Reading online should be easy, but sometimes it presents frustrations.  The Library has bought or subscribes to many e-book packages – but not all of them allow the full download to your own device for easy off-line e-reading.

 

To promote reading in general, and e-reading in particular, starting in late March, the Library is promoting Easy E-reading from those collections of e-books that allow unlimited concurrent users and easy full-download functions.  This will allow the HKUST community to download and read wherever they are, during mid-term break and beyond.

 

This idea has been successfully implemented on the Bucharest metro system (http://tinyurl.com/bucharest-metro) and the Austrian city of Klagenfurt (http://tinyurl.com/austria-qr) in 2012,  and recently on the subway in Beijing (http://tinyurl.com/beijing-reader).

 

How will it be promoted at HKUST?  Mainly via physical posters with QR codes, although there is also an all e-book Collection Highlights page at http://lbapps.ust.hk/highlights/e-reading.  We hope to continue making the campus an extension of the library, so HKUST community members can enjoy some e-books, any time and any place.