Borrowing Privileges

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Borrowing Privileges

 

HKU current staff & students

Following library users have remote access rights to all electronic resources via HKU Libraries Homepage.

 

Status Type of Material Loan Period Total No. of Items
Academic Staff

Professional and Senior Administrative Staff

Research Staff 		Books 180 days 400
Old reference books in Hing Wai Storage 14 days
Requested items with additional holds 16 days
Requested items with no additional holds 180 days
Pamphlets 7 days
Hing Wai Pamphlets 180 days
Best sellers 14 days
Reserve materials 2 hours,
1 day,
2 days, or
1 week
Scores 180 days
HKALL 30 days
Hing Wai bound serials 14 days 6
Open stack bound serials 3 days
Current serials Overnight
Audio-visual materials 14 days # 6*
* 6 audio-visual items from the AV & Reserve Collection
# For movies and popular films, the loan period ranging from 2 hours to 7 days at the discretion of respective teaching staff and AV Librarian.
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Status Type of Material Loan Period Total No. of Items
Honorary Staff Books 60 days 24
Old reference books in Hing Wai Storage 14 days
Requested items with additional holds 16 days
Requested items with no additional holds 60 days
Pamphlets 7 days
Hing Wai Pamphlets 60 days
Best sellers 14 days
Reserve materials 2 hours,
1 day,
2 days, or
1 week
Scores 60 days
HKALL 15 days
Hing Wai bound serials 14 days 6
Open stack bound serials 3 days
Current serials Overnight
Audio-visual materials 14 days # 6*
* 6 audio-visual items from the AV & Reserve Collection
# For movies and popular films, the loan period ranging from 2 hours to 7 days at the discretion of respective teaching staff and AV Librarian.
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Status Type of Material Loan Period Total No. of Items
HKU Non-academic staff Books 60 days 24
Old reference books in Hing Wai Storage 14 days
Requested items with additional holds 16 days
Requested items with no additional holds 60 days
Pamphlets 7 days
Hing Wai Pamphlets 60 days
Best sellers 14 days
Reserve materials 2 hours,
1 day,
2 days, or
1 week
Scores 60 days
HKALL 15 days
Audio-visual materials 14 days # 6*
* 6 audio-visual items from the AV & Reserve Collection
# For movies and popular films, the loan period ranging from 2 hours to 7 days at the discretion of respective teaching staff and AV Librarian.
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Status Type of Material Loan Period Total No. of Items
Technicians Books 60 days 60
Old reference books in Hing Wai Storage 14 days
Requested items with additional holds 16 days
Requested items with no additional holds 60 days
Pamphlets 7 days
Hing Wai Pamphlets 60 days
Best sellers 14 days
Reserve materials 2 hours,
1 day,
2 days, or
1 week
Scores 60 days
HKALL 15 days
Hing Wai bound serials 14 days 6
Open stack bound serials 3 days
Current serials Overnight
Audio-visual materials 14 days # 6*
* 6 audio-visual items from the AV & Reserve Collection
# For movies and popular films, the loan period ranging from 2 hours to 7 days at the discretion of respective teaching staff and AV Librarian.
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Status Type of Material Loan Period Total No. of Items
HKU Postgraduates Books 120 days 180
Old reference books in Hing Wai Storage 14 days
Requested items with additional holds 16 days
Requested items with no additional holds 120 days
Pamphlets 7 days
Hing Wai Pamphlets 120 days
Best sellers 14 days
Reserve materials 2 hours,
1 day,
2 days, or
1 week
Scores 120 days
HKALL 30 days
Hing Wai bound serials 14 days 6
Open stack bound serials 3 days
Current serials Overnight
Audio-visual materials 14 days # 6*
* 6 audio-visual items from the AV & Reserve Collection
# For movies and popular films, the loan period ranging from 2 hours to 7 days at the discretion of respective teaching staff and AV Librarian.
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Status Type of Material Loan Period Total No. of Items
HKU Undergraduates Books 60 days 60
Old reference books in Hing Wai Storage 14 days
Requested items with additional holds 16 days
Requested items with no additional holds 60 days
Pamphlets 7 days
Hing Wai Pamphlets 60 days
Best sellers 14 days
Reserve materials 2 hours,
1 day,
2 days, or
1 week
Scores 60 days
HKALL 15 days
Audio-visual materials 14 days # 6*
* 6 audio-visual items from the AV & Reserve Collection
# For movies and popular films, the loan period ranging from 2 hours to 7 days at the discretion of respective teaching staff and AV Librarian.
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HKU SPACE staff and students

Following library users have remote access rights to some electronic resources.

