Overview
The Li Ka Shing Library is the center for the academic and professional knowledge resources and services that support the research and learning needs of the SMU community. Come visit us in our wonderful space or use our digital library, SMU PYXIS.
Centrally located on the City Campus, the library building offers a range of work spaces - including open areas for individual or collaborative use, quiet individual carrels, book-able project rooms for 4-6 students equipped with LCD panels and a cafe within the library for study breaks. The entry level features a collaborative study area and a collection of lifestyle reading materials. The entire building is wireless and designed for your laptop use, and there are also wired ports and a limited number of dedicated computers, some with special use financial software. A library classroom for hands on training and other faculty research services, such as Centre for Academic Computing and Centre for Teaching and Learning are also in the building. Our emphasis is on access and dissemination, service and cooperation rather than on building large collections.
The library partners with the SMU Communications & IT Department to facilitate your on-campus and off-campus authenticated access to our e-resources from anywhere in the world. Our partnership with SMU's Center for Academic Computing brings together library databases with financial and statistical research databases; and we work with CTL to integrate student course reading materials into course management software. The library also serves as a place for a variety of campus activities including hosting our own cultural talks for the community, providing a venue for book launches and seminars and supporting the campus blood drive. We also host information and training sessions on developments in the library profession for our local and international colleagues. |
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A feature article on the official opening of the Li Ka Shing Library appears in the March 2006 issue of Access, an Asian newspaper for the library and information community.





