The Library is pleased to collaborate with Center for Entrepreneurship in arranging a series of workshops - Innovation Skills Workshops: Applying Digital Tools in Telling Stories with DATA from March to October 2018. The series consists of 3 workshops well-structured for equipping participants with the skills to combine computational methods with narrative approaches using data to develop web applications for scholarly and creative works. Popular digital tools like Python will be covered. Each workshop consists of 9 hours with theories and practices, starting on Friday night and end on Saturday afternoon :
Workshop 1: Design Thinking Meets Computational Thinking - Digital Literacy in...News & Events
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13/03/2018 to 24/03/2018
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08/03/2018 to 26/03/2018
Are you a professor or student who's curious about new software in the analytics industry?
Join our Tableau Hands-on workshop to learn what you can benefit from Tableau and we will show you step-by-step on how you can analyse data with Tableau. During this workshop, you will learn how to create an interactive dashboard from scratch and see how you can quickly visualise data and share insight with Tableau.
Introduction to Visual Analytics Tableau Hands-on Workshop Connecting to data Creating your first visualisation Analysing data with different visualisation type (E.g. Map, Time-series and Trend) Creating interactive dashboard Sharing and publishing your dashboard Tableau Academic ProgramInstructors:
Mr. Bobby WU, Tableau Consultant
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06/03/2018 to 30/08/2018
CUHK Golden Jubilee Celestial Civilian Scholarship on Hong Kong Literature 2017/18
CUHK Golden Jubilee Celestial Civilian Scholarship on Hong Kong Literature 2017/18 is now inviting applications from full-time CUHK students taking undergraduate or research postgraduate programmes. There will be two scholarships of HK$10,000 each. Applicants must submit a research paper / thesis / dissertation, written in either English or Chinese, on Hong Kong literature and related fields; and submit a statement of 500-800 words, written in either English or Chinese, on how they made use of the Hong Kong Literature Collection for their research paper / thesis / dissertation.
The deadline for...
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01/03/2018 to 30/04/2018
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1 March - 30 April 2018
Venue:
Audio-visual area, G/F, United College Wu Chung Multimedia...
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01/03/2018 to 30/04/2018
New Asia College Ch’ien Mu Library will introduce one major modern Chinese author every two months. The author highlighted in March and April is Liu Bannong. A brief biography together with selected editions of his major works are introduced as below:
Author: Liu Bannong (Chinese only)
Biography Creative Writings: A Review Research Studies: A Review...
Date: 1 March – 30 April, 2018
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26/02/2018 to 09/03/2018
Artist: Wong Lai Hung, Shirley
Date: 26 February – 9 March 2018
Venue: New Asia College Ch'ien Mu Library
Exhibition Statement:
Having barbeque under the cherry blossom was a cute picture, there was an interesting meeting of the elegant cherry blossom and the rugged barbeque smoke.
Poster:
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26/02/2018 to 12/04/2018
Do you want to make your research known to the research community and to the public?
The following two talks organized by the Library are to provide you with information and tips on writing and publishing with international journals. The Library is pleased to invite Emerald Publishing and Cambridge University Press, two of the world’s leading publishers of academic journals, to conduct the talks. CUHK researchers and postgraduate students are all welcome to join. Undergraduates may also join if interested.
1. An Insider Guide to Getting Published
15 Mar 2018 (Thu) 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Topics:
Publishing process behind a journal How to build a personal publishing strategy Surviving peer review Polishing your work: title... -
15/02/2018 to 09/04/2018
Invited Speaker : Prof. Jyh-An LEE, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, CUHK
As researchers, we need to deal with various copyright issues at different stages of our research. For example, we need to understand to what extent we can make use of works created by others in our research. We also need to know when we publish our works, what is the purpose of copyright agreement that publishers ask us to sign? Join this workshop conducted by Prof. Jyh-An LEE, Associate Professor of Faculty of Law and an expert in intellectual property law and Internet law to learn how to handle wisely different copyright issues you have encountered in various stages of your research.
Date : 9 Apr 2018 (Mon)
Time : 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
The workshop will cover:...
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12/02/2018 to 23/02/2018
Date: 12 – 23 February 2018
Venue: New Asia College Ch'ien Mu Library
Exhibition Statement:
To raise the literacy level and cultural awareness of students, the Chinese Language Teaching Development Centre of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature (Chinese Department), The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) organised the ‘Literary CUHK’. After nearly a year’s effort in inviting and judging entries, the awards were recently announced and given to 17 students.
Winners of this year’s competition come from different faculties including Arts, Business, Engineering, Science and Medicine. It is believed that the power of literature is transcending and influential among faculties.
