Have you been reading the Financial Times?
NYU Shanghai now has a group subscription to FT.com. You have access to FT content as long as you are in campus, dormitory, or connected to NYU Shanghai VPN. Continue reading
New Staff Picks are On-Shelf
Not sure what to read this weekend? Looking for something different? This Spring, the library staff are sharing their favorites.
Try BobCat Beta now!
We are happy to announce the beta release of the new BobCat interface.
Click on ‘Try BobCat Beta’ tab on NYU Shanghai Library website
BobCat is NYU’s branded name for our Library discovery platform!
The new BobCat Beta interface has a modern look and feel, and offers new features in addition to all the features of the current interface (BobCat Classic). Both Classic and Beta will run simultaneously through the entire spring semester.
Watch a 5-minute walkthrough of the features of BobCat Beta. Continue reading
Noteworthy Business Titles
- Redirect: changing the stories we live by, by Timothy D Wilson
- The Ideas Industry: How Pessimists, Partisans, and Plutocrats Are Transforming the Marketplace of Ideas, by Daniel W. Drezner
- Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley, by Emily Chang
- Quirky: The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World, by Melissa A. Schilling
- Fifty Million Rising: The New Generation of Working Women Transforming the Muslim World by Saadia Zahidi
This month, we have titles for improving yourself, as well as understanding groups of people. Drezner’s book on the ideas industry is an interesting take on what drives a large part of business – the ideas industry. This book was a recommendation from a fellow colleague.
Another book published by our NYU family: Melissa Schiling is the Herzog Family Professor of Management, and Professor of Management & Organizations at NYU Stern School of Business. It was a pleasant surprise to learn the January’s 5 noteworthy business titles were appreciated. Share this with someone you’re thinking of! –– Edward Lim, Reference & Research Services Librarian for Business
Literary Reading Series is Back Again!
Did you enjoy the Literary Reading Series last semester?
Or you haven’t heard of it?
Don’t miss it this spring semester!
Each semester, distinguished poets, writers and translators from around the world take part in the Literary Reading Series at NYU Shanghai. All the featured books are displayed in the Library’s Spotlight section.
Robin Hemley, for example, will be the first guest speaker to present this semester. His popular craft book, Turning Life into Fiction, has sold over 80,000 copies.
We will also have Tse Hao Guang, the author of Deeds of Light (2015), which shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize 2016, and Daryl Lim Wei Jie, a poet and critic. His work won him the Golden Point Award in English Poetry in 2015.
If you are interested in reading any of the 2018 Spring Literary Reading Series books that have been or will be presented on campus by authors, you can easily find their works in the Spotlight section. Feel free to browse and check out! Remember, you can keep the books up to two weeks and renew once.
Orpheus / The Beauty and the Beast
These two short films could launch a variety of conversations. Which might you pursue?
Does Modernism catch your interest? Or the medium of film to capture art? Connect a topic you enjoy to an assignment. Discuss the tangential topics with a librarian, academic advisor, or your instructors.
Financial databases help you compare companies
Financial databases are the bread and butter of business research. They are crucial in helping you find company financials. You can make proper comparisons between companies.
This month, we want to introduce a financial database which you can access remotely, from the comfort of your home or cafe: Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage.
Library Hours during Spring Festival
Dear faculty, student, and staff,
NYU Shanghai Library’s collection and services will be closed from Feb. 15 to Feb. 21. Electronic resources are available 24/7.
For research assistance in the meantime, please email librarians in NYC at https://library.nyu.edu/ask/email/, or use the chat widget on the library website.
Enjoy the Spring Festival!
NYU Shanghai Library
The Big Short
This movie makes me think about so many topics all at once. There are the obvious categories of finance, markets, and regulation. Then there are the issues of privilege and access, both to information and to money. Or questions of personality and communication: who is working hard, quietly or alone, to explore the facts while others are loudly selling catchy phrases in ignorance?
I hope you are inspired to follow one of these lines of inquiry by watching a video or reading a book below. If another idea sparks your interest, the library can help you locate diverse opinions for supporting your exploration.
What does the Big Short make you think about?
R Resources for Self-paced Learning
In the following weeks, we will continue to release a series of posts to introduce resources on statistical computing, data visualization and to help you catch up with the ever-changing industry trends.
We therefore present to you the Data Resources Mini Series – Not Just Buzzwords.
(Source: https://xkcd.com/1838/)
# secret recipes of learning R before we start
# Always read the R official documents first.
# Stack Overflow and Google are your friends.
# Do a project. Choose a complex one.
# Be a teacher. Explain something to someone else.
# Learn something even harder than you actually need but in related areas. Then return to your problems.
Wait, did I say “come to the Library workshops” in the secret recipes? If you did not make to the R workshops, here are the workshop notes.
Alright. Let’s take a look at some tutorials and blogs for learning R with general purposes. We have something for everyone from absolute beginners to more experienced users.
Next time we will share books and blogs on data visualization. Stay tuned!
