Students looking for material to prepare for their liberal studies subject under the new senior secondary curriculum will be able to use videos and text from a University of Hong Kong's archive.
'The Liberal Studies Creative Archive', operated by HKU's Journalism and Media Studies Centre, provides online news videos, documentaries, audio clips and articles produced by the media. The material will be available beginning September 30.
Media organisations contributing to the archive include Radio Television Hong Kong (RHTK), magazine Reader's Digest and current affairs weekly Yazhou Zhoukan.
The first batch of material will include 50 videos, sound clips and pictures about Hong Kong's history produced by RTHK, 10 articles from Reader's Digest and a collection of essays from Yazhou Zhoukan.
Users can browse the material according to the modules in the new curriculum. Material for the 'Personal Development and Interpersonal Relationships' and 'Hong Kong Today' modules will be available.
The archive is run under the concept of 'Creative Commons'. It is the work of local academics and professionals aimed at enabling owners and users to freely release and legally share creative work online.