ILL in the faster lane: empowering users with HKALL

In an environment of reduced funding for higher education institutions, and consequently reduced funding for the libraries of those institutions, three of the eight university libraries in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China (HKSAR) embarked on an ambitious trial. With a main objective to achieve greater value for money and greater quality of service in the use of their libraries’ shrinking budgets, the libraries at the University of Hong Kong, the City University of Hong Kong, and Lingnan University sought to assess the impact of the introduction of a collaborative, user-initiated, unmediated, interlibrary loan service. Following a period of examination and discussion, INNOVATIVE’s INN-Reach module was chosen as the preferred system to be used during the trial which commenced in January, 2004. In this paper, the authors will explore the reasons behind conducting such a trial, the issues that confronted the collaborating partners before and during the trial, as well as an assessment of the degree of success of the project. In particular, following the trial period of nine months, the three university libraries sought answers to a number of important questions. Through a detailed analysis of available data, coupled with user and library staff evaluation obtained through surveys and focus groups, these questions were answered. In their paper the authors will outline the answers to these questions along with other lessons learned. The paper will conclude with a look to the future for collaborative, user-initiated, unmediated, interlibrary loan services in Hong Kong.published_or_final_version9th Interlending and Document Supply International Conferenc

Epidemiology and risk factors for Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae carriage in the hospital: a population-based nested case-control study

Objective: This study aims to study the epidemiology of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in Hong Kong. / Methods: This is a longitudinal population-based study reporting monthly CPE incidence rate and a nested case-control study for identifying risk factors for CPE carriage. The cases were patients with at least one CPE positive genotypic test, while the controls were randomly selected from the cohort with negative tests. Up to four controls per case were matched by sex, age group, and admission year-month. The independent risk factors were identified from a conditional logistic regression with potential covariates. / Results: From 1st January 2008 to 31st December 2019, 8,588 patients received CPE genotyping tests, and 2,353 had at least one positive result. Class B carbapenemase was the predominant enzyme in the samples (78.6%). The incidence rate increased from 0.04 in 2015 to 1.62 in 2019 per 10,000 person-year. In the nested case-control study, 1709 cases and 6664 controls were matched. Previous use of any beta-lactam antibiotics [Odds ratio:1.37 (1.22-1.53), p<.001] was found as an independent risk factor for carriage of CPE. / Conclusion: The carriage of CPE was found with an increasing trend in Hong Kong. Previous use of any beta-lactam antibiotics is a risk factor for CPE. / Summary: The incidence rate of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae is increasing in Hong Kong, with the predominant enzyme of class B carbapenemase. With multivariable conditional logistic regression, the previous use of any beta-lactam antibiotics was found as an independent risk factor for CPE carriage

