{"id":63939,"date":"2024-08-23T15:00:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T07:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/?p=63939"},"modified":"2024-10-23T15:39:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T07:39:02","slug":"hsuhk-book-donation-dr-and-mrs-john-strickland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/hsuhk-book-donation-dr-and-mrs-john-strickland\/","title":{"rendered":"HSUHK receives prominent book donation from Dr and Mrs John Strickland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"63939\" class=\"elementor elementor-63939\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08fe32d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"08fe32d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-464c7f5\" data-id=\"464c7f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99c3c7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99c3c7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><\/p><p><strong>23 August 2024<\/strong><\/p><p>The HSUHK Library has received a donation pledge of over 1,500 books from Dr John Strickland and Mrs Strickland, including a notable rare book, <em>Embassy to the Court of the Teshu Lama, <\/em>published in 1806, as well as a few hundred books covering topics of Asian travel, exploration, and mountaineering published before 1928.<\/p><p>Dr Strickland was the former Chairman of Hongkong Bank where he contributed to the Group\u2019s Information Technology development for over 20 years. He is also an Honorary University Fellow as well as an Honorary Professor at the Business School of the University of Hong Kong. He is also an Honorary Doctor at City University of Hong Kong and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.<\/p><p>The donation from Dr and Mrs Strickland will be one of the largest contributions to the HSUHK collection in terms of historical value. The donation will significantly deepen HSUHK\u2019s holdings of Western rare items which will strengthen the special and reference collections of the Library through the lens of 19th and 20th century writers and explorers.<\/p><p>In support of the donation, Mr James Thompson, Professional Fellow of the HSUHK Honours Academy and Chairman of Crown Worldwide Group, agreed to provide complimentary services for delivering the books to the University Library.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-93c3e9c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"93c3e9c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e648d45\" data-id=\"e648d45\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b168cd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b168cd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240823_104216-1140x525.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240823_104216-1140x525.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240823_104216-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240823_104216-1536x707.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_20240823_104216-2048x943.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Dr John Strickland and Mrs Strickland (centre and second from right) visit HSUHK, and are greeted by Professor Desmond Hui, Head of Department of Art and Design (left), President Simon Ho and Mr Michael Cheng, University Librarian (right).\n<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":63940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[144,178,10],"tags":[],"topics":[227,229,231],"month":[412],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63939"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63939"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63955,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63939\/revisions\/63955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63939"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=63939"},{"taxonomy":"month","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/month?post=63939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}