Library News — Delegation from the Chinese University of Hong Kong Library Visits the University of Macau Library

圖書館消息 -- 香港中文大學圖書館代表團到訪澳大圖書館

On the morning of July 23, 2025, Mr. Benjamin Meunier, University Librarian, and Ms. Jenny Lam, Open Science Librarian from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), visited the University of Macau (UM) Library for an exchange of ideas and discussions on collaboration. They were warmly welcomed by the University of Macau Library team, led by University Librarian Professor (Helen) Hong Xu, along with Assistant University Librarian Mr. Billy Leung, Functional Heads Ms. Priscilla Pun, Mr. Stephen Lei, Mr. Wilson Hoi, and the University Librarian’s Secretary, Ms. Winnie Leung.  A number of faculty liaison librarians from the UM Library also participated in the morning discussions. The two parties engaged in in-depth discussions on global open science developments, the publication of scientific research papers, and open-access books and journals in Hong Kong and Macau. During the visit, they toured two exhibitions: “Winds of Confluence: The Story of Macao in the Historical Archives of the Ming and Qing Dynasties” and “Regarding Books.”

2025年7月23日上午，香港中文大學圖書館文奈爾 (Benjamin Meunier) 館長和開放科學林芷瑩主任蒞臨澳門大學圖書館交流並洽談合作。澳大圖書館館長徐鴻帶領圖書館團隊，由助理館長梁德海、事務主管潘雅茵、李仲明、許偉達，以及館長秘書梁惠怡等陪同接待了他們，多位澳大圖書館的學院聯絡館員亦參與了上午的討論。雙方就全球開放科學發展、科研論文發佈及港澳開放獲取書刊出版等議題作了深入的交流討論，訪問期間，文奈爾館長和林芷瑩主任還參觀了“風起濠鏡：明清歷史檔案中的澳門故事” 以及 “看．書”兩個展覽。

In the afternoon, an “Open Science Workshop”, co-organized by the UM Library, the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) Library, and the CUHK Library, was held at the USJ Library. Mr. Meunier and Ms. Lam were invited as special guests to share Hong Kong’s experience in open-access book publishing with over 30 colleagues from university and college libraries in Macau and to discuss the future development of Chinese publishing in the context of global open science trends. Seven staff from the UM Library also attended the afternoon workshop.

下午，澳大圖書館、聖若瑟大學圖書館與香港中文大學圖書館聯合舉辧了“開放科學交流會”。交流會於聖若瑟大學圖書館舉行。文奈爾館長及林芷瑩主任作為特邀嘉賓與澳門各高校圖書館同仁近三十餘人分享了香港地區開放圖書出版經驗，並共同探討華文出版在全球開放科學帶動下的未來發展。澳大圖書館共派出七名館員參加了下午的交流會。