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22.3.14 Library Service Update
Dear faculty, students, and staff,
In responding to the new changes of COVID regulation, our Library is here to support your learning, teaching and research. Contact us whenever you have any questions. We are available during regular working hours at shanghai.library@nyu.edu. For 24/7 assistance, you could also use the “Ask a Librarian” chat box on the website to receive instant responses to your questions. Through this instant chat service, librarians can assist you with a range of questions, including complex research questions, citation help, using e-resources, and guidance using ILL request forms.
Research and Instructional Technology Services
RITS has gathered some resources useful for online teaching and assessments to respond to the new changes in campus access and online instructions.
Should you need any support, please get in touch with RITS at shanghai.RITS@nyu.edu. We would offer consultation remotely by request.
Financial Terminals Remote Access
NYU Shanghai Library will open the financial terminals remote access to those who need to use them for course assignments and research projects during the remote teaching period, starting from March 14th, 2022.
Important Note:
- You should use financial terminals only for the purpose of course assignments or scholarly research, with the knowledge that for-profit and/or personal uses are forbidden.
- Please only log on to the terminal after reserving your time (China Standard Time). Only one user can use the Bloomberg/Wind service at a time. We ask our users to be attentive to their booked slots. Anyone who violates the policy will be banned from using the terminal until the end of the semester.
- Each Bloomberg/Wind terminal has a download limit through Excel Add-In (also known as API). When the terminal is at its limit, you will see an error message when loading data and wait for a week (for Wind) or a month (for Bloomberg) before it resets. Please remember to be considerate to fellow users – only download what you need or export data from the terminal interface directly which doesn’t count in the download limit of Excel Add-In.
- If all the time slots for Bloomberg are booked, consider using Refinitive Workspace, also known as Eikon and the successor product to Thomson ONE. You can log in via the web platform, or via Refinitiv’s Mac and PC software on your own computer without booking a time slot. Individual account creation is required before you can log in. Librarians at Bobst Library process the requests once a week.
- Please turn your VPN (vpn.shanghai.nyu.edu) on before you access Bloomberg, Wind or Refinitiv Workspace remotely. If you have any questions on VPN, please contact IT for help through shanghai.it.help@nyu.edu.
To apply for remote access, please fill out applications online
Bloomberg: https://forms.gle/
L8dVmrf1SMzdczND6
Wind: https://forms.gle/9RyjYQvKKTrUgvC9A
Access & Borrowing
If you need help with acquiring library materials, or have any concern regarding your loaned items, please contact us at shanghai.circulation@nyu.
For materials not available to you immediately, we highly recommend you to request scanned copies of a book chapter or journal article through our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service.
Meanwhile, we encourage you to access millions of e-resources through the Library website, which covers databases, ebooks, and multimedia resources.
Books & Chill – enjoy some quiet time at the Calm Corner
“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
——Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
Our Library staff will provide a selection of leisure reading books for you to explore, or feel free to BYOB (bring your own book). Come for a few minutes or longer, whatever you need to feel refreshed.
Light snacks, coffee and tea will be provided!
Time: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Tuesday, March 1 2022
Location: Calm Corner (Room 614)
Libroary Thursdays Back Again!
Last semester, we held six events sharing various handy tricks and useful know-hows of our library through fun games and activities (such as ring toss, Kahoot, darts, ping-pong, etc.).
Topics covered Ares system, group study room, self-checkout machine, library collections and policies, etc.
Apart from various prizes, participants of each event can get one specially-designed digital badge. Those who get more badges are more likely to receive the Final Prize at the end of the semester.
Come take a look at the Final Prize winners from last semester:
- First Prize: 200RMB gift + Event T-shirt; 2 winners: Deng Kexin, Han Yixiao
- Second Prize: 100RMB gift + Event canvas tote bag; 3 winners: Zhang Steven, Zhang Jianing, Chen Yimin
- Third Prize: Event T-shirt + Event canvas tote bag; 5 winners: Shi Jiarui, Xu Zihan, Cao YiLing, Qian Xinnan, Lin Vinson
Wanna be part of them? Here’s the good news!
This Spring, Libroary Thursdays will be back, bringing more library-related tricks and know-hows, more joy, and more prizes for you.
Please stay tuned and stop by the 4th floor to win your prize!
Event Recap: Long Night Against Procrastination
On Monday and Tuesday (Dec. 6-7), the Library, ARC and Student Health Center offered the Long Night Against Procrastination in the Library.
