Category Archives: Service

Roary’s Tip: How to check into Library Group Study Room

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Library group study rooms are currently very popular reserved study areas. With different room setups, they can meet the various needs of different groups of patrons.

N510 (Capacity:6) with MaxHub

N511 (capacity: 4) with Sony Screen

N513 (Capacity:3) with MaxHub

W512 (Capacity:2) with Whiteboard

Check how to make a reservation of your dream room.

Wait… I have a question! After I made the reservation, how can I check into the group study room?

  1. Before the reserved time slot, the monitor interface for each room is blue. When your reservation time slot arrives, you can start the check-in process.

2. Within the first 15 minutes of your reservation time slot, you can confirm your reservation by clicking “CHECK IN” on the screen and tapping the cards you registered for booking the room. (Refer to the below images for two tapping positions.)

If check-in is not completed within 15 minutes, the room will be released back to the reservation system.

3. After the room check-in is successfully confirmed, the monitor interface will turn purplish red and your study group can enjoy your time in this room now! Hooray!

4. We kindly ask that more than half of the room’s maximum capacity check-in. So gather your study buddies and make sure to get everyone on board for a successful reservation. 

Happy studying!

BY FISHER YU
TYPESETTING BY FISHER YU

Roary’s Tip: Picking a Group Study Room and Using it

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Q: Hi Roary! Where can I study with my friends on campus? What resources are available for us?

Roary: The NYU Shanghai Library has various group study room options for your group to choose.

When booking a group study room, the capacity is written directly beside the room number. You can also learn about the room situation and equipped devices in advance by clicking on “info”.

Please note that more than half of the room’s maximum capacity must check-in to the reserved group study room within the first 15 minutes of the booked time. 

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Group study rooms in the North building and room W517 have either a SONY monitor or MaxHub. 

To write on the MaxHub, please visit the library circulation desk on the 5th floor to borrow a stylus pen.

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All the group study rooms in the West building–except W517–have whiteboards and whiteboard erasers. Please erase the whiteboards when you are done using them.

BY SUSAN WANG

TYPESETTING BY FISHER YU

Say Bye Bye to Seat Hogging

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We are thrilled to announce the commencement of the pilot period for an upgrade of the ‘Save My Spot’ system. 

As part of this upgrade, we are excited to introduce a brand new locker located on the 6th floor of the library, where you can store unattended items left by others, following the ‘Respectful Item Removal Guidelines’.

Starting today, we invite YOU to be a part of this exciting initiative aimed at maximizing the availability of library seats for the benefit of all users. 

To ensure you the best experience when using ‘Save My Spot’, please check out this introduction video.

Thank you for your continued support as we continue to improve the library environment for all. We look forward to your participation and feedback. Contact us at shanghai.circulation@nyu.edu if you have any questions!

New Services You Don’t Want to Miss

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Hello~

This month, library added some new services for you.

Make sure to take advantage of these opportunities to enhance your study!

Check out Maxhub Equipment

Are you looking for a better way to utilize the MaxHubs in the group study rooms? The library has prepared a number of MaxHub stylus, dongles, and portal power outlet. 

These items are available at the library Service Desk and can be checked out for four hours at a time, on a first-come, first-served basis. So, don’t hesitate to swing by the library Service Desk when you need them. 

External Book Drop

We are excited to announce that our new External Book Drop is now in service! If you have books to return but the library is closed, this is the perfect solution for you.

Books returned via the External Book Drop will be collected at 1 pm each day and checked in subsequently (excluding holidays). 

Where is it?

Please note that Course Reserve, Media and Interlibrary Loan items should still be returned to the library’s service desk to expedite returns and avoid any overdue fines. 

Book a Computer at HPC Lab

To accommodate the growing demand for High Performance Computer Lab (N508), you can now reserve a computer workstation by visiting the booking link on the library’s homepage under “Make a Booking”.

Reservations can be made up to 3 days in advance

Each user is limited to one workstation per reservation and one reservation per day for a maximum of 2 hours

For inquiries or issues, feel free to contact us at shanghai.circulation@nyu.edu. 

Explore New Library via Guided Tour

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Join us for a library tour to discover the new library space and website. Walking around a new library can be confusing, which is why we’re offering these tours to help you navigate the new space. 

If you are curious about the hidden places in The library or just want to be the first one to explore the new space, this tour is for you. 

The tours will be conducted on various dates and times this Spring:

Tuesday, March 14

10:30 AM

3:30 PM

Thursday, March 16

11:15 AM

1:30 PM

Monday, March 20

1:30 PM

Tuesday, March 21

4:00 PM

Wednesday, March 22

11:00 AM

Please register in advance to secure your spot as we have a maximum group size of 8 people to keep the tours quiet and safe. Priority will be given to those who RVSP.