「回首．動情．傳承」長者生命故事計劃

嶺南大學亞太老年學研究中心獲華人永遠墳場管理委員會（「華永會」）資助為期一年的「回首．動情．傳承」長者生命故事計劃(「計劃」)。此計劃旨在讓青年人認識長者生命經驗，學習克服困難與挫折以提升抗逆力，建立正向人生觀。 近年，主流媒體經常批評年輕人的負面人生觀，例如：「躺平主義」、「享樂主義」、「犬儒心態」等，亦不時看到青年人輕生的新聞。我們曾在大學內處理過不少受情緒困擾及企圖自殺的個案，與學生深入交流後，發現他們面對着沉重的學業壓力、財政困難或複雜的家庭關係，內心充滿掙扎不安。 此計劃讓嶺大學生與長者導師進行深度的對談，透過了解長者走過的路、他們經歷過的挫折和教訓，給予年輕人生命的啟示。如果我們以旅遊比喻人生，長者就像環遊世界的資深背包客，即使大家遊覽不同的地點、觀賞過不同的風景，他們總能夠分享一些旅遊的心得，讓新手遊客走少一點冤枉路，或領悟到旅遊的樂趣和意義。長者亦可以藉由敍述人生片段回顧他們生命中的故事，學習接納過去，增加自我認同感。青年人創作生命教育書冊，將長者積極的人生觀傳給年輕一代，並藉此鼓勵其他長者豁達地度過餘年。 我們於2022年初招募嶺南大學學生接受「生命故事敍述」培訓，內容包括：本港的人口老化現象、敍述治療理論、與長者溝通的技巧及模擬實踐練習等，以裝備同學的知識和技巧。本中心再向屯門、元朗區的長者機構發邀請信，誠邀長者擔任生命導師接受訪問。 嶺大安排同學以兩人一組的小隊形式，於2022年6至7月期間前往長者中心、日間護理中心、嶺南大學或長者家中，與十二位長者進行深入訪談。訪談結束後，同學根據訪談的內容，為長者書寫他們獨特的生命故事。例如在人離鄉賤的異國環境下，努力打拼事業的Alfred；堅持不懈持續進修的淑芹和馮春林；即使沒機會求學，仍憑一雙巧手闖出一片天的譚惠；在文化大革命的漩渦中，憑着熱忱而改變命運的蘭英；還有為家人無私奉獻的鳳群、歐婆婆、雅芳及細女；離鄉別井勇闖異地的阿美和阿水；即使被家人賣去做「妹仔」，仍能以「阿Q精神」面對的諒餘。 為保障長者的私隱權益，本書內所有刊登之故事皆經過受訪者或社工審閱，部份受訪者選擇以化名的形式來分享自己的故事，我們亦移除了部份敏感的個人資料。https://commons.ln.edu.hk/apias_guide/1008/thumbnail.jp

Improving ICT use in a primary school

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ILL in the fast lane: a Hong Kong perspective

While the University of Hong Kong Libraries (HKUL) enjoys access to a rich collection developed over its more than 90 year history, the extensive range of teaching and research activities compels the Libraries, like most other institutions of higher learning, to obtain items from local and overseas resources through interlibrary loan and document delivery. To ensure a high quality of service delivered in a cost effective manner, close partnerships locally and internationally and a low staff mediated ILL/document delivery system are seen as highly desirable. HKUL began automating interlibrary loan processes first through its use of Ariel and then with OCLC ILL services in 1992 and 1993 respectively. ILL/document delivery services, however, were still heavily paper based and intensive staff mediation was an inevitable consequence. To gain the maximum benefit from existing technologies, HKUL worked with three other Hong Kong academic libraries to investigate, evaluate and to implement an automated ILL/document delivery system in 2002. The introduction of this system, OCLC ILLiad, has enabled HKUL to participate more meaningfully in the digitized world of document delivery. This paper will focus on the difficulties encountered and the lessons learnt during the investigation, implementation and evaluation phases of the project. Issues relating to collaboration, automation, user empowerment and their subsequent impact on the ILL department and its staff will be explored. We will conclude with an outline of future dreams for ILL and document delivery at the University of Hong Kong Libraries.published_or_final_version8th Interlending and Document Supply International Conferenc

「百年香港電影」暨《百年光影覓香江》新書發佈會

《百年光影覓香江》是人文學科研究中心在過去兩年來與香港電影資料館合作的研究成果，近日由香港電影資料館出版。這本中英雙語專書是由嶺南大學人文學科研究中心成員合作著寫，嶺南學生也參與資料蒐集。該書向世界各地讀者介紹自上世紀初到今天的香港電影文化發展，同時也附上DVD光盤，錄有香港二十世紀上半葉的珍貴記錄電影片段，和反映從二戰到九七後時代變遷的電影選段。 Hong Kong Memories in Cinema is a research output derived from CHR\u27s collaboration with the Hong Kong Film Archive (HKFA) in the past two years. It is a Chinese-English bilingual book published by HKFA, authored by the staff and fellows of CHR ably assisted by Lingnan students who helped to collect research materials. The book reviews the development of Hong Kong cinema in the past century and introduces its cinema culture to the worldwide audience. The attached DVD consists of precious film footage of Hong Kong in the first half of the 20th century, plus finely selected film footage that reflects the social and ethnographical changes of Hong Kong from the post-war years to post-97