{"id":1592,"date":"2017-12-05T15:19:11","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T14:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2017-12-05T15:19:11","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T14:19:11","slug":"self-service-library-stations-to-provide-books-on-demand-for-hong-kong-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/2017\/12\/05\/self-service-library-stations-to-provide-books-on-demand-for-hong-kong-readers\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-service library stations to provide books on demand for Hong Kong readers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong\u2019s public libraries operator opened the City\u2019s first self-service book station on 5 Dec 2017.\u00a0Readers can now borrow from 300 books from the vending machine-style station located at Sai Wan Ho.\u00a0Two more stations will be launched in the second half of 2018 in other parts of City.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/files\/2017\/12\/911ED2E4-EA8D-403E-BDCD-8F59C01E16D7.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1593\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/files\/2017\/12\/911ED2E4-EA8D-403E-BDCD-8F59C01E16D7-300x186.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/files\/2017\/12\/911ED2E4-EA8D-403E-BDCD-8F59C01E16D7-300x186.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/files\/2017\/12\/911ED2E4-EA8D-403E-BDCD-8F59C01E16D7-768x477.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/files\/2017\/12\/911ED2E4-EA8D-403E-BDCD-8F59C01E16D7-1024x636.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/files\/2017\/12\/911ED2E4-EA8D-403E-BDCD-8F59C01E16D7.jpeg 1107w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The addition came as the rise of e-books has caused interest in Hong Kong\u2019s public libraries to wane.\u00a0The self-service station provides an extra channel for readers such as working professionals to borrow books outside normal working hours. Readers can also pick up books they have requested from public libraries.<\/p>\n<p>More information:\u00a0http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/community\/article\/2122973\/self-service-library-stations-provide-books-demand-hong<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong\u2019s public libraries operator opened the City\u2019s first self-service book station on 5 Dec 2017.\u00a0Readers can now borrow from 300 books from the vending machine-style station located at Sai Wan Ho.\u00a0Two more stations will be launched in the second half of 2018 in other parts of City. The addition came as the rise of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1594,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592\/revisions\/1594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}