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07/02/2018 to 25/03/2018
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07/02/2018 to 25/03/2018Venue
G/F, Chung Chi College Elisabeth Luce Moore LibraryOrganised by
Chung Chi College and
Chung Chi College Elisabeth Luce Moore Library, The Chinese University of Hong Kong LibraryPoster
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05/02/2018 to 28/02/2018
The lift replacement work has been completed. Normal lift services in the New Asia College Ch’ien Mu Library resumed on 2 February 2018 (Friday).
For enquiry, please call us at 3943-7655 or send an e-mail to nal@lib.cuhk.edu.hk .
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01/02/2018 to 06/02/2018
CUHK researchers and postgraduate students are all welcome to join this seminar on open research, open data, and how to get published in Nature and its sister journals.
Date : 6 Feb 2018 (Tue)
Time : 9:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.Topics:
Differences among journals in Nature Research, BMC and other journal brands under Springer Nature How to write better papers that are clearer, more accessible, more likely to get published, and more likely to make a difference to the world Importance of Open Research and Open Data, and how it will help researchersSpeaker : Dr. Ed Gerstner
Executive Editor of Nature Research, Greater China
Regional Scientific Director at Springer NatureLanguage : English
Venue : User Education Room 1, G/F...
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01/02/2018 to 27/02/2018
Co-organized with the Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research (CLEAR), the Library is pleased to offer this workshop for staff and postgraduate students to use NVivo to conduct research analysis. CUHK staff and postgraduate students are all welcome to join .
Researching with NVivo: From Coding to Meaning Making (Re- Run)
This workshop will explore grounded theory through using NVivo. In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to conduct a basic text analysis through coding with nodes, and build themes through linking nodes to tree nodes using NVivo.
Date : 27 Feb 2018 (Tue)
Time : 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Facilitator : Dr Paula Hodgson, Professional Consultant, Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research (CLEAR)Language...
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01/02/2018 to 12/03/2018
The Library is pleased to offer in Mar 2018 the following three discussion workshops on presentation skills , and poster design and presentation that are co-organized with The Independent Learning Centre (ILC) for research postgraduate students.
Presentation Skills for Postgraduate Students
1 Mar (Thu) 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
This workshop covers the essential strategies that will help you plan and deliver presentations that effectively convey your message at a conference, group meeting or any other research-related event. You will discuss the key steps of the development process and learn how to optimize the design and use of visual aids, as well as how to best present data. You will also explore various ways of preparing for and dealing...
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29/01/2018 to 09/02/2018
Artists: Lam Ka Man and Ng Wai Hung
Date: 29 January – 9 February, 2018
Venue: New Asia College Ch'ien Mu Library
Exhibition Statement:
They have their roots; they do not belong to the islands.
In 2015, the wave of immigration in Europe continued. Greece replaced Italy as the country for most refugee to transit to Western and Northern Europe. Lesvos, a Greek island five nautical miles from Turkey, has turned from a tourist attraction into a large refugee camp. In October 2015 alone, more than 130,000 people arrived at Lesvos from the sea, 1.5 times as many as the local population. They come from all corners of the globe, but they are mainly Syrian and Iraqi refugees. In March 2016, the EU and Turkey reached an agreement on the refugee policy, and the... -
25/01/2018 to 28/02/2018
Due to urgent maintenance of the display cabinet, the “Exhibition on Modern Chinese Literary Authors” is now changed to online exhibition. The physical exhibition on 1/F of the New Asia College Ch’ien Mu Library is closed. We apologize for any inconvenience caused!
For enquiry and assistance, please contact us at 3943-7655 or send an email to nal@lib.cuhk.edu.hk .
Exhibition on Modern Chinese Literary Authors: Ye Lingfeng (Chinese only)
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18/01/2018 to 08/02/2018
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: Managing Citations for Your ResearchProgram 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 literature18 Jan (Thu) 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m...
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15/01/2018 to 26/01/2018
Artist: Lau Ka Chun
Date: 15 January – 26 January, 2018
Venue: New Asia College Ch'ien Mu Library
Artist Statement:
This exhibition is about Lau Ka Chun.
Poster:
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08/01/2018 to 31/01/2018
The Library is pleased to organise the following public talk by the Library Fulbright Research Scholar Daniel C Tsang . All are welcome to join!
Protest Culture in Hong Kong: Preserving Historical MemoryAre libraries & cultural institutions here doing due diligence in collecting, preserving and making accessible the records, artifacts and memories of Hong Kong's multiple and tumultuous, social & political movements? Such materials, online or not, are increasingly at risk of disappearing if nothing proactive is done. CUHK Library Fulbright Research Scholar Daniel C Tsang offers examples of how historical memory can and has been preserved in Hong Kong and abroad.
Light refreshment will be provided.
About the Speaker and Discussant:
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08/01/2018 to 06/02/2018
Do you want to enhance your writing skills in capturing readers’ interest in your research topic and communicate its significance 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 Jan and Feb 2018.
Structuring a Thesis Introduction: How to Get Readers Hooked at the Beginning
31 Jan (Wed) 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...
