Reserve a Group Study Room in the Library

There are four group study rooms (401, 402, 403, 405) in the library. These Group Study Rooms can be reserved through EMS, the university’s centralized space management system. Follow the video tutorial below for how to reserve a group study room in the library.

Group Study Room Rules

  • Group Study Rooms are intended for academic use by groups of two or more people
  • Please be respectful of others. Inappropriate behavior will result in your reservation being terminated by Library Staff. Noise levels must be kept to a minimum.
  • Group study room users without reservations must vacate the room when requested by individuals who can show a valid reservation on EMS reservation record.
  • Personal materials and library books may NOT be left unattended in the rooms for extended periods of time, or overnight.
  • Reservations are limited to 1 per day, per individual.
  • Group study rooms may be booked for a maximum of 2 hours per day, up to 7 days in advance.
  • Maximum 5 requests, per individual for the whole 7 days.
  • If no one in your group shows up to a reserved room after 15 minutes, another group may use the room.
  • When not reserved, rooms are first come, first served.

Under the Dome

Were you expecting the mini-series based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name?  Don’t worry, that DVD box is also available to watch in our viewing room on 4F.

Chai Jing felt she had to live under a dome in Beijing, inspired by King’s story.  She trained as a reporter, the skills you are learning at university.  She asked questions about her daily life.  In 2017, Anna Lora-Wainwright wrote a similar perspective for MIT Press: Resigned Activism: Living with Pollution in Rural China (on the shelf in the library at TD187.5.C6 L67 2017).  What questions do you have?

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Deep thinking or Critical thinking takes time.  It evolves slowly rather than in 2-4 hours of writing a term paper.  Critical thinking builds upon skills librarians call information literacy.  There are six; let’s focus on two, Reseach is Inquiry and Scholarship is Conversation.

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Wolf Warrior Two

The film, Wolf Warrior 2, is also available to watch in the library’s viewing room or check out for your own DVD player.  It presents a thrilling view of international development (sometimes called international aid) and peacekeeping.  My mind is still thinking about different perspectives on foreign policies and nationalism.  Some films for comparison include Operation Red Sea or We Come As Friends.  The latter may be less thrilling, but it is honest to local viewpoints, and a list of resources from We Come as Friends Film Friday in May 2018 is available.

In a university setting, debating comparative politics or US-China relations happens in journal articles.  An excellent example of one conversation over the years is published in International Security.

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Talking Black in America

Sociology and Linguistics combine in this film with social justice.  If this inspires your research, visit with a librarian or explore the resources below.

Learn more about African American English in this Great Courses (32 min) video.

Walt Wolfram is a highly esteemed scholar of linguistic diversity and sociolinguistic justice. You can keep up with his work online by visiting The Language and Life Project, a non-profit outreach education endeavor to document and celebrate dialects, languages, and cultures of the United States. You can also watch more videos and subscribe to their YouTube channel.

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Dr. Wolfram’s ebooks are available: The Development of African American English and Dialects at School: Educating Linguistically Diverse Students.     See additional books and articles below.

 

 

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Language and Identity

This month, NYU Shanghai welcomes guests who will explore issues in Language & Identity, including a film screening of Talking Black in America on February 22nd, and a panel discussion on February 27th that investigates the relationship between language and our collective and personal identities.

Are you intrigued by these topics or looking for more reading, including fiction and memoir? Check out these books from NYU:

Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Check it out!

Native Speaker
Chang-Rae Lee

Check it out!

Typical American
Gish Jen

Check it out!

Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language
Eva Hoffmann

Check it out!

French Lessons: A Memoir
Alice Yaeger Kaplan

Available as an ebook

Hunger of Memory
Richard Rodriguez

Request it!

How the García girls lost their accents
Julia Alvarez

Request it!

When I was Puerto Rican
Esmeralda Santiago

Request it!

Chinese Englishes: A Sociolinguistic History
Kingsley Bolton

Request it!

