| Abstrakt: |
This paper reports on Lingnan University Library's efforts in bringing arts and cultural programmes to the university community — converting the Library into a lively and diverse resource base, with ever-changing culturally and educationally enriching programmes of contemporary visual arts, literature, cultural, social and political discussions, and thereby supporting Lingnan University's mission of providing the best liberal arts education to students in Hong Kong. The launching and implementation of these cultural programmes do not only enhance the public relationship value and the circulation of the library materials, but also lead to closer collaboration among the different faculties, local student groups, as well as other external arts and cultural organizations — bringing them together at the Library to arrange art exhibitions, theme-promotional book displays, informal lectures, and creative workshops, etc., which are of high cultural and educational values. All these endeavours create an inspiring environment for the students to exchanges their intellectual, creative and artistic ideas freely for stimulating and satisfying their intellectual growth, as well as to promote an awareness of the local and foreign arts, and cultures among the student community. Arts and cultures could therefore be outreached to all sectors on campus, and to cross over with students of other or interactive disciplines, and yet be relevant to their education. This paper is meant for anyone interested in developing and presenting library programmes with cultural focus for the student audience outside the formal learning setting. It is hoped that this report could help other libraries (both public and academic), by offering them a framework that could enable them to design effective strategies for building their own library cultural programmes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