In addition to the snack table outside Library, we also provided the Calculus and ARC Walk-in Writing Support, and the useful resources and encouraging words on Padlet displayed on the screen.
Missed this event? Don’t worry!
Every day – 24/7 – until the last day of this semester, in 400A (Relaxation Zone), we provided snacks, drinks, and final survival kits for you! You can also get relaxed here with those massage chairs, coloring tools and yoga mats.
Help you power through finals: Long Night Against Procrastination
Getting anxious for your final exams and projects? Library, ARC and Student Health Center are here to help you prepare for them!
Join us on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 6-7 from 6 – 8 PM for a Long Night Against Procrastination. Maximize your productivity, and cross all the items on your to-do lists!
6 – 8 PM (Shanghai), Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 6-7 | Library, 4th Floor, Academic Building
Research Librarians and Writing and Speaking Fellows will be available for consultations during this time. You can ask for help with:
- Researching for your paper
- Citing your sources and developing your works cited
- Writing support for any stage of the writing process (organization, clarity, and more!)
PLUS: snacks, drinks, de-stress programs, ARC resources, and some encouraging words.
Social Media for Social Good: Twitter API Deciphered in Small Bytes
On November 18, NYU Shanghai Library’s Data Services will host an event to introduce Twitter API as an accessible tool to retrieve data, conduct research, or build projects. Guest speakers will showcase their research and products for social good accomplished with the Twitter APIs. Start exploring the breadth of projects you can initiate or contribute to!
This event will be mix-mode.
Lunch will be provided. Sessions are free come free go.
Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/
Meeting ID: 944 5574 6040
Sessions:
11 AM – 11:45 AM （Shanghai） ｜ 10 PM – 10:45 PM (EST)
The farmers protest in India and the mobilization of the diaspora on Twitter
Dr. Stein Monteiro will present recent research on how online activism by diaspora groups living outside their home country can influence political activity in the home country through social media. Stein looks at the case of the #FarmersProtest movement in India, and the influence that the diaspora in Canada, US, UK, Australia and Gulf countries had on the overall Twitter conversation.
Dr. Stein Monteiro is a Senior Research Associate at Ryerson University (Toronto) in the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration program. Stein’s research looks at the integration of new immigrant groups into the host country’s culture and labour market.
1 AM – 1:45 PM (Shanghai) | 12 AM – 12:45 AM (EST)
A Social Media Study on the Effects of Psychiatric Medication Use
Professor Bruno Abrahao will showcase his research, A Social Media Study on the Effects of Psychiatric Medication Use, for our community to learn how they may collect and extract information from web services through APIs, and inspire the audience to explore the breadth of projects they can initiate or contribute to with developer tools as such.
Bruno Abrahao is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Business Analytics at NYU Shanghai.
1:50 AM – 2:35 PM (Shanghai) | 12:50 AM – 1:35 AM (EST)
Twitter API Walkthrough
Twitter’s Senior Developer Advocate Suhem Parack will show us how to leverage social media data for our next project with the Twitter API. Feel free to bring your questions about accessing and using the Twitter API.
Suhem Parack is a Sr. Developer Advocate at Twitter who helps students and academics use the Twitter API for research.
2:40 AM – 3:30 PM (Shanghai) | 1:40 AM – 2:30 AM (EST)
Peta Bencana (Disaster Map Foundation in Southeast Asia)
Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 Nashin Mahtani will showcase her work on the life-saving platform PetaBencana.id, where she helped leverage data via Twitter API and co-led the platform expansion from a real-time flood mapping system serving 50 million people in Indonesia to a multi-hazard mapping platform serving over 350 million people in South East Asia. With a background in architecture, Nashin’s applied and research investigations center around water polities and infrastructures, communication and media philosophies, and epigenetic adaptations.
Nashin Mahtani is the director of Yayasan Peta Bencana (Disaster Map Foundation), a South-East Asian based non-profit organization developing software infrastructures for community-led disaster co-management. In 2021 she was recognized by Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 for her contributions to the region’s social issues.
Leak of Top Secret! – What We Are Offering on Double Eleven (11·11)
Libroary Thursday again – but different!
Begin your amazing journey at the welcome station right in front of the elevator on the 4th floor, where alluring games and challenging questions are here waiting for you. You can earn stamps at game stations and exchange them for lovely prizes!
Here’s a quick peak at our games:
Target Game
Can you hit the target right in the middle with those shiny little darts? If not, don’t worry, here’s an alternative plan. Draw a lot from the corresponding box, and see what’s there waiting for you.
