| Creativity
and innovation are essential
in today's ever-changing society.
In the classroom, in business,
as well as in design and the
arts, thinking outside the box
has never been so important.
Now members of the public have
a new resource centre to help
them in their creative endeavours
Newly established last November
at the reference library of
the City Hall Public Library,
the Creativity and Innovation
Resource Centre is a joint
project by the Hong Kong Public
Libraries of the Leisure and
Cultural Services Department
and the Creative Initiatives
Foundation.
The Centre houses more than
1,500 reference books and
journals dealing with creativity
and innovative problem-solving
skills. Its core collection
is made up of 1,000 works
suggested by the International
Centre for Studies in Creativity
of Buffalo State College.
Some are even out-of-print
books.
Among the Centre's collection
are a wide range of resource
materials dealing with children
and young adults, publications
on educational leadership,
arts in education, early childhood
development, learning theory,
multiple intelligences, motivation,
co-operative learning and
education for gifted children.
General reference books that
will spur creative thinking
and brainstorming in business
and daily lives are also available.
A number of books deal with
the creative processes of
famous innovative thinkers.
With a floor area of about
50 sq. m., the Centre is equipped
with a reading room with seating
for over 20, two computer
terminals for Internet browsing
and one Online Public Access
Catalogue terminal. Relevant
Chinese books and audio-visual
materials will be added to
the collection in future to
better cater for the needs
of local readers.
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