400 Recreation, Sport and the Arts
The section continued collaborating with Airport Authority Hong Kong in organising two cultural exhibitions, 'Discovering Hong Kong's Cultural Traditions' and 'Bits of Old Hong Kong' at the Hong Kong International Airport to promote the city's heritage and culture and to enable visitors to experience the distinctive culture of Hong Kong. The former exhibition comprised 24 colourful exhibits illustrating Hong Kong's traditional festivals such as the popular 'Bun Carnival', the 'Dragon Boat Festival' and Cantonese opera stage scenes while the latter included some 90 historical photographs of old Hong Kong, depicting the evolution of Hong Kong's lifestyle in the aspects of costumes, trade, transportation and daily life since the early 20th Century.
The section was represented at a number of prestigious forums in 2010. These included the International Federation of Library Associations and Institution's Conference on Preservation of Books and Archives, ICOM-CC-International Conference on Historic Metals Conservation (Metal 2010), the 7th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historic Construction and the 22nd General Conference of the International Council of Museums, at which four research papers on the work and achievements of the section were presented for experience-sharing with overseas conservation experts.
Public Libraries
The LCSD operates a network of Hong Kong public libraries (HKPL) comprising 66 static and 10 mobile libraries. It also runs a books registration office.
Hong Kong's public libraries hold more than 10 million books and over one and a half million items of multimedia material. They serve close to four million registered book borrowers to whom the libraries lent more than 60 million books and other library material in 2010.
Hong Kong Central Library
The Hong Kong Central Library (HKCL) is a major information and cultural centre housed in a 12-storey building with a total floor area of 33 800 square metres. It has a stock of 2.4 million books and other reading materials and provides a full range of library and multimedia facilities, a central reference library with six subject departments, an arts resource centre, a Hong Kong literature room, a map library, a language learning centre, a young adult library and a toy library.
It offers for hire a 1 500 square-metre exhibition gallery, a 290-seat lecture theatre, two activity rooms, a music practice room and eight discussion rooms.
In addition to its regular cultural activities and talks, the library organises a wide range of programmes for large audiences.
Improvements to Library Services
The HKPL improves continuously its services by enriching its library collection, enhancing its reference and information services, and making full use of information technology.
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