Information Space

Information Space is an area designed to create a conducive area for more interactive and participatory learning as well as small group teaching. Students can use the PC workstations to explore the information space and to work on their assignments there.

Facilities

About 80 PC workstations(including 10 iMac) equipped with a wide range of software tools including word processing, spreadsheets, presentation, graphics, desk top publishing, web authoring, statistical analysis and programming languages, etc. are available here. For details, please visit the software list of Computing Services Centre (CSC). Current CityUHK staff and students can use the PC workstations by logging in with their CityUHK Electronic ID. Advance booking for individual PC workstations are available to eligible students via the Resource Booker. Please see Rules for Reserving Oval & Information Space Workstation for details.

The following workstations are iMac:

	Seat number
iMac	823	828	830	831	845
	850	856	861	867	873

The following workstations are connected to colour scanners with OCR capabilities:

	Seat number
Scanner	816	826	835
	855	865

Most of the PC workstations are connected to laser printers. Current CityUHK staff and students are entitled to print within his/her quota limit as assigned by Computing Services Centre. Please see CSC's guidelines for laser printing for details.

There are two laser printers for Quota Controlled Fast Print Queue. Current CityUHK students can print by using of their print quota. Printing papers are provided for this service. For details, please refer to the Printing Steps for IS and Oval Area Workstation Users and Notebook Computer Users. To Connect to the Octopus-card-operated network printers, please refer to the Fast Printing Service Guideline for Oval & IS Workstation Computer Users.

There is a 3D Scanner and Virtual Reality facilities & services (CAVE) at the Discovery Corner. Advance booking for individual 3D Scanners & CAVE are available to eligible students via the Library Facilities Booking System. Please see Rules for Reserving 3D Scanners / Workstations for details.

For enquiries, please contact IT Help Desk at 3442-6963 during its opening hours.

Opening Hours

Please refer to Library Opening and Counter Hours Schedule.

How to log in to the public workstations inside the Library?

Type of PC	User Type	Login with	If you come across logging in problems
PCs in the Oval and Information Space	CityUHK staff and students, SCOPE members with new SCOPE smart cards (issued in or after 2006)	Active Directory (AD) User Account	please consult the following pages: For staff: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/csc/deptweb/facilities/using-facilities/stf-account.htm For student: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/csc/deptweb/facilities/using-facilities/stud-account.htm
Electronic Resource Workstations, Media PCs	CityUHK staff and students, SCOPE members with new SCOPE smart cards (issued in or after 2006)	EID	please consult the following pages: For staff: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/csc/deptweb/facilities/using-facilities/stf-account.htm For student: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/csc/deptweb/facilities/using-facilities/stud-account.htm
	Alumni, JULAC Card / Borrower's Card / Reader's Card / Spouse Card holders as well as Friends of the Library members	EID	please approach the Circulation Counter for assistance.