Chinese University of Hong Kong Library

History and Founding

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) was established in 1963. The CUHK Library has built a comprehensive digital repository to provide open access to its digitized and born-digital collections. The repository serves as the primary platform for making publicly available the library's special collections, archival materials, and institutional publications. University Archives were formally established in December 2015 under the auspices of the CUHK Library.

Collections and Holdings

The CUHK Digital Repository encompasses millions of digital files across literature, culture, arts, politics, society, and religion. Major collections include: the Hong Kong Collection (digitized Hong Kong books, early textbooks, periodicals, and posters); Hong Kong Early Tabloid Newspapers; Cultural Revolution in Images: Caricature-Posters from Guangzhou 1966–1977; the David Hawkes Archive; the Chinese Rare Book Digital Collection (Yuan through Qing dynasty, to 1795); the Oracle Bones Collection (the largest of its kind in Hong Kong); the Sheng Xuanhuai Archive; the Bei Shan Tang Collection; the Rulan Chao Pian Collection; Chinese in Cuba Archive; and Electronic Theses and Dissertations. The University Archives digital collection provides online access to periodicals and historical CUHK institutional documents.

Notable Materials Related to Journalism and Media

The Hong Kong Collection includes historical newspapers and tabloids, while the Cultural Revolution poster collection and the David Hawkes Archive offer unique primary sources for media and cultural history. The Lingnan Collection and Minguo Collection cover Chinese Republican-era publications and periodicals.

Access and Usage

All collections in the CUHK Digital Repository are freely accessible online at repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk. Some archival materials require in-person visits to CUHK Library's Special Collections and University Archives at University Library, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong.