FAQ - Access to Collections and Services

Who may use the CityU Library?

• Students and staff of the CityU, CityU alumni who hold valid Alumni Library Tickets, Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee (JULAC) Card holders, Friends of the Library Card holders, spouses of full-time staff members as well as other persons approved by the Librarian for a specified period or purpose.

• For further details, please refer to the Library Regulations on Admission to the Library

I am not affiliated with the CityU, can I come in to use the Library?

Friends of the Library Card

• To foster the Library's contacts with those who are interested in our collection, current activities, future development and to help imbue a reading and learning habit in the general public, Friends of the Library Card will be issued to different sectors of the society.
• Various types of membership are open for application. Membership fee is levied on an annual basis.
• Benefits for Members of the Friends of the Library include: free access to the Library, borrowing privileges for some membership types (individual: 10 items for 30 days; corporate: 20 items for 30 days for corporate with 10 or less employees; 40 items for 30 days for corporate with more than 10 employees), use of various services and resources within the Library, free Library Newsletter through email, invitation to special programmes and functions organized by the Library.
• To find out more, please visit the Friends of the Library homepage.
• To join, simply fill out an application form.

• CityU visiting scholars recommended by Heads of Departments of the University can apply for a Reader's Ticket.
• Overseas students who come back to Hong Kong to do research during the months of June to August may also apply for a Reader's Ticket. A recommendation letter from the home university abroad, a valid student ID card, and a photo should accompany the application.
• Readers' Tickets are valid for a period of 3 months and are used for reading purpose within the Library only.

N.B. For non-CityU members who are holding the Borrower's Ticket, if you wish to continue to use the Library, please apply for a Friends of the Library Card when your Borrower's Ticket expires.

I am a graduate of the CityU, can I use the Library?

Yes, the Library has provided a series of Alumni Library Services for you to choose. Please visit our Alumni Library Services web page for details.

Can I access other UGC Libraries?

• The following categories of users can apply for the Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee (JULAC) Library Cards to use the facilities of libraries of the other participating UGC institutions:
  • Full-time academic and administrative equivalent staff as well as research assistants
  • Postgraduate students of programmes leading to CityU awards*
  • UGC-funded undergraduate degree students*

  * Excluding outside HK or visiting students

• With the exception of undergraduate degree students, borrowing privileges are provided.