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GETTING ANSV~1ERSThe following e-mail addresses have been created to coordinate the ans,vering of your library-related questions. By sending mail to these, the library will have a record of your infonnation, and a standardized point of contact.
LBACQ - A.QQ.uisitions - for questions about bbrary acquisitions.
LB COLL- Collection Development-for suggestions of books, journals, videotapes, and other materials.
LBILL- Inter-Library Loan - for ILL requests 2.nd questions.
LB REF -Reference- for 2.ll types of reference 2.I1d inf onnation2.l questions. LIBRARY - for suggestions and
comments.
USING LIBRARY \fATERIALS Until \Ve move into our new quarters on Clear \\Tater Bay, the vast majority of the rapidly-grO\ving librc.ry collection will remain unavailable for patron access. To acconm10date the rese2.rch needs of University personnel during the coming year, several arrangements have been made.
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Readv Reference On Thursday, 20 September, the Library \Vill open a staffed reading room to provide you with basic reference services and direct access to roughly 200 ofthemostreferred-tojournal titles. All faculty members have been asked to recommend titles for this collection. Aselection of newspapers and magazines will also be available.
The Reading Room is in room 13, on the 5th floor of the \Vorld Shipping Centre. Hours win be :Monday-Friday, 9arn-5pm. Saturday hours will be added if there appears to be demand for them. Expanded reference services are available at the Library Reference Desk on the 13th floor.
J oumal Access
If you need access to any of the University's journal articles \Vhich are not available in the Reading Room, contact the Reading Room attendant. You may also send e-mail to LB REF, or contact the Head of Reference, Terry Leung, at x1539. Through these channels, you will be provided with copies of the articles you require. If you have any questions concerning \Vhich journals the Library has on order, each department head should have a bst. A continually updated version of this list will be available in the Reading Room.
Inter-Librarv Loan (ILL)
For access to other materials, or to journals which are not yet part of the HKUST collection, borrowing arrangements may be made by sending e-mail to LBILL, or by calling Louisa Kwok at xl 748. Please try to have a fairly complete bibliographic citation available (article name, author, journal title, issue number/date).
Borrowin!:! from other Universities Arrangements have been made with the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University, City Polytechnic of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Polytechnic, and the Hong Kong Baptist College for the issuance of Borrower Cards and/or User Cards. If you need to make use of this service, please contact Terry Leung, or send e-mail to LB REF for details.
ONLINE SEARCH SERVICE
Online searches of those remote databases available through the DIALOG information system are now available. To arrange a search, send e-mail to LBREF, or contact the Head of Reference, Terry Leung, at x1539.
-LIBRARY COi\1PUTER SYSTEi\1 The Library is in the process of
acquinng and in1plementing an online computer system. Installation will take place in several phases, based upon the software vendor's timetable and upon the hardware receipt schedule. \Vhen installation is complete, this integrated library system (!LS) will provide electronic access to bibliographic records of all materials collected by the HK UST Library.
\Ve are also exploring the possibility of developing gateways to other library computer systems, allowing you to directly access the records of materials held by other institutions - both locally and abroad. Additionally, selected databases of journal citations will be loaded onto the !LS to permit searches for relevant journal articles.
At the moment, hardware and soft\vare have been selected, and the procurement process is underway. Through the Fall, we will be installing the first software modules, acquisitions and serial control. By early Spring we \Vill load UST catalogue records, and the database will be made available to the University community via the existing computernehvork. Off-campus locations \Vill have access through the network's dial-up ports.
The final stages of the implemen-tation will take place after the move to Clear \Vater Bay next summer.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this project, please contact the Systems Librarian, Don \Vas sink (e-mail:LBDOl\T\V, phone:xl 752).
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