Leisure and Cultural Services Department Report on the Extension Activities and Usage of the Public Libraries in the Wan Chai District

Information Paper Wan Chai District Council on 22 October 2020 CLSC Paper No. 53/2020

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to report to Members on the extension activities organised and the usage of the public libraries of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) in the Wan Chai District in July 2020, and the extension activities planned for October and November 2020.

Background

2. The LCSD provides a district library (Lockhart Road Public Library) and a small library (Wong Nai Chung Public Library) in the Wan Chai District. The Hong Kong Central Library, located at Moreton Terrace, is a territory-wide facility which serves as the backbone and major information hub of the Hong Kong Public Libraries System. It offers comprehensive and in-depth library services to the public.

3. In addition to the lending and information services provided, the two local libraries regularly organise various extension activities, including storytelling for children, subject talks and thematic workshops, book displays and user education sessions. Activities such as Reading Programme for Children and Youth, Reading Club and Meet-the-Authors session are also organised to promote a reading culture.

Library Extension Activities

4. The attendance of extension activities and the library usage in July 2020 are reported in Annexes I & II. The planned extension activities for the public libraries in the Wan Chai District and the Hong Kong Central Library for October and November 2020 are given in Annexes III & IV respectively for Members’ reference.

Submission

5. This paper is to be tabled at the CLSC Meeting on 13 October 2020 for Members’ reference.

Leisure and Cultural Services Department 7 October 2020 File Ref.: (44) in LCSD/CS/LIB/AS 1-55/22 Part III

Annex I

Report on Extension Activities of Public Libraries in Wan Chai District July 2020

Library** Lockhart Road Wong Nai Chung Total Month July July July Activities 1. Book Exhibition 5 3 8 a. No. of Event b. Expected 4,500 1,800 6,300 Attendance c. Actual 3,809 1,905 5,714 Attendance 2. Other Exhibition# a. No. of Event 1 - 1 b. Expected Attendance 100 - 100 c. Actual Attendance 123 - 123 Total No. of Event 6 3 9 Total Expected 4,600 1,800 6,400 Attendance Total Actual 3,932 1,905 5,837 Attendance

Remarks：# Including territory-wide extension activities ** In view of signs of further deterioration of the epidemic situation in mid Jul, all re-opened public libraries were temporarily closed from 15 July. Lockhart Road Public Library and Wong Nai Chung Public Library have been partially reopened from 17 September and 29 September respectively.

Annex II Usage of Public Libraries in Wan Chai District July 2020 Library** Lockhart Road# Wong Nai Chung^ Usage Daily Average Issue of Library Materials July (No. of item) 1,019 410 Daily Average Attendance July (Frequency) 666 303 Remarks： # District Library ^ Small Library ** In view of signs of further deterioration of the epidemic situation in mid Jul, all re-opened public libraries were temporarily closed from 15 July. Lockhart Road Public Library and Wong Nai Chung Public Library have been partially reopened from 17 September and 29 September respectively.

Annex III

Extension Activities of Public Libraries in Wan Chai District (October and November 2020)# Expected Date / Time Activity Attendance Lockhart Road Public Library

(October 2020)

1. 1-31/10/2020 Book Display: Tea Tasting 6,400

2. 1-31/10/2020 Children’s Book Display: Classic 1,400 Children Literature

3. 1-31/10/2020 New Additions and Other Book 4,400 Displays

Environmental Protection Series: 360 4. 15-31/10/2020 Exhibition on “Global Warming”

5. 7, 14, 21, 28/10/2020 *Subject Talk: 240 6:00 p.m. Talk on Chinese Classics

6. 18/10/2020 The Series on Wan Chai History: 35 2:30 p.m. Subject Talk on “History of Reclamation and Evolution of Buildings in Wan Chai”

7. 20/10/2020 *IT Workshops - “Enjoy Easy Life @ 15 9:00 a.m. Internet”: Internet Information for Daily Life and Health

8. 2, 16, 30/10/2020 User Education Session: 25 2:30 p.m. (Adult) Introduction to Library Catalogue, Internet, Electronic Resources and Multimedia Information System (MMIS)

(November 2020) 9. 1-30/11/2020 Book Display: Chinese Medicines 6,200

10. 1-30/11/2020 Children’s Book Display: Harmonious 1,400 World

11. 1-30/11/2020 New Additions and Other Book 4,200 Displays

4 Expected Date / Time Activity Attendance 12. 8-30/11/2020 * Roving Exhibition on Books Read by 520 Winning Students of "4．23 World Book Day Creative Competition" in 2020 – "Growing Up with Reading"

