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Academic libraries in Macao, China, began to use the term "information literacy" and to offer information literacy programs approximately three years ago. At the University of Macau, information literacy is considered important to help the honors students become junior researchers. Using the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education as the teaching guide, the University of Macau Library offered one-time research workshops to second-year honors students in 2017 and 2018. The challenges included the variety of subjects studied by the honors students, a lack of understanding of the students' information literacy skills prior to the workshop, and limited opportunities to examine the long-term learning impact. The workshop convinced the students of the importance of information literacy. Raising awareness of the importance of information literacy to the students and educators campus wide, offering workshops to one or two disciplines, and forming a university library team to create and implement a compulsory information literacy exam are recommended.

In early 1606, the Chinese in Guangdong Province mobilized militarily upon learning that the Jesuits in Macau were rising up in an attempt to occupy China. However, the incident did not develop into persecution of the missionaries and was quickly put to an end with the restoration of the Jesuits' innocence. The peaceful resolution of the alleged Jesuit-led rebellion shed new light on the rich yet complex missionary conditions in early seventeenth-century China. During this period, the Ming Dynasty was in decline, but its loyal statesmen were eager to rejuvenate Confucian values. This article argues that there were various factors contributing to the favorable atmosphere around the missionary work, including the Valignano-Ricci policy, the support provided by reliable Chinese Jesuits, the friendship and brotherhood that the Jesuits formed with Chinese scholar-officials, Ming statesmen's various aspirations, and Ming China's conciliatory policy toward the Portuguese in Macau. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the difficulties facing resource-sharing efforts in the Macau Special Administrative Region and introduces the best practice of a virtual library as a resource-sharing model. The origin and purpose, content, and usability of Macaudata.com are examined. The challenges it faces and its impact upon local resource sharing are studied. The article concludes that Macaudata.com marks a good start and important progress in terms of resource sharing in Macau and lays a solid foundation for developing Macau Memory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]