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Hong Kong Library Education & Career Forum 19 July, 2014. Special Libraries Helen Cheung. HKSKH Ming Hua Theological College Lai Wong Yan Lin Library 香港 聖公會明華神院黎黃恩憐圖書館. Special Libraries. Such as Architecture Libraries Law Libraries Medical Libraries News Libraries
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Hong Kong Library Education & Career Forum19 July, 2014 Special Libraries Helen Cheung HKSKH Ming Hua Theological College Lai Wong Yan Lin Library香港聖公會明華神院黎黃恩憐圖書館
Special Libraries Such as • Architecture Libraries • Law Libraries • Medical Libraries • News Libraries • Theology Libraries
Buildings group of HKSKH Glenealy, Central, Hong Kong (中環己連拿利)
Special Library for theology Our library users • Local students (Master, Bachelor degree & lay training programs) • Exchange students • Faculty members • Staff of the MH College • Alumni • Members of SKH (e.g Clergy 牧師, Evangelist Officers 傳道幹事, Laity 信徒) • Members of other churches
Special Library for theology Our collections • Mainly on the topics of Christianity, theology, philosophy, church history and humanities. • 65% English, 30% Chinese, 5% other languages • Printed materials & Electronic resources • Special collections (e.g rare bibles, earlyyearsChinesebooksin religious studies)
Daily workin our theology library • Circulation • Cataloguing • Acquisition • Handling & selecting donations • Reference Services • Providing Library & IT workshops • Preservation of special collections
Required skills for the work Case1: Handling donations (over 2,500 items, target 1 yr to complete processing) Case 2: Developing the library mobile website Case 3: Developing users’ digital literacy skills
Required skills for the work Case1: Handling donations (over 2,500 items, target 1 yr to complete processing) • Subject knowledge • Planning & workflow (selection>kill insects by lab freezer>catalogue>shelve) • Manpower & budgeting • Spacing • Use of suitable tools
Required skills for the work Case 2: Developing library mobile website • Evaluate to find vendor or do by ourselves • Decide features • IT skills • Conduct usability test • Searching information skills
Required skills for the work Case 3: Developing digital literacy skills for users Provide Library and IT workshops to students, colleagues and faculty members, for example
Summary of required skills • Librarian (MLIS+ another degree) • Library Assistant (BA in LIS) • Computer Officer (BA in computer sciences/IT) • Experience (e.g All of us have worked in the field over 10 yrs) • Part-time LA (Have library experience & training) • Knowledge in religious studies • Multi-taskskills(problem solving, & management etc) • Work independently and be able to do team work • Communication skills • IT skills • Open minded to learn and deal with the changes in the job More…………
Equip yourselves • Receivelibraryeducation/training • Join at least one professional body or association (e.g HKLA) • Read various materials • Attend seminars/conferences • Visit libraries • Learn IT tools
Thank you ! End