at 3943-7655.
Author: Yang Kui
Date: 1 November – 29 December, 2017
Venue: 1/F, New Asia College Ch’ien Mu Library
Author Web Page: Yang Kui
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Date: October 24 – November 3, 2017
Venue: New Asia College Ch'ien Mu Library
Artist(s) Statement:
Tao Hoi Chuen is a currently senior Fine Arts student in the Chinese University of Hong Kong, mainly majoring in Chinese paintings, calligraphy and oil paintings. His works have been exhibited in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Received awards include "Wucius Wong New Ink Art Award" and "Madam Jan Yunbor Memorial Awards for Chinese Painting and Calligraphy".
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為配合「岐黃古籍展新姿 -- 莊兆祥教授藏中醫善本古籍展覽」，香港中文大學中醫學院及大學圖書館將舉辦下系列講座：
講座一：古今醫家縱橫談
講者：吳梓新博士 香港中文大學中醫學院講師
日期：2017年10月26日 (星期四)
時間：下午2:30-4:30
地點：大學圖書館進學園
講座二：中大校園的《本草綱目》-- 中藥園導賞 (滿額)
講者：陳錦良博士 香港中文大學中醫學院講師
日期：2017年11月16日 (星期四)
時間：下午12:30-2:00
地點：大學圖書館地下研討室(1) (分享介紹)
參觀香港中文大學中藥園 (導賞)
名額：30
講座三：《千金要方》飲食治療與養生
講者：陳詩雅醫師 香港中文大學中醫學院講師
日期：2017年11月28日 (星期二)
時間：下午2:30-4:00
地點：大學圖書館進學園
「岐黃古籍展新姿 -- 莊兆祥教授藏中醫善本古籍展覽」
日期： 2017年9月28日 - 2018年1月30日
地點：香港中文大學大學圖書館展覽廳
查詢：3943 8740 / 3943 7305
網址： http://www.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/tc/about/news/spc-tcmexhibition ...
Do you want to capture your readers’ interest in your thesis, and communicate its significance and key ideas effectively?
Co-organized with The Independent Learning Centre (ILC), the Library is pleased to offer discussion workshops for research postgraduate students on thesis writing (in Chinese) , thesis introduction (in English) and thesis abstract (in English) in Oct and Nov 2017.
Structuring a Thesis Introduction: How to Get Readers Hooked at the Beginning
26 Oct 2017 (Thu) 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
In this workshop, you will be introduced to steps for capturing your readers’ interest in your research topic, appreciating the significance of your research and understanding your research purpose. Specific language features which...
To celebrate the 20 th anniversary of the School of Chinese Medicine and to showcase the special collections of “Professor Cheung Siu-cheong Chinese Medicine Collection”, the Library will be hosting an exhibition titled “ A New Look at Chinese Medicine Classics: An Exhibition of the Rare Book Collection from Professor Cheung Siu-cheong ” from 28 September 2017 to 30 January 2018 at the University Library.
In 2004, the Library was greatly honored to receive the invaluable “Professor Cheung Siu-cheong Chinese Medicine Collection” donated by Professor KONG Yun Cheung, the founding director of the School of Chinese Medicine. There are in total 2,485 volumes of ancient Chinese Medicine readings, including 61 titles (182 volumes) of rare books published around the age of Ming and...
Starting from 10 October, 2017 , the Digital Scholarship Team will provide on-site Digital Scholarship Consultation Hours to help with your digital scholarship research ideas, proposals and even projects related to the following:
Digital Scholarship Lab facilities Identify sources of research data and materials Research software and other tools, e.g. ArcGIS, Gephi, MARKUS, Omeka, R, Voyant Tools Data visualisation Copyright advice on the use of research data and materials Service Hours: Every alternate Tuesday, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. during term time from 10 October 2017
Venue: Digital Scholarship Lab, G/F, University Library
Welcome any walk-in users or you may send us your questions via email to dslab@lib.cuhk.edu.hk...
The following is a new series of research skills workshops. All CUHK researchers and postgraduate students are welcome to join.
Program 1: Sharpening Your Research Skills Program 2: Doing Data Analysis for your Research Program 3: Enhancing Your Research Impact
Program 1: Sharpening Your Research Skills
Literature Review for a Successful Research Paper
This workshop will cover the following to help you conduct a good literature review:
The purpose and process of literature review The structure of a literature review Effective strategies for identifying relevant literature21 Sep (Thu) 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m....
Date: October 3 - 13, 2017
Venue: New Asia College Ch'ien Mu Library
Artist(s) Statement:
Last semester, three exchange students from Fine Arts Department embarked on their learning journeys in Beijing, China and Leeds, U.K. respectively. This exhibition would present what they have learnt and thought during their exchange programmes through a wide variety of artworks. As exchange students, their lives were oftentimes challenged by cultural and learning differences - while they seek to adapt to foreign cultures and education, they at the same time become more aware of the uniqueness of their own cultural roots. As suggested by the title ’In/Outsider’, this exhibition attempts to discuss these relevant cultural, identity and artistic issues through the concepts of...
Workshop 1: 3D Printing, Scanning and Blender 3D Modeling Technique
Introduce the basic techniques of creating 3D models with 3D printing using a free and open source 3D creation software – Blender. Participants may have a chance to build their own figurines by using the Structure Sensor 3D scanner.
*No notebook will be provided by the Library. Participants have to use their own notebook with required software. Please download the software at Blender website - https://www.blender.org/download/
Speaker: Mr. Chris Leung, Marketing Director, Discovery Technologies Limited (Vendor)
Date and Time: 22 Sep (Fri), 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Workshop 2: Building a 3D model with SolidWorks...
Date:
September - October 2017
Venue:...
