Che-woo Lui Hotel & Tourism Resource Centre
Brief Overview
The Che-woo Lui Hotel and Tourism Resource Centre (RC) supports SHTM’s research, teaching, and learning efforts. It holds a comprehensive range of online resources, journals, references, and teaching materials in the fields of hospitality, tourism, and food science.
The aim of the RC is to provide access to materials and information resources in hotel and tourism management in a supportive learning environment. The centre is equipped with facilities for the preparation of student group projects and seminars.
Friendly staff is always available to help patrons locate a wide variety of resources. Please contact staff at the RC Counter or email [email protected] in case of any questions and/or problems.
Mission
To provide relevant and up-to-date information on the hotel and tourism industry in an efficient manner to support study, research and teaching.
2002-2010 RC in GH206
Collection development at RC is a process of selecting, acquiring, and providing access to traditional and electronic resources supporting the information and scholarly needs of students and faculty. Communication between the Centre and faculty to identify collection needs, formulation of RC policies, budget development and collection assessment are fundamental to the collection development process.
The primary goal of the Centre is to acquire and develop the vast array of information resources needed to support the School’s teaching and research. The following criteria apply to all materials.
General Criteria:
- Patrons’ needs and demands
- Scope and content – comprehensiveness and depth of coverage
- Scholarly worth
- Currency and timeliness
- Relevance to existing collection
- Relative price – purchase price as well as on-going expenses relating to ordering, cataloguing, and preserving
- Availability of materials at the PolyU Main Library
- Physical quality, special features
- Language and country of origin
Weeding/Stock Editing
RC develops and maintains collections which meet the users’ needs for current and retrospective information. Regular and systematic weeding is conducted by the RC’s staff to identify materials no longer useful is essential to maintain the high quality and integrity of the collection. When items become worn out/damaged beyond use, or the information contained is outdated, or when their reference or research value is lost, they should be withdrawn to ensure the vitality and usefulness of the collections, and to make room for new and updated materials. Withdrawn items will be dispatched to external institutions who wish to receive them.
The Centre generally
Accepts:
- Materials relevant to the SHTM’s teaching and research needs
- Items in good physical conditions
Declines:
- Duplicate items already held by the RC
- Previous editions of reference works or textbooks
- Books whose contents are obsolete
- Broken run of journal issues
- Computer application program or software
- Materials in a format no longer supported by current equipment in the RC e.g. 12″ video laser discs, 5.25″ floppy disks, filmstrips, phonorecords
The RC will decide on the location, retention period and binding format and reserves the right to exchange or dispose of the donated materials.
The Centre is on the 4/F of SHTM. We have different settings to facilitate our students and staff members for their teaching and learning.
Collection
- Text book and reference books
- Journals
- Electronic Resources
- SHTM Collection
- SHTM Theses/Dissertations
- SHTM Course Schemes
- Staff Publications
Information Technology
The Centre provides PCs for public use, notebooks for lending, a quick search station, as well as printing, photocopying and scanning machines.
User Guides
This RC User Guide provides easy step-by-step guidance to using RC and its website as well as a detailed overview of available features and functionality.
- SHTM students and staff should present a valid University Identity Card when entering RC.
- RC is a place for study and research. It is important for all patrons to maintain a reasonably quiet atmosphere in RC.
- Group discussions are allowed, but please keep the volume low to avoid disturbance to other patrons.
- Tables and chairs should be moved back to their original position if moved.
- Smoking is not allowed throughout the university campus.
- Sleeping is not allowed in RC.
- Each patron should limit the use of a RC computer to a maximum of 30 minutes as to allow other patrons to use the equipment.
- Patrons should treat RC’s materials carefully. A replacement cost will be charged for each lost or damaged material.
- Please take care of your personal belongings. RC is not responsible for any loss of or damage to personal belongings.
- Any items, including personal belongings and RC materials, should not be left unattended on the reading tables. RC staff have the right to remove those unattended items without prior notice.
- Electronic databases are for SHTM’s students and staff only.
- All patrons should respect copyright restrictions when making photocopies and using AV materials. Reproduction or duplication of audio-visual materials or computer software are strictly prohibited. Patrons are reminded of personal legal consequences resulting from infringement of the Copyright Ordinance. For details of the Copyright Ordinance, please go to //www.info.gov.hk/ipd.
Opening Hours
| Mon – Fri | 09:30 – 20:00 |
| Sat, Sun, and Public Holiday | Closed |
** Changes to opening hours will be announced on the RC website.
Arrangements during Black Rainstorm/Typhoon Signal No.8 or above
| Signal is issued before RC opening hours |
Signal is issued during RC opening hours |
If signal is lowered | |
| Black Rainstorm | Closed | Remains open until PolyU FMO Security instructs otherwise | 3 hours or more before the normal closing time: RC will reopen within 2 hours Less than 3 hours before normal closing time: RC will remain closed |
| Typhoon No.8 or above | Closed | Will close once PolyU FMO Security announces that No.8 signal is
likely to be issued within two hours |
3 hours or more before the normal closing time: RC will reopen within 2 hours Less than 3 hours before normal closing time: RC will remain closed |