WiseVideo – Electronic Resources on Trial

WiseVideo contained 45,000 broadcasting news and featured programs (with transcripts) since 2008.  Featured programs included “HK Connection 鏗鏘集”, “TVB News Magazine 新聞透視” “Tuesday Report 星期二檔案” and “ATV News Magazine 時事追擊”, etc.

The WiseVideo is part of Wisers Information Portal and can be accessed until 31 Jan 2012.  You can login to the WiseVideo from your WiseNews Account.  No separate login is required.

Please send your feedback to Ms. Jenny Yee by email at jennyyee.lib@hkapa.edu, or by phone at 2584 8763.

New Scanner in the F/TV Library

A new scanner has been installed in the F/TV Library (see photos).  It supports scanning of high resolution up to 4,800 dpi and can handle photographs, films, slides as well as colour documents.

If you have difficulties in using the scanner, please ask the Branch Library Officer or member of library staff on duty.

iMac in the F/TV Library

A 27″ iMac has been installed in the F/TV Library.  Slides of Library Orientation Programmes are being displayed.  In future, information related to school productions will be included.

Blu-ray/DVD players at F/TV Library

Two sets of blu-ray / DVD players have been added to the PC carrels in the F/TV Library.  Press “ENTER” to toggle between input signals for PC or blu-ray / DVD player.  If you encounter any problems, please ask the Branch Library Officer or the library staff on duty at the counter.

Additional PC in F/TV Library

An additional PC has been installed in the Learning Resources Area of the F/TV Library.  There is now a total of 6 PCs in the F/TV Library.

New Journal Title

Title: 美国电影摄影师杂志
Call No: TR845.M45
Library has Jan 2010-

〝美国电影摄影师杂志〞是American Cinematographer 的中文版，由北京中國電影攝影師出版。

圖書館同時亦訂購了英文版及電子版。American Cinematographer 創刊90多年，內容包括：場景的拍攝方式和布光方法，及專業攝影師經驗分享。

Shelf Arrangement for Feature Films

Previously, feature films of different languages were inter-shelved accordingly to the Library of Congress Classification Scheme which was not very meaningful to users.  To help users to access the feature film collection more easily, the Library staff has made some local changes to shelve items according to the original language of the feature films.

The new order for feature films (i.e. classification number begins with PN1995.9, PN1997 and PN1997.2) is as tabled.

PN1995.9	.A	Collection
	.C	Chinese
	.E	English
	.F	French
	.G	German
	.I	Italian
	.J	Japanese
	.K	Korean
	.S	Spanish
	.Y	Others
	.Z	Multi-lingual

Chinese Film

English Film

FTV Library Survey

In response to the suggestions collected through the FTV Library Survey conducted by Student Association of the School of Film and Television in May 2009, the opening hours of the FTV Library was revised for the 1st semester of 2009/2010.  The Library conducted another survey in November 2009 to follow up suggestions made in the May Survey.  97 questionnaires were sent out and 79 replies were received : a response rate of 81%.

Key Findings:
1.  Over 80% of the respondents visited the Library at least twice a week.  Most of them came to browse and borrow AV materials.
2. Most users visited the FTV Library between 1:00 – 2:00 pm and 6:00 – 7:00 pm.
3. Over 50% of the respondents felt that the Chinese book and AV collections were not sufficient.
4. 20% of the respondents never used the electronic resources.
5. 46%of respondents said that there were insufficient notebooks.

A sharing session was held on 18 December 2009, detailed analysis of the survey findings was presented to students and staff of the School of Film and Television.  At the request of the School, the Thursday opening hours have been amended and can be found at: http://www.hkapa.edu/media/general/download/lib/Opening-Hour-2nd-Semester.pdf

Measures Taken:
To solve the problem of insufficient space for a larger collection, some shelving space has been created by moving the old newspapers to the student canteen at the Bethanie campus.  Workshops will be organized for staff and students in the near future for them to become familiarized with using e-resources.  In response to point 5 of the key findings, an extra netbook has already been made available for loan in the FTV Library.

Inter-Campus Request

Inter-Campus Request Some of the library items have been removed to the Film and Television Library with a new location displayed on the Library System. These items can be requested by filling in a request form. The requested item will then be transferred to the Main Library.

Item being transferred will have the status “In transit”. Vice versa, books or
other items held in the Main Library can be transferred to the Film and Television Library. It usually takes 3 working days to fill the request.

Film and Television Library

The Film and Television Library at the Bethanie Campus has opened for
service on 17 September 2007. The Opening hours are as follows:

Monday to Friday:
9:45 – 12:00 and 1:00 – 6:30
Saturday, Sunday and Public Holiday: Closed

Mr. Frankie Cheng, the Branch Library Officer, is responsible for the daily
operation of the Film and Television Library. He can be contacted at 2584-
8921.