A special series of books are available

Posted on November 2, 2017 by NYU Shanghai Library

Thanks to the help of NYU Shanghai’s Writing Program, the library is able to have its new 2017 Literary Reading Series.

The Literary Reading Series or the Spotlight collection in the Library’s Main Collection, is a series of books that range from poems to novels written by writers that have come to our campus or will come to introduce their new creations.

Some authors who you can expect to come across are the British-Chinese novelist Peter Ho Davies, who wrote The Fortunes,

and Sandra Simonds, whose poems have been included in the Best American Poetry 2015 and 2014.

If you are interested in reading any of these books that have been or will be presented on campus by more authors, you can easily find their works on our library’s very own Spotlight shelf.

If you want to know more about the authors or their works, feel free to check out the books!

Remember, you can keep the book up to two weeks and renew once.

Affordable Course Content (ACC) and Open Educational Resources (OER)

Posted on May 4, 2017 by NYU Shanghai Library

At the end of April, the Library had the privilege of hosting April Hathcock, Scholarly Communications Librarian at Bobst Library in NY as she visited NYU Shanghai. April generously shared her expertise in copyright, publishing, and scholarly communications. In addition to speaking to our students, faculty and staff on issues in copyright and publishing in academia, April introduced faculty and staff to Affordable Course Content (ACC) and Open Educational Resources (OER) in two workshops. April has had a very active role in the Support for ACC and OER Committee in NY, helping faculty understand OER/ACC and identify resources and strategies for their existing and new courses.

In these workshops, April explained the difference between Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources, and what NYU Libraries can do to support faculty who are interested in using these materials in their own instruction:

Affordable Course Content or ACC is course material that is provided to students for their learning at little to no cost.
Open Educational Resources or OER are materials that are created for public use, reuse, and modification. The OER movement is part of a broader effort in international higher education to make learning materials more affordable and accessible for students.
Besides helping students saving thousands of RMB, using ACC and OER may make textbooks and readings readily available for students before a semester starts, and could make the learning experience more interactive.

April also demonstrated several multi-disciplinary open textbook repositories that provide access to open textbooks and other educational resources, including: The Open Textbook Library and OpenStax. Both are reputable OER sources which contain open access peer-reviewed academic textbooks.

To learn more about ACC and OER, please visit this research guide on the topic: http://guides.nyu.edu/OER. For faculty and staff who were unable to attend these workshops, the Library is happy to meet with you one-on-one to discuss these resources. E-mail shanghai.library@nyu.edu to talk to a librarian.

April workshop

Visiting Librarian from Abu Dhabi

Posted on April 14, 2017 by NYU Shanghai Library

Please join us in welcoming Meggan Houlihan, the First-Year Experience and Instruction Librarian, to NYU Shanghai. She is visiting us from our campus in Abu Dhabi for the month of April. During that time she’ll be providing research assistance in person and online, and will be teaching several library instruction sessions throughout the month. Meggan will be located in Room 410 in the library administrative offices. Please stop by, or email her,if you would like to speak with her, setup a research consultation, o RP_IMG_0290 (4) r just say hello.

Visiting Librarian from New York City

Posted on March 2, 2017 by NYU Shanghai Library

Please join us in welcoming Daniel Perkins, the NYU Global Services Librarian, to NYU Shanghai. He is visiting us from our campus in New York City for the month of March. During that time he’ll be providing research assistance in person and online, and will be conducting several library workshops throughout the month. Dan will be located in Room 410 in the library administrative offices. Please stop by, or email him, if you would like to speak with him, setup a research consultation, or just say hello.

Dan