Come and join us for an exciting library tour to explore the hidden gems of our library space and website!

RVSP on Engage

Apply for Your Free Pudong Public Library Card Now!

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Did you know that you can get a library card for all public libraries in Shanghai for free? Besides, it also covers online resources such as Fangzheng, CNKI, Overdrive, etc.

Just apply for a Pudong Public Library Card here!

The deadline is April 7th 2023.

*If you already have an existing card from any Shanghai public library, please do not fill out the form and apply again.*

The application opens once every semester.

Applications received after the deadline will be processed in the next semester.

Card application is open to both Chinese and international students, faculty, and staff.

For further questions and inquiries, feel free to consult our library staff at the circulation desk in the Library on the 4th floor.

Borrowed item is due? Renew online!

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Some of you asked if the library loans are due to return. While we warmly welcome you to visit the new library, there is also a choice to renew your items.

If you currently have a semester-long loan book(s), follow these steps to renew. It takes less than 2 minutes:

  1. Login to your Library Account.
  2. Click “Renew” before the due date.
  3. After you renew the new book(s), the new due date will be 05/19/2023.

A Recap of Citation Month

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This year the NYU Shanghai Library declared October as Citation Month. We celebrated giving credit to your sources with a series of different events.

Citation Clinics

The Library and ARC collaborated to hold six drop-in citation clinics. Each hour-long clinic was dedicated to citation support. Students joined us on Zoom and in person to ask librarians and ARC fellows for help with tricky citations – or just to have their reference list checked.

Citation Button Making

On Tuesday October 18, the Library set up a button making station where you created your own citation badge.

Citation and Formatting Flashcards

The Library and ARC shared weekly tips related to citing and formatting in APA, Chicago, and MLA style.

Download these flashcards from here: ARC’s Academic Handouts folder.

Citation Showdown

Through the last week of October, the Library held a showdown between citation styles, to find out what NYU Shanghai considered the best style.

A Faculty Advocate championed each style by sharing their top reasons their preferred style is the best.

The NYU Shanghai community cast votes by adding stickers to our citation wall under the style they consider best. When the votes were tallied on October 31st the winner was Chicago style, backed by Clinical Associate Professor Lin Chen.

APA Style: 15 stickers
MLA Style: 36 stickers
Chicago Style: 41 stickers

Congratulations, Chicago Style fans!

Thank you for participating in the Citation Month! We hope you get help, fun and a refreshing perspective on the citations.

Let us know your comments and suggestions. And good luck with your papers!

Visit Citation Clinics

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October is Citation Month!

This October we’re putting citations in the spotlight! There’s always help available from the Library and the ARC when you’re struggling with citations, but this month we’re offering citation-focused workshops and activities.

The main event will be a series of drop-in Citation Clinics where you can meet with librarians and ARC fellows to get answers to all your citation questions:
  • Monday 10 October, 3:00pm-4:00pm, ARC Entrance & Zoom
  • Tuesday 11 October, 3:00pm-4:00pm, ARC Entrance & Zoom
  • Wednesday 19 October, 3:00pm-4:00pm, ARC Entrance & Zoom
  • Thursday 20 October, 3:00pm-4:00pm, ARC Entrance & Zoom
  • Monday 24 October, 3:00pm-4:00pm, ARC Entrance & Zoom
  • Tuesday 25 October, 3:00pm-4:00pm, ARC Entrance & Zoom

Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/97239847849.

Throughout the month, the Library and ARC Wechat channels will share weekly citation tips, along with information about upcoming events and workshops. Keep an eye out and build your citation expertise!

Papers? Projects? Here’s How We Can Help!

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Enter the last three weeks of the semester. Hang in there! We can make it!

Let the Library help you with your papers, final projects, and other key assignments.

01 Go with a guide

Facing overwhelming information, you can get a simple start from: Research Guides, which are handcrafted by our librarians with loads of premium resources in over 70 different subject areas. 
They’ll save you hours of search time and set you up to write solid, deeply researched papers.

02 Talk to us!

Ask a Librarian. Chat with us. Share your research topic and we can point you toward books, articles, databases, and more.

For customized one-on-one help, set up a consultation with a subject librarian in your area of study. Talking your topic out with someone knowledgeable in the field can open fresh perspectives and spark new ideas!

03 Keep it together

There are a variety of citation management tools to help you organize your citations and build bibliographies in a snap.

04 Go off script

Beyond consultations and research guides, check our popular Streaming Video, Databases, and Ebooks.