HKALL 
With HKALL (Hong Kong Academic Library Link), CityU staff and students
of courses leading to CityU awarded degrees* can access the library resources
of all University Grants Committee (UGC) funded libraries.
HKALL aims at accelerating library resource sharing among all UGC libraries.
It serves as a common on-line catalogue allowing staff and students of
the partner institutions access to each other's library resource --- a
total of over seven million monographs and other materials. HKALL is the
first of such partnership in this region and holds a large number of Chinese
bibliographic records.
Based on an Innovative Interface software running on a server housed
at the HKU Libraries, HKALL seamlessly connects the library automation
systems of all university libraries in Hong Kong. So CityU staff and students
can request and borrow materials belonging to other UGC libraries directly.
The system has loaded the catalogues of all participating libraries into
a central database. With a single search, eligible users can identify
and borrow materials from the common pool of collections using any personal
computer in any location with access to the Internet, and have the materials
delivered to the libraries of their respective institutions for further
checkout.
Unlike the interlibrary loan service that involves intermediary manual
processing, HKALL is an automated system using a common on-line catalogue
and a central database. Thus a much quicker turnaround time from requests
to pickup notices can be expected.
While the interlibrary loan services cater only to certain categories
of users, HKALL borrowing services are extended to all staff and students
of participating universities.
CityU users may direct their comments and queries about HKALL to lbhkall@cityu.edu.hk.
* Awarded degree here means Associate Degree or its equivalent,
Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctoral Degree and Postgraduate Degree/Postgraduate
Diploma/Postgraduate Certificate. (Students of short courses, single
subject certificates, diplomas, professional diplomas, professional certificates
or external degrees awarded by overseas institutions are excluded.)
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