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Special Opening Hours and Maintenance of Library System

Hong Kong Public Libraries will have special opening hours on 31 December 2025 (New Year's Eve) and will be closed whole day on 1 January 2026 (The First Day of January). Online services, Self-service Library Station services and the real-time loan record update function at smart book return facilities will also be suspended from 0:30 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. on 1 January 2026 for the maintenance work of the library system.

Documents Collection Campaign Collection

Start date:

January 2001 

Coverage: Heritage documents of China or Hong Kong.
Location: Hong Kong Literature Room , 8/F of Hong Kong Central Library
Type: Reference Material, available for public use in the library

Introduction:

The Documents Collection Campaign, launched by the Hong Kong Central Library in 2001, aims to collect documents of China or Hong Kong covering materials on arts, literature, society and history for reference and research by the public. The collectibles include rare books and old periodicals, celebrities’correspondences, manuscripts, maps and photographs, old documents of folk customs, etc. Besides, the Library also designated collection codes to well-known scholars such as the “Liu Ching-chih Collection”, “Liu Yi-chang Collection”, “Gao Lu Collection”, “Lau Wai-mai Collection”, “Shu Hong-sing Collection”, “Lo Hong-lit Collection”and “To Cho-yee Collection”, etc.

Related links:

Search the Special Collection Library Catalogue  Library's Online Public Access Catalogue

Enquiries:

Please call (852) 2921 0323 or using the Ask a Librarian – Internet Reference Enquiry Service .