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SpotlightonTreasures

WebWise

LibraryUpdates

Student’sPrayer

Donation

Obituary:

MissHelenHo

SelectedNotableAcquisitions

LibraryVisitors

MessagefromtheLibrarian

WhatDoLibraryStaffMembersNeed

TypicallyIusethisspacetotellyouaboutwhatwearedoingtomeetyourneeds,orotherwisetoutingourachievements.InthisissueIwouldliketosharealistofissuesofconcerntoourstaffandwhatweareorarenotdoingtoaddresstheseworries.

RecentlyweaskedourStaffRelationsCommitteetosurveyitsmembersaboutwhatissuesdotheywantmoreinformationon.AsIlookthelistover,itoccurstomethatthislistmaynotdifferagreatdealfromthoseissuesofconcerntomanypeopleinHongKong.Hereisthelistwithafewcommentstoenableyoutounderstandwhytheyareconcerned:

1.TheUniversity’sHumanRelationsReform.Ourstaffmembersarenearlyallparentsinfamiliesorchildrenstilllivingathomehelpingmakeendsmeet.Theyareconcernedhowthenewpolicymighteffecttheirsalaries.

2.Retirementage.Lastnight,weheldapartyinhonouroffourcolleagueswhomustretirebecausewedon’thavesufficientfundstoholdontoouryoungerstaffandextendthese60yearoldswhohavetostepaside.Thosenotbeinghonouredareconcernedwhatwillhappennextyear–particularlythe5whowillbe60then.

3.Contractstaffextensions.Duringthelastfewyearswecouldonlygivecontractstaffoneyearextensions.Whilestaffmemberswith“verygood”evaluationsarehappythatwecannowproposetwoyearextensions,staffwithfamiliesorschoolbillstopayareworriedaboutthefuture.

4.Moreworkandpressure.Duringthepastseveralyearslibrarystaffmembershavebeenreorganisedtomakethemmoreefficient,theyhaveparticipatedinscoresofnewinitiativestoimproveservices,theyhaveboughtmorebooksandjournals,cataloguedmoreofthesame,beenopenmorehours,welcomedmorepatrons,andthelibrary’sconscientiouscleaningstaffhavepickedupafterthemall.Withallofthismore,more,morehascomemorepressuretoperform.

5.Budgetcuts.Thisisafairlygoodyearwithaflatbudget.Whileitishardtorejoiceoverthis,comparedtotheprevioustwoyearsofcuts,thecomingyearwillbeagoodone.Yetstaffmembersareworriedaboutthefuture.Willtheirjobsbeended?

6.Shrinkingandexpandingdepartments.InHongKong,weliketotalkaboutbeinganinformationsociety;

wefocusontheWebandwirelesscommunication.Nonlibrariansmightthinkthisisgoodnewsforlibrarieswhichareafterallinformationcentres.Thisisverypositiveforlibraries–buttherearesomelibrarydepartmentsorsmallunitswhosestaffmembershaveprintedbookskills:

bookshelvers,bookbinders,bookcirculators,etc.ThesemembersoftheHKUfamilyareworriedthattheywillnolongerbevalued.

Thereisnotmuchthelibrary’sadministrationcandoabouttheUniversity’sHRreformoritsretirementagepolicy.Theseprogrammesandpoliciesare,however,ofimportancetothesuccessofHKU’slibraries.Thereisvirtuallynothingdoneinamodernlibrarythathasnotbeenaffectedbyinformationtechnology.Staffmemberswhomighthavebeenhiredintheeraofpaperfilesandforms,havehadtolearnnewhigherlevelskills.Wehavesomestaffmemberswhohavebeenretrainedandwhile60arestillstrongandabletocompletetheirjobsbutwecannotaffordtoletthemcontinuetowork.Attheotherendoftheagerange,duringthepastcouplemonthswelosttwoyoungstaffmemberswhousedtheirnewlyacquiredskillstogetnew,betterpayingjobs.

Wewillbeproposinglongercontractsforeffectedstaffandevenpromotingotherswheneverpossible.Yet,thenewsalaryschedulesassociatedwiththenewhigherpositionsoftenpaylessthanwhattheyarecurrentlyearning.Toaddresstheincreasedjobrelatedpressuresourstaffisfeelingweareprovidingmorestafftrainingopportunities,streamliningtheorganisationtomaximisetheircombinedproductionpowers,introducingworksavingautomationwhereverpossible,andweareprioritisingallthegoodnewthingsthatcanbedone–andwillfocusonthosethatprofferthemostgainfortheleastgain.

WorkPressure:

WhatWeHaveDoneToHelp?

-Providedalotofstafftrainingtohelppeopledotheirjobsbetter

-WehavestreamlinedworkflowsasinTechnicalServices

-Wehavestoppeddoingsomethingslikepastingcheckoutrecordsandstampingthem,stoppedwritingasmuchinformationineachbook,etc.

-Wehavetriedtointroduceincreasedautomationtothingslikeinterlibraryloan,reference,collectiondevelopment,cataloguing,etc.

-Wehavebeentryingtolimitthenumberofnewinitiativesthatwepursueeachyear.