Dialects at School: Educating Linguistically Diverse Students
Jeffrey Reaser, Carolyn Temple Adger, Walt Wolfram, Donna Christian

Available as an ebook

China and English Globalisation and the Dilemmas of Identity
Joseph Lo Bianco, Jane Orton, Gao Yihong

Available as an ebook

Don’t forget about our scholarly journals! Keep up with recent research trends in journals like these:

Library system outage Jan 12 to Jan 13

Due to a planned power shutdown at Bobst Library in New York City, several library systems will be unavailable starting at 3 AM on Saturday, January 12 through approximately 3 AM Sunday, Jan. 13.

Services affected include Library catalog (BobCat), ejournals, ebooks, databases, My Library Account and Interlibrary Loan services. Please plan your research accordingly. In the meantime, our library website will still be available.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Scheduled Library System Maintenance, Thurs, Jan 3rd.

Due to system maintenance, several library systems will be unavailable starting at 5PM on Thursday, January 3.

Services affected include Library catalog (BobCat), ejournals, ebooks, databases, My Library Account and Interlibrary Loan services. Please plan your research accordingly. In the meantime, our library website will still be available.

We expect systems will be down until approximately 10PM. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Library Hours During Winter Break

Dear students, faculty and staff,

The NYU Shanghai Library’s collection and services will open from 9 AM to 5 PM during the winter break. Please be advised that it will close during Christmas and New Year’s Day holiday.

Hope you have a wonderful winter break and happy holidays!

NYU Shanghai Library

Inspired to research after seeing “I want to see the manager”?

Economics is a study of scarcity or distribution, often by weighing the costs and benefits of an action or inaction. If this documentary inspires you to research this topic more, the books below are a good place to start. Some are online; others are on 4F.

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Make an appointment with a librarian to find additional resources.

If you missed the movie, the DVD lives on 4F where we have a movie viewing room. Bring your own headphones and ask at the desk.

 

 

 

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Ally Week: Deaf Culture

Be an Ally. Learn about the Deaf Community.  Explore the abilities and lifestyles of people experiencing limited hearing.

I was lucky enough to grow up near a university with a degree in translation, including ASL (American Sign Language). If you are interested in languages, comparing the differences between German-based sign languages, such as ASL, and later languages, such as British Sign Language, and the histories behind their diverse developments, it is a rich subject.

The films focused on children.  If you are inspired to research, the following links are a good start.

Approaches to Social Research: The Case of Deaf Studies. Alys Young and Bogusia Temple.  Oxford University Press, 2014.  Shanghai Main H62 .Y6668 2014

Diversity in Deaf Education. Eds. Marc Marschark, Venetta Lampropoulou, and Emmanouil Skordilis, Oxford, 2016.

Deaf Gain: Raising the Stakes for Human Diversity.  HDL Bauman and JJ Murray.  University of Minnesota Press, 2014.

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Asako I & II: Borders and the Self in Cinema

How does one know “Who am I?”  What does it mean to know “Who are you?” If the

film inspires you to study film or philosophy, the library is here to help.  Read on to find our best bets for researching directors, screenplays, and movie-making worldwide (including film streaming services to watch on your laptop) or try some books online or on paper.

Be sure to read Simone de Beauvoir’s introduction to The Second Sex  (2 copies on 4F at HQ1190 .S42 1997) and Dejima and Gilbreath’s chapter, “Tsunamis and Earthquakes in Japanese Literature” in Japan after 3/11: Global Perspectives on the Earthquake, Tsunami, and Fukushima Meltdown.

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Mulan

History can be a fascinating lens to study every facet of life.  History of science brings alive the changes in scientific thinking.  History of literature follows the development of stories, plot devices, formats, and distribution.  Studying history helps us find the facts inside folklore.  If you are inspired to research start with these resources.  Then follow up with a librarian, in person on 4F or online.

Mickey Mouse Monopoly. 52 mins.  Media Education Foundation. 2014

The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a girlhood among ghosts.  Maxine Hong Kingston. Vintage, 1989.  Shanghai CT275.K5764 A33 1989

The Mouse that Roared: Disney and the end of Innocence.  Henry Giroux and Grace Pollock. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010.

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