Digital Collections

The University Collection in PolyU Library is a valuable resource for understanding the University's history and development. By selecting and digitising the featured works in the physical collection only for in-house use, the Library enables the PolyU community and the public to access these materials.

This collection contains historical materials documenting the development of the University and information on academic, research and administrative units, such as annual reports, anniversary related publications, and congregation publications, and more titles will be added.

The Library has been digitizing its rare books located in the Special Collections with the purpose to promote resource sharing via online access of its full-text. To give users a glimpse of the Chinese and East Asian cultures and histories in western eyes between 18th and early 20th century, this collection contains the rare books on China and East Asia which were mainly published in western countries between 1704 and 1922. Users can also browse different topics by its subcollection including Chinese Literature, Missionary, Religions in China, Social Life and Customs in China, Statistics of China Commerce, Travel in China, etc.

The collection covers a broad range of iconic buildings, religious architecture, district, and even festival events to preserve the memories of the city in the 90s. The collection photos were taken by the Pao Yue-kong Library between 1988 and 1998 in the format of slide film with much more vibrant colours. By digitising the slide photos, users can access them anywhere via Internet, zoom in to find the details in the photos, and to discover relevant background information for their study and research.

Cheng Kok-kong’s Lyric Manuscript Collection contains the images of original or duplicated handwritten lyric manuscripts written by Cheng Kok-kong between 1974 and 2016. Cheng Kok-kong, Hong Kong's celebrated lyricist, was Artist-in-Residence 2017/18 of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In an illustrious career that spans nearly 60 years, Mr Cheng has been writing more than 2,000 Cantopop songs. Many of his songs still enjoy immense popularity to this day, and some lines of his lyrics even become popular quotes.

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Acknowledgements: Culture Promotion and Events Office and Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong

《鄭國江詞作手稿特藏》收藏鄭國江於1974至2016年期間創作的歌詞手稿正本或影印本的數碼影像。鄭國江是香港著名填詞人，曾擔任香港理工大學二零一七至一八年度駐校藝術家。鄭先生從事填詞宏業已近一甲子，迄今共撰粵語流行歌詞逾二千首，成就非凡，其中多首為家喻戶曉的經典歌曲，在世界各處華人社會傳唱不輟。名句如「命運是對手，永不低頭」、「鹹魚白菜也好好味」、「努力興建，盡情破壞」、「曾嚐遍失意事，却找到快樂匙」更是深入民心，不斷為人引用。

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鳴謝: 文化及設施推廣處 及 香港作曲及作詞家協會

The Cheng Kok-kong’s Oral History Interview project is an extension of the "Cheng Kok-kong’s Lyric Manuscript Collection" to recall the stories behind the lyric manuscripts. The project includes interview recordings with Mr. Cheng Kok-kong at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Library, and it aims at enriching the content of the Manuscript Collection. The interview recordings are divided in to six categories, including “Becoming a Lyricist”, “Creations and Inspirations”, “Characteristics of Lyrics”, “The Inspirational Lyricist”, “Songs for Children” and “Cheng Kok-kong’s Lyric Manuscript Collection”. The content of the recordings includes how Cheng had become a lyricist, background of some of his lyrics, lyric-writing culture of local pop music, and Cantopop history in Hong Kong.

鄭國江訪談實錄乃《鄭國江詞作手稿特藏》之延伸，以訪談形式記錄手稿特藏背後的故事。特藏載有詞人鄭國江於香港理工大學圖書館進行的訪談錄影片段，令手稿特藏內容更加豐富充實。錄影片段以六個主題分類，包括「詞人緣起」、「創作靈感」、「詞作特色」、「勵志詞人」、「兒歌作品」和「鄭國江詞作手稿特藏」。讀者可對詞人鄭國江如何入行、部份作品背景、本地流行詞作文化、以至香港粵語流行曲的歷史有所了解。

Since the establishment of the Culture Promotion Committee of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1999, Artist-in-Residence (AIR) programme invites a renowned artist, curator, or art group as the Artist-in-Residence of the year to present a great variety of art and cultural events and programmes. For the purposes of preservation and scholarly research, this collection archives official materials and multimedia contents, including leaflet, interview, talk, highlights video of exhibition and tours from the Artist-in-Residence programme.

Acknowledgements: Culture Promotion and Events Office