Map Library (HC201)

The Map Library, although a Departmental Library, is open to all full-time staff and students of HKU after they have completed registration procedures and been issued with a Map Library card. Access and use by other persons is by prior arrangement with the Department. It has a collection of over 61,700 map items (with particular emphasis on Hong Kong, and East & Southeast Asia); a rapidly growing collection of over 15,900 air photos (especially on Hong Kong); a sizeable number of atlases, wall maps, marine charts, satellite images, cartobibliographies, audio and video tapes, and CD-ROMs. It is one of the most comprehensive of its kind in Hong Kong and nearby region. The Library also houses more than 1,600 geography dissertations and postgraduate theses, completed from 1968 onwards. These are available for reference use only within the Map Library.

A number of PCs with access to the Campus network are also provided for use by undergraduate and postgraduate students for the purpose of searching reference books, teaching materials and other academic information through the Internet. A Xerox reduction/enlargement engineering copier is available for reproducing A4 to A0 sized maps for academic use (subject to copyright constraints). A Ricoh colour photo copier is also available for color-copying of materials. A schedule of charges for the use of copying facilities is posted on the Department webpage.