Wediditthisyearandwewilldoitagainthisfallwhenweplanforthenextthreeyears.

So,iflibrarystaffmembersseemabitworried,theydohaveconcerns.Yet,wewillalldoourbesttomeetyourneeds.

MainLibraryLobby

NatureandWildlife

1–30May2005

25ChinesepaintingsbyMrXiaoYaoZi（蕭遙子）ofShenzhenonvariouskindsofrareanimalsandbirdsincludingtheAfricanReedWarbler,SageGrousse,GreaterPrairieChicken,GrusJaponensis,BlackAntilopeandGoldenmonkey.

ChinaRuralEducation:

aPhotographicExhibition

1–30June2005

Chinaeducatestheworld’slargestschoolpopulation,some300millionchildrenbutmanydoorsremainunopenedtothepoor.TheexhibitionaimstoraisetheawarenessofruraleducationandtheplightofChina'

sruralpopulation.ThisexhibitionisorganisedbytheUniversityofHongKongLibrariesandInstituteforIntegratedRuralDevelopment.ThephotographsaretakenbymembersoftheInstituteforIntegratedRuralDevelopmentontheirfieldexperienceinruralvillagesofChina

MainLibraryArtGallery

TheEndeavour（半生追尋）

7July–29September2005

PaintingsbyDrDavidL.L.Yip（葉禮霖博士）agraduateofHKU,whohasapprenticedunderartistWongHai（王羲）,exhibitedfourthemes:

-MyDiary（我的日記）

-Sino-JapaneseWarandTheBattleofHongKong（七七抗戰,香港之役）

-Repercussion&

Introspection（劫後迥响及反思）

-GreenCampus（綠色校園）

YuChunKeungMedicalLibrary

NursingDevelopmentinHongKong

June,September–October2005

MedicalLibrarycollaboratedwiththeDepartmentofNursingStudiesintheircentennialcelebrationon28May2005tosetupaposterexhibitiontracingthehistoryanddevelopmentofnursingeducation（trainingschools）inHongKong,thehistoryanddevelopmentofdegreeeducationinHongKong,andthedevelopmentofHKUnursingstudies.

TheHonLeungKwokHung（LongHair）talkedaboutTheCommunistManifestoon21April2005.

MrIanJohnson,PulitzerPrizewinner,gaveatalkonhisbookWildgrass:

China’sRevolutionfromBelowon5May2005.

WeWelcomeandValueYourViews

2005MainLibraryOpeningHoursSurvey

Asurveyonlibraryopeninghourswasconductedduring18-30April2005tocollectinformationonusagepatternoftheMainLibraryandtomeasureusersatisfactionontheexistingopeninghours.Atotalof724userscompletedthesurveyquestionnaire,including412undergraduates,161postgraduates,110staff,13SPACEusers,19alumniand9non-HKUusers.ThisisthefirstusersurveyonlibraryopeninghourseverconductedbytheUniversityofHongKongLibraries.

Generallyspeaking,mostrespondentsweresatisfiedwiththeexistingopeninghours（meanscoreof3.62onaLikertscalerangingfromlow

（1）tohigh（5）.Only11%（83）ofthe724respondentsindicatedthattheywerenotsatisfied.

Inaddition,thesurveyprovideduswithalotofdataonusagepatternoftheMainLibrary,whichhelpedusunderstandbetterthechangingpatternsofdemandsandbehavioursofourusers.

A）HowoftendotherespondentsvisittheMainLibrary?

Frequency

Percentage

Veryfrequently（Daily）

217

30.0

Frequently（Over2visits/week）

293

40.5

Occasionally（Afewtimesamonth）

170

23.5

Rarely（Afewtimesasemester）

40

5.5

Never

4

0.6

B）OnwhichdaydotherespondentsusuallyvisittheMainLibrary?

Weekday

672

Saturdays

276

Sundays

186

Publicholidays

94

C）TentopreasonsforvisitingtheMainLibrary.

Borrowand/orreturnlibrarymaterials

604

Findinformationforassignmentsorresearchprojects

578

Privatestudy

445

Doassignments

369

Photocopying/printing/scanningmaterials

305

Searchthelibrarycatalogue

287

SearchtheInternet

263

Leisurereading

219

Groupdiscussions

197

Email

196

UserswerealsoaskedatwhichtimeofthedaytheyusuallyvisittheMainLibrary.Ofthedatacollected,wewereabletoidentifythefollowingtrends:

1.UseoftheMainLibraryiscyclical.MajorityofourusersvisittheLibraryduringtermtime,and41%and58%oftherespondentsdonotvisitthelibraryonweekdayandSaturdayduringsummer.Inaddition,usersgenerallydonotspendlonghoursinthelibraryduringsummer.

2.Majorityofourusersstayinthelibraryfor2hoursorlessperday.

3.UndergraduatesvisittheMainLibrarymostfrequently.Morethan80%oftheundergraduateswhorespondedtothissurveyindicatedthattheyusuallyvisitthelibrarymorethantwiceaweek.

4.PostgraduatesappeartohaveahigherpropensitytovisittheMainLibraryonSaturdays,Sundaysandpublicholidaysandduringthesummer.

5.Teachingstaffseldomvisi