 

Status Type of Material Loan Period Total No. of Items
SPACE Academic Staff Books 60 days 80
Old reference books in Hing Wai Storage 14 days
Requested items with additional holds 16 days
Requested items with no additional holds 60 days
Pamphlets 7 days
Hing Wai Pamphlets 60 days
Best sellers 14 days
Reserve materials 2 hours,
1 day,
2 days, or
1 week
Scores 60 days
HKALL 30 days
Hing Wai bound serials 14 days 6
Open stack bound serials 3 days
Current serials Overnight
Audio-visual materials 14 days # 6*
* 6 audio-visual items from the AV & Reserve Collection
# For movies and popular films, the loan period ranging from 2 hours to 7 days at the discretion of respective teaching staff and AV Librarian.
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Status Type of Material Loan Period Total No. of Items
SPACE Non-academic Staff Books 60 days 20
Old reference books in Hing Wai Storage 14 days
Requested items with additional holds 16 days
Requested items with no additional holds 60 days
Pamphlets 7 days
Hing Wai Pamphlets 60 days
Best sellers 14 days
Reserve materials 2 hours,
1 day,
2 days, or
1 week
Scores 60 days
HKALL 15 days
Audio-visual materials 14 days # 6*
* 6 audio-visual items from the AV & Reserve Collection
# For movies and popular films, the loan period ranging from 2 hours to 7 days at the discretion of respective teaching staff and AV Librarian.
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Status Type of Material Loan Period Total No. of Items
SPACE Part-time Tutors Books 60 days 24
Old reference books in Hing Wai Storage 14 days
Requested items with additional holds 16 days
Requested items with no additional holds 60 days
Pamphlets 7 days
Hing Wai Pamphlets 60 days
Best sellers 14 days
Reserve materials 2 hours,
1 day,
2 days, or
1 week
Scores 60 days
HKALL 15 days
Audio-visual materials 14 days # 6*
* 6 audio-visual items from the AV & Reserve Collection
# For movies and popular films, the loan period ranging from 2 hours to 7 days at the discretion of respective teaching staff and AV Librarian.
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Status Type of Material Loan Period Total No. of Items
SPACE Students
Certificate, Diploma, Degree & Higher Degree 		Books 60 days 24
Old reference books in Hing Wai Storage 14 days
Requested items with additional holds 16 days
Requested items with no additional holds 60 days
Pamphlets 7 days
Hing Wai Pamphlets 60 days
Best sellers 14 days
Reserve materials 2 hours,
1 day,
2 days, or
1 week
Scores 60 days
Audio-visual materials 14 days # 6*
* 6 audio-visual items from the AV & Reserve Collection
# For movies and popular films, the loan period ranging from 2 hours to 7 days at the discretion of respective teaching staff and AV Librarian.
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Status Type of Material Loan Period Total No. of Items
CIDP full-time degree Year 2

CIDP full-time degree Year 3		 Books 60 days 16
Old reference books in Hing Wai Storage 14 days
Requested items with additional holds 16 days
Requested items with no additional holds 60 days
Pamphlets 7 days
Hing Wai Pamphlets 60 days
Best sellers 14 days
Reserve materials 2 hours,
1 day,
2 days, or
1 week
Scores 60 days
HKALL 15 days
Audio-visual materials 14 days # 6*
* 6 audio-visual items from the AV & Reserve Collection
# For movies and popular films, the loan period ranging from 2 hours to 7 days at the discretion of respective teaching staff and AV Librarian.
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Status Type of Material Loan Period Total No. of Items
SPACE Community College
Pre-Associate Degree & Associate Degree Year 1

Higher Diploma 3-Year Programmes (Years 1 & 2)

Higher Diploma 2-Year Programmes (Year 1)		 Books 60 days 8
Old reference books in Hing Wai Storage 14 days
Requested items with additional holds 16 days
Requested items with no additional holds 60 days
Pamphlets 7 days
Hing Wai Pamphlets 60 days
Best sellers 14 days
Reserve materials 2 hours,
1 day,
2 days, or
1 week
Scores 60 days
HKALL 15 days
Audio-visual materials 14 days # 6*
* 6 audio-visual items from the AV & Reserve Collection
# For movies and popular films, the loan period ranging from 2 hours to 7 days at the discretion of respective teaching staff and AV Librarian.
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Status Type of Material Loan Period Total No. of Items
SPACE Community College
Associate Degree Year 2

Higher Diploma 3-Year Programmes (Year 3)

Higher Diploma 2-Year Programmes (Year 2)		 Books 60 days 12
Old reference books in Hing Wai Storage 14 days
Requested items with additional holds 16 days
Requested items with no additional holds 60 days
Pamphlets 7 days
Hing Wai Pamphlets 60 days
Best sellers 14 days
Reserve materials 2 hours,
1 day,
2 days, or
1 week
Scores 60 days
HKALL 15 days
Audio-visual materials 14 days # 6*
* 6 audio-visual items from the AV & Reserve Collection
# For movies and popular films, the loan period ranging from 2 hours to 7 days at the discretion of respective teaching staff and AV Librarian.
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Centennial College students

Following library users have no remote access rights to all electronic resources but only on-site use.

