The Leisure and Cultural Services Department today (January 11) announced that Hong Kong public libraries, including the Hong Kong Central Library and the mobile libraries, will be closed at 5pm on Lunar New Year's Eve (January 24).
 
      All public and mobile libraries and students' study rooms will be closed from January 25 to 27.
    
     The opening hours of all public libraries on January 28 will be the same as those for public holidays.
 
      Moreover, system maintenance work will be carried out from 6pm on January 24 to 11.59pm on January 27, during which the following services will be suspended:
 
- library mobile app services as well as Internet and telephone renewal services;
- other online library services, including the library catalogue, borrowers' record enquiries, reservation of library materials and Internet and Digital Service Workstations, electronic resources (e-Books and e-Databases); and
- the self-service library stations (readers may return books to the stations before the due date, and the loan records will be updated on the next working day).
 
     Details can be obtained from notices posted at all public libraries and the website at www.hkpl.gov.hk/en/library-notices/library-notices-list.html. For enquiries, please call 2921 0208.

Ends/Saturday, January 11, 2020
Issued at HKT 12:00

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