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the starting point
An introduction to R, CRAN project
Everything you need to know to get you started.
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knowing enough to get by
Cheat Sheets of using R for various purposes from the Base R all the way to deep learning with R.
Quick-R
A quick access to R, especially if you are from Stata, SAS, SPSS etc.
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using R in projects
R for Data Science, Garrett Grolemund and Hadley Wickham
Don’t miss the exercises.
Advanced R, Hadley Wickham
R programming.
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Coursera online classes
Data Science Specialization, John Hopkins University
R programming + data analysis + research workflow.
Statistics with R Specialization, Duke University
Some people find the JHU courses too R heavy. This specialization focuses on teaching statistics while people learn to use R through projects.
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blogs
R news and tutorials for numerous topics.
R graphs and codes by chart types. Previously had a focus on visualization with ggplot2 but not limited to that.
Previously…
*Source of cover image: https://smbc-comics.com/?id=2613
presented by Yun Dai
(yun.dai@nyu.edu)
edited by Scotty Sun
Meet your Instructional Technologists
We are dedicated to helping faculty utilize instructional and research tools and technologies for teaching and research. We develop Technology Enhanced Education (TEE) initiatives that assist the community in exploring innovative ways to impact teaching and learning with instructional technology.
Adrian Hodge
Head of Research and Instructional Technology Services
Adrian manages the RITS team towards the development of a range of educational technology and data projects at NYU Shanghai. He has an information management background in government, health and education sectors in the UK and Asia.
Adrian works in close consultation with faculty to understand pedagogy needs in the use of instructional technologies as well as the development of a range of TEE (Technology Enhanced Education) experiments and initiatives in fully online and blended learning courses, working closely with instructional technologists at NYU Shanghai and across the NYU’s global locations.
Yun Dai
Educational Technologist for Data Services
Yun joined the team as a data services consultant following her Technology Enhancement Education Fellowship with the Library. She supports statistical computing and visualization tools through workshops, in-class instructions, consultations and online guides for faculty, students and research staff.
Yun has developed a range of data resources, and cooperates with other parties on research projects utilizing her data skills. She built up and co-manages the Chinese Datasets Archive with the Center for Data Science and Analytics.
Yun holds her Bachelor’s degree from Peking University and her Master’s from Columbia University (GSAS).
Noel Konagai
Technology Enhanced Education Fellow
Noel is a Technology Enhanced Education Fellow at NYU Shanghai who explores applications of machine learning, VR, and AR in an instructional setting.
Noel joined the Research and Instructional Technology team after graduating from the inaugural class of 2017 at NYU Shanghai. His passion lies in artificial intelligence and machine learning. His workshops are centered around the skills that are most in demand in data science.
Aside from being a data freak, Noel also loves Chinese tea and is passionate about learning languages.
Fan Luo
Faculty Technology Specialist
Fan is a Faculty Technology Specialist at NYU Shanghai. She holds a Master degree in Information Science and has worked as consultant, designer, and project manager on educational projects.
Fan joined NYU Shanghai in fall 2016 and works closely with faculty to facilitate teaching through the application of various instructional technologies including GIS, data visualization, LMS, blended and online learning etc. She develops and delivers workshops based upon the request of faculty.
Together with the Research and Instructional Technology (RITS) team and specialists over the global communities of NYU, Fan collaborates with colleagues to provide technical support and pedagogical consultation for faculty.
Angela Wang
Teaching and Learning Technology Supervisor
Angela is a Teaching and Learning Technology Supervisor at NYU Shanghai who works closely with faculty and students as well as instructional technologists in Shanghai and New York.
She consults with faculty to support daily operation of academic tools such as NYU Classes, NYU Stream, E-Textbooks and other systems in their teaching and research. She also facilitates workshops on NYU academic tools and other technology skills such as Microsoft Office for faculty, students, and staff at NYU Shanghai.
Angela holds bachelor degrees in both Computer Science and English from East China Normal University.
Mia Zhuo
Senior Faculty Technology Specialist
Mia is a consultant and designer who works closely with faculty in conceptualization, development, and redesign of courses that are both offered in classroom settings and online formats.
She holds her Double Masters in Global Media and Communications from LSE and USC, and leverages her skills to help faculty and students incorporate multimedia, among other digital tools, in their teaching, research and learning.
She also facilitates workshops on video production, animation, and digital expressions for faculty, students, and staff at NYU Shanghai. In addition to consulting and training, she provides support for the pedagogical use of NYU Classes.
Continuing the Conversation: Manchurian Candidate
When the film ends, the discussion begins.
Ready to connect an idea inspired tonight to an assignment this semester?
The books below may be a doorway to interdisciplinary research or a minor to explore. This film draws on many ideas, from borders to brainwashing, from identity to espionage. History, literature, and sovereignty are additional options.
Which part of the film speaks most to you? Or does part of the film connect with another class topic? Let’s start a conversation in the comments.