 

Status Type of Material Loan Period Total No. of Items
Centennial College students Books 60 days 16
Old reference books in Hing Wai Storage 14 days
Requested items with additional holds 16 days
Requested items with no additional holds 60 days
Pamphlets 7 days
Hing Wai Pamphlets 60 days
Best sellers 14 days
Reserve materials 2 hours,
1 day,
2 days, or
1 week
Scores 60 days
HKALL 15 days
Audio-visual materials 14 days # 6*
* 6 audio-visual items from the AV & Reserve Collection
# For movies and popular films, the loan period ranging from 2 hours to 7 days at the discretion of respective teaching staff and AV Librarian.
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Others

Circle of Friends Platinum card holders have remote access rights to electronic resources via HKU Libraries Homepage.

 

Status Type of Material Loan Period Total No. of Items
Visiting Scholars *

External Borrowers		 Books 30 days 12
Old books 60 days
Old reference books in Hing Wai Storage 14 days
Requested items with additional holds 16 days
Requested items with no additional holds 30 days
Pamphlets 7 days
Hing Wai Pamphlets 30 days
Best sellers 14 days
Reserve materials 2 hours,
1 day,
2 days, or
1 week
Scores 30 days
Audio-visual materials 14 days # 6*
* 6 audio-visual items from the AV & Reserve Collection
# For movies and popular films, the loan period ranging from 2 hours to 7 days at the discretion of respective teaching staff and AV Librarian.
* Visiting Scholars will be allowed to borrow HKALL items for a loan period of 30 days.
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Status Type of Material Loan Period Total No. of Items
Circle of Friends Gold/HKU SPACE Graduate Platinum Books 60 days 24
Old reference books in Hing Wai Storage 14 days
Requested items with additional holds 16 days
Requested items with no additional holds 60 days
Pamphlets 7 days
Hing Wai Pamphlets 60 days
Best sellers 14 days
Reserve materials 2 hours,
1 day,
2 days, or
1 week
Scores 60 days
Audio-visual materials 14 days # 6*
* 6 audio-visual items from the AV & Reserve Collection
# For movies and popular films, the loan period ranging from 2 hours to 7 days at the discretion of respective teaching staff and AV Librarian.
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Status Type of Material Loan Period Total No. of Items
Circle of Friends HKU Graduate Platinum Books 60 days 48
Old reference books in Hing Wai Storage 14 days
Requested items with additional holds 16 days
Requested items with no additional holds 60 days
Pamphlets 7 days
Hing Wai Pamphlets 60 days
Best sellers 14 days
Reserve materials 2 hours,
1 day,
2 days, or
1 week
Scores 60 days
Audio-visual materials 14 days # 6*
* 6 audio-visual items from the AV & Reserve Collection
# For movies and popular films, the loan period ranging from 2 hours to 7 days at the discretion of respective teaching staff and AV Librarian.
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Status Type of Material Loan Period Total No. of Items
HKU Staff Spouse Books 60 days 20
Old reference books in Hing Wai Storage 14 days
Requested items with additional holds 16 days
Requested items with no additional holds 60 days
Pamphlets 7 days
Hing Wai Pamphlets 60 days
Best sellers 14 days
Reserve materials 2 hours,
1 day,
2 days, or
1 week
Scores 60 days
Audio-visual materials 14 days # 6*
* 6 audio-visual items from the AV & Reserve Collection
# For movies and popular films, the loan period ranging from 2 hours to 7 days at the discretion of respective teaching staff and AV Librarian.
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Status Type of Material Loan Period Total No. of Items
Graduates Books 60 days 12
Old reference books in Hing Wai Storage 14 days
Requested items with additional holds 16 days
Requested items with no additional holds 60 days
Pamphlets 7 days
Hing Wai Pamphlets 60 days
Best sellers 14 days
Reserve materials 2 hours,
1 day,
2 days, or
1 week
Scores 60 days
Audio-visual materials 14 days # 6*
* 6 audio-visual items from the AV & Reserve Collection
# For movies and popular films, the loan period ranging from 2 hours to 7 days at the discretion of respective teaching staff and AV Librarian.
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Status Type of Material Loan Period Total No. of Items
JULAC
staff/postgraduate students 		Books 30 days 10
Old books 60 days
Old reference books in Hing Wai Storage 14 days
Requested items with additional holds 16 days
Requested items with no additional holds 30 days
Pamphlets 7 days
Hing Wai Pamphlets 30 days
Best sellers 14 days
Reserve materials 2 hours,
1 day,
2 days, or
1 week
Scores 30 days
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