Kahoot Game
Take a friend with you, or make one at the spot. Compete in pairs, and the fun doubles.
Matching Game
This is a test on your memory and your knowledge about our library services. Pair questions with their answers. Stamps favor those with a quick hand and a good memory.
Ping-pong Game
Enjoy playing ping-pong on the basement floor? Then you can be a winner of our new game, too. This time we are using ping-pong and chopsticks (or spoon?). See who can move faster while keeping balance, and answer questions correctly.
Participants get stamps, and winners get more. More stamps lead to bigger prizes!
You can be our best prize winner! (Notice: First come first served)
Any time between 12 – 2 PM, Thursday, 11/11/2021 | Library, 4th Floor, Academic Building
Scan the QR code to RSVP!
Bloomberg Training Session | Next Monday, Nov.8
Need financial market data for your research project? Come to the Bloomberg training session to get a head start!
In this workshop, the Bloomberg analyst will share with you the basics and functions of using the Bloomberg terminals, focusing on the module of Fixed Income:
- World Bond Market,
- Fixed Income Trading,
- Yield, and Spread Analysis,
- Bond Rating,
- News Search, and
- Data API.
He will also exemplify those concepts in real business and practical implications, like getting trading data for government bonds (liquidity, trading volumes, etc.).
12 PM – 1:30 PM, Monday, 11/8/2021 | Room 400A, Academic Building
This workshop is open to all students in person and online. Due to Bloomberg’s policy, there will be no recording provided after the session. Workshop slides can be shared with the participants if needed.
Scan the QR code to RSVP!
Roary is Hungry for Libroary Questions!
Our next Libroary Thursday event falls right on the Double Eleven Day (双十一). This time we are going to play something BIG.
But first of all, we need your input!
Your question will get a chance of entering the question bank, which is the base for our upcoming event. Those who have submitted their questions will be given access to the question bank BEFORE the start of the event, thus gaining an upper hand toward winning the final prizes.
To submit a question, send it directly through our library’s WeChat. If you would like to receive the question list, please leave your NetID, Or you can also choose to fill out this Google form.
Deadline to submit your question: 8 PM, 11/4/2021
The End of Squid Game | Thursday 4-5PM | Halloween
Are you excited for Halloween? Planning to dress up and “treat or trick”? Taking a break from the writings and assignments?
Join “The End of Squid Game” and win blind box gifts!
Time: 4-5 PM, Thursday, 10/28
Location: 4th Floor, in front of the elevator
The idea of this activity is based on a recent popular TV show called Squid Game. But, we are Anti-Squid Game! We will make it laughable and funny.
Take one of the three activities, and get blind box gifts.
1. Remove stickers
Completely remove a sticker from the whiteboard, and present it to get a blind box! The contents on those stickers are jokes from Xiaoguo’s talk show, and it’s okay if you can’t read them – just remove it!
2. Push the sword
2-3 players as a group, participants need to push the sword into the barrel, and whoever pops the pirates out will get a blind box.
3. Tear out the picture
Tear out the outline of the picture, and whoever succeeds will get a blind box!
Here’s a quick peek of our blind box prizes!
Limited supply. First come, first serve.
Event Recap: Oral History Summer Apprenticeship Showcase Presentation
On Thursday September 23, NYUSH Humanities and Library hosted “What Makes Us NYU Shanghai” – the Oral History Summer Apprenticeship Showcase Presentation.
The event attracted 28 students, faculty and staff from various backgrounds to attend and more joined online through Zoom.
Five student trainees took lectures on oral history in early June. After conducted their own research on topics of a common theme “What Makes US NYU Shanghai”, the students shared with the wider NYU Shanghai community their research findings.
Prof. Shuang Wen introduced the background of this event.
Junyi Tang started from his own background in business and probed into what builds the identity of NYU Shanghai.
Yue Jia explored the public image of NYU Shanghai from the perspectives of Admission staff, parents, and peers.
Yining Yan looked into the design and experience of ARC.
Tracey Lan interviewed to explore the meaning and purpose of GPS.
Shu Min Tan shared her interviews with Chinese restaurant owners in Abu Dhabi.
Lauren Kata, Archives and Special Collections librarian in NYUAD also joined as a commentator.
The presentation sparked and fostered curiosities of the young minds at NYU Shanghai to rethink about what is history, as well as inspired and encouraged the class 2025 to try it out in the future.