陳明銶教授畢生致力研究工運、中外關係、粵港澳區域史，歷年博覽群書，著書立說，編著多本學術書籍及發表論文。
陳教授於2018年10月逝世，其家人將其部份學術珍藏捐贈予嶺南大學圖書館，成立「陳明銶教授學術藏書」特藏，藏品主要是陳教授歷年進行關於工會歷史和香港研究時所用過的資料，包括參考書及文章、剪報資料，及與其研究有關的信件、寫作紀錄和手稿等。圖書館正逐步將藏品分類整理編目，部份藏品亦會被電子化供教研人員使用。
圖書館於2020年11月24日舉行「陳明銶教授學術藏書開幕禮暨展覽」，邀請劉智鵬教授主禮及劉蜀永教授主講專題講座，並向公眾展出陳教授的學術珍藏。
Prof. Ming K. Chan specialized in labour union matters, Sino–foreign relations and studies on Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong, with many impactful scholarly books and articles published.
Prof. Chan passed away in October 2018. His family donated part of his research collection to Lingnan University Library, covering newspaper clippings, reference books or articles, and other personal correspondence and notes that Prof. Ming K. Chan collected or created for his research in relation to labour union history and Hong Kong Studies. Indexing of records is currently in progress to form the "Collection on Prof. Ming K. Chan's Research", with a selection of materials to be digitized for wider access for researchers.
The "Launching Ceremony & Exhibition of Collection on Prof. Ming K. Chan's Research" was held on 24th November 2020 at Lingnan University Library. Prof. Lau Chi Pang was invited to officiate the ceremony while Prof. Liu Shuyong delivered a subject talk.
List of Books / Journal Issues
包含陳明銶教授珍藏超過175冊與粵港澳﹑中美關係﹑政治學及教育等相關的書籍及期刊。
Consists of over 175 volumes of books or selected issues of journals relevant to labour union or related areas, covering China studies or studies of Hong Kong, Guangdong, Macao, Sino–US relations, political sciences, education, etc. from Prof. Chan’s collection.
Newspaper Clippings and Indexes
包含陳明銶教授大量有關香港工運剪報的資料，內容源自30年代末期至40年代期間在香港出版的主要報章及少量其他亞洲鄰近地區報紙。剪報資料編排有序，陳教授更為剪報資料以手寫形式整理出兩套索引 (索引列表及索引咭)，以助查閱報章內容。
Consists of Prof. Chan’s numerous labour union-related newspaper clippings, mostly from major newspapers published in Hong Kong and publications in neighbouring regions in Asia, spanning from 1936 to 1949. The clippings are systematically arranged and accompanied with specific index lists and cards handwritten by Prof. Chan. The digitized indexes are available in Chinese only.
Correspondences and Manuscripts
保存了陳明銶教授與杜克大學歷史系德利克教授寫作《國立勞動大學 (1927–1932) : 無政府主義與近代中國教育革命嘗試》時用過的參考資料及相關通訊紀錄。
Consists of the reference materials used and correspondences between Prof. Ming K. Chan and Prof. Arif Dirlik during the research and publication process of the book "Schools into Fields and Factories: Anarchists, the Guomindang, and the National Labor University in Shanghai, 1927–1932".