13. 1-15/11/2020 * Roving Exhibition 360 – Classical Music of Central Asia

14. 4, 11, 18, 25/11/2020 *Subject Talk: 240 6:00 p.m. Talk on Chinese Classics

15. 7/11/2020 IT Workshops for the Seniors【I】 20 11:00 a.m. Basic Skills for Android/Apple Smartphones

16. 14/11/2020 IT Workshops for the Seniors【II】 20 11:00 a.m. Start with Instant Messaging

Environmental Protection Series: 17. 15/11/2020 Subject Talk on "Eco Conservation & 35 11:00 a.m. You"

18. 21/11/2020 IT Workshops for the Seniors【III】 20 11:00 a.m. Application of Google Map in Daily Life

19. 22/11/2020 Environmental Protection Series: 28 11:00 a.m. Workshop I “Parent-Child Environmental Tie-Dyeing Workshop”

20. 28/11/2020 IT Subject Talks for the Seniors 35 11:30 a.m. 【I】Discovery AI (Artificial Intelligence) Technology

21. 29/11/2020 Subject Talk: Anecdote of Olympic 40 11:30 a.m. Games and its development in Hong Kong

22. 24/11/2020 *IT Workshops - “Enjoy Easy Life @ 15 9:00 a.m. Internet”: Internet Tools for Learning by Smart Phone

23. 28/11/2020 *Monthly Meeting of Joyful Reading: 5 3:15 p.m. Beautiful Ocean (Family)

5 Expected Date / Time Activity Attendance 24. 13, 27/11/2020 User Education Session: 20 2:30 p.m. (Adult) Introduction to Library Catalogue, Internet, Electronic Resources and Multimedia Information System (MMIS)

Wong Nai Chung Public Library

(October 2020)

1. 2-14/10/2020 Book Display: Discovering Hong Kong 1,100 Nature

2. 16-31/10/2020 Children’s Book Display: Exploring the 1,200 Universe

3. 2-31/10/2020 New Additions and Other Book 1,200 Displays

4. 2-26/10/2020 *Roving Exhibition on the Winning 1,000 Entries of the 30th Chinese Poetry Writing Competition 2020”

5. 6/10/2020 User Education Session: 10 5:00 p.m. (Adult) Introduction to Library Catalogue, Internet, Electronic Resources and Multimedia Information System (MMIS)

(November 2020)

6. 1-15/11/2020 Book Display: Hobbies for Elderly 1,200

7. 16-30/11/2020 Children’s Book Display: Literature 1,300 Masterpieces

8. 1-30/11/2020 New Additions and Other Book 1,300 Displays

9. 20/11/20020 Subject Talk on Health of the Elderlies: 30 3:00 p.m. Lifestyle Redesign for Successful and Fruitful Ageing

10. 28/11/2020 Environmental Protection Series: 28 11:00 a.m. Workshop (2) on“Parent-Child Seed Bookmarks Workshop”

6 Expected Date / Time Activity Attendance 11. 3/11/2020 User Education Session: 10 5:00 p.m. (Adult) Introduction to Library Catalogue, Internet, Electronic Resources and Multimedia Information System (MMIS)

Remarks： (1) *Territory-wide extension activities (2) Members will be reported in the next meeting if there is any change of above-mentioned extension activities. (3) # In view of signs of further deterioration of the epidemic situation in mid July, all re-opened public libraries were temporarily closed from 15 July. The Hong Kong Central Library and Lockhart Road Public Library have been partially reopened on 17 September while the Wong Nai Chung Public Library on 29 September. During the partially reopening of libraries with limited services, some library programmes will be cancelled. (4) ^Children aged under 12 are allowed to enter the library and use library facilities and services only when accompanied by an adult, including joining the extension activities, such as Storytelling for Children.

7 Annex IV Extension Activities of the Hong Kong Central Library^ (October and November 2020)#

Date / Time Activity Hong Kong Central Library

(October 2020) Exhibition:

1. 5-31/10/2020 Fiction by Hong Kong Author

2. 1-31/10/2020 News Archive – This Month Past Year

3. 1-31/10/2020 Arts and Life: Selected Periodicals

4. 1-31/10/2020 Kowloon Walled City

5. 1-31/10/2020 “The Hakka Enclosed Houses” Mini Photo Exhibition

6. 1-31/10/2020 “In Search of Home – Temporary Housing in Hong Kong” Mini Photo Exhibition

7. 1-31/10/2020 Transformation of Hong Kong Public Examinations

8. 1-31/10/2020 Daily lives of Hong Kong people in the 1940s and 1950s

9. 1-27/10/2020 An Introduction to Local Comics

10. 28-31/10/2020 The “New Wave” of Hong Kong Films

11. 1-31/10/2020 The Hong Kong Musicians Series: LEE Bing: Distinguished Mezzo-soprano

Book Display:

12. 1-31/10/2020 Children’s Library – The Secret of Mathematics

13. 1-31/10/2020 Adult Lending Library – Multicultural Diversity

14. 1-31/10/2020 Young Adult Library – Exploring Science

15. 1-31/10/2020 Hong Kong Literature Room – The Poems of TSAI Yim-pui

16. 1-31/10/2020 8/F Reference Library – Life Planning (e-Resources)

17. 1-31/10/2020 8/F Cultural and Historical Resources Corner – Hong Kong Education Then and Now

8 Date / Time Activity 18. 1-31/10/2020 Arts Resource Centre – Appreciation of Chinese Paper-cut

Workshop:

19. 31/10/2020 “Explore on Five Senses” – Parent-child Sensory 2:30 p.m. Workshop (Conducted in Cantonese, for children aged 3-5 with one of their patents)

20. 31/10/2020 Parent-child STEM Environmental Air Cannon Workshop 5:00 p.m. (Conducted in Cantonese, for children aged 6-10 with one of their parents)

Subject Talk:

21. 10/10/2020 Monthly Literary Talk/ Subject Talk on Hong Kong 2:30 p.m. Literature: “Reading and Sharing Hong Kong Literature” Eco-travel in Hong Kong Literature (Conducted via video recording. Available date for broadcast to be confirmed)

22. 17/10/2020 “Excellence in Clinical Practice and Research 10:00 a.m. Innovation” Public Lecture Series 2020 Common gastrointestinal and liver diseases (Online Talk)

23. 23/10/2020 Philosophy Talks 2020: Good and Evil in Human Nature 6:30 p.m. Untimely Love (Talk video available for broadcast)

24. 23/10/2020 Popular Science Talk Series For Teens: 6:30 p.m. Fear of “Poison”: Introduction to Threat of “Virus” to Humans (Conducted via video recording. Available date for broadcast to be confirmed)

25. 24/10/2020 Subject Talk Series on Life and Death Education: A 3:00 p.m. dialogue on end of life care

26. 25/10/2020 Secrets of Cemeteries in Happy Valley – Mirror of Hong 3:00 p.m. Kong’s Cultural Diversity (Conducted via video recording. Available date for broadcast to be confirmed)

27. 30/10/2020 Photography Talk 7:30 p.m.

9 Date / Time Activity (November 2020) Exhibition: 28. 1-30/11/2020 Fiction by Hong Kong Author

29. 1-30/11/2020 News Archive – This Month Past Year

30. 1-30/11/2020 Arts and Life: Selected Periodicals

31. 1-30/11/2020 Kowloon Walled City

32. 1-30/11/2020 “The Hakka Enclosed Houses” Mini Photo Exhibition

33. 1-30/11/2020 “In Search of Home – Temporary Housing in Hong Kong” Mini Photo Exhibition

34. 1-30/11/2020 Transformation of Hong Kong Public Examinations

35. 1-30/11/2020 Exhibition on Hong Kong Comics

36. 1-30/11/2020 The “New Wave” of Hong Kong Films

37. 1-30/11/2020 The Hong Kong Musicians Series: LEE Bing: Distinguished Mezzo-soprano

Book Display: 38. 1-30/11/2020 Children’s Library – Fight for Flight

39. 1-30/11/2020 Adult Lending Library – Living on Organic Life

40. 1-30/11/2020 Young Adult Library – Environmental Protection

41. 1-30/11/2020 Hong Kong Literature Room – The Poems of TSAI Yim-pui

42. 1-30/11/2020 8/F Reference Library – Art of Living

43. 1-30/112020 8/F Cultural and Historical Resources Corner – Hong Kong Education Then and Now

44. 1-30/11/2020 Arts Resource Centre – Bela Bartok

Subject Talk:

45. 6/11/2020 Philosophy Talks 2020: Good and Evil in Human Nature 6:30 p.m. Outlaws of the Marsh and Nietzsche

10 Date / Time Activity 46. 14/11/2020 Monthly Literary Talk/ Subject Talk on Hong Kong 2:30 p.m. Literature: “Reading and Sharing Hong Kong Literature” Food in Hong Kong Literature (Conducted via video recording. Available date for broadcast to be confirmed)

47. 15/11/2020 “Hong Kong from above – Ariel photos taken from 1924 3:00 p.m. to 2020”

48. 21/11/2020 “Excellence in Clinical Practice and Research 10:00 a.m. Innovation” Public Lecture Series 2020 End-of-life Care (Online Talk)

49. 21/11/2020 Popular Science Talk Series For Teens: 3:00 p.m. Climate Crisis and COVID-19

50. 28/11/2020 Subject Talk Series on Life and Death Education: 3:00 p.m. Where to bid farewell?