Print Book Acquisition
The first round of print book acquisition for AY2021-22 has started. 25% book titles shall be collected by 30 November, 2021.
For book purchasing schedule, please refer to Library Print Book Acquisition Schedule for AY2021-22.
The Library Pre-approval Plans for each department are provided as below, from where you could select desired titles.
The Order Feedback (October 2021) regarding the books ordered by the Library is updated as below. During the pandemic prevention and control period, the arrival time of imported books might be affected due to delays in international parcel delivery. For any urgent need, please contact your subject librarians.
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School of Advanced Technology |
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Electrical & Electronic Engineering |
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Computing Communications and Networking Intelligent Science Mechatronics & Robotics |
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Design School |
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Architecture & Design |
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Civil Engineering |
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Urban Planning & Design |
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School of Film & Television Arts |
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Academy of Future Education |
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School of Humanities & Social Sciences |
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China Studies |
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International Studies |
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Applied Linguistics Literature Translation & Interpreting |
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Media & Communication |
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International Business School Suzhou |
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School of Languages |
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School of Science |
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Applied Mathematics Financial Mathematics Statistics & Actuarial Sciences Foundational Mathematics Pure Mathematics |
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Biological Sciences |
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Chemistry |
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Health & Environmental Science |
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Physics |
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School of AI and Advanced Computing School of Intelligent Manufacturing Ecosystem School of Internet of Things School of Robotics School of Cultural Technology School of Intelligent Finance and Business |
Pre-approval Plan (AAC, IME, IOT, IRE)
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Meanwhile, you could fill in Purchase Request Form with the detailed information of your desired books out of the pre-approval plan.
More information on Library Book Acquisition, please refer to https://libguides.lib.xjtlu.edu.cn/bookacquisition.
Library Workshop Schedule in November
Demystifying Peer Review: A Webinar for Researchers
This webinar focuses on all aspects of peer review, sort out the details of peer review, and decipher the hot issues in the peer review process.
Time: 3 November, Wednesday 3:30 - 4:45pm (Language: English)
Location: Online
Enhance Your Research with Web of Science
The Web of Science (WoS) is the world’s most trusted publisher-independent global citation database. This hands-on session aims to help researchers navigate the new Web of Science (WoS) platform.
Time: 10 November, Wednesday 3:30 - 4:30pm (Language: English)
Location: Room 455, Library & Online
You will learn how to use Mendeley, an easy-use reference manager, to organise your research.
Time: 17 November, Wednesday 2:00 - 3:00pm (Language: Chinese); 24 November, Wednesday 2:00 - 3:00pm (Language: English)
Location: Room 455, Library & Online
Toolkit Unlocker: EndNote 20 (Windows)
You will learn how to use EndNote, the industry standard software tool, for managing and generating citations and references.
Time: 26 November, Friday 10:00 - 11:00am (Language: English); 1 December, Wednesday 2:00 - 3:00pm (Language: Chinese)
Location: Room 455, Library & Online
Library Highlights
XJTLU Library Held 2021 Freshmen Events
In October, in order to welcome the new students and implement the "user-oriented and service-oriented" concept, the Library held a series of activities and training courses for the new students who enrolled in 2021.
The Library set up a big information board of “Explore Your Library” on the 1st floor of the library, which attracted a large number of new students to stop. All the activities were shown on the board, including Library Exploration, Library Guide Collection, Library Resources and Services Induction, and Library Etiquette Tips Guide.
The Freshmen events aimed to encourage freshmen to get familiar with XJTLU Library and use library resources more efficiently in their future learning, making the Library the second classroom for XJTLUers.
XJTLU Library E-Discovery Week 2021 Successfully Held
The seventh E-Discovery Week was successfully held from 18 to 22 October, 2021. It is an annual big library event to promote library e-resources, which got numerous positive feedbacks from academic staff and students at XJTLU for the last six years.
More than 30 databases exhibition booths were placed in the lobby of the first floor of the library. Lasted for 5 days, we have received 2,032 attempts for E-Discovery Challenge, and 187 participants for E-Discovery workshops.
Click HERE to know more!
How to Collect Your Textbooks for Semester 1 in AY2021/22
In order to protect the health and safety of staff and students, Textbook Service Center has been completely disinfected and sterilised. Also, COVID-19 nucleic acid tests have been performed on all the textbooks and all the results are negative. Thus, Library offers textbook collection to students.
In accordance with University Arrangements, students can collect their textbooks from 5 to 10 October, 2021 at the Textbook Service Center. Students should make sure XJTLU Pass Code is green and follow the precautionary health and safety measures to collect textbooks on site. Students who MISSED the centralised distribution can collect textbooks at the Textbook Service Center during opening hours before WEEK 10 (19th November).
For students who are stuck outside or inside Mainland China by COVID-19 pandemic could apply for textbook posting service before WEEK 6 (22nd October).
Reference Textbook Order Feedback
- The Library received 1,456 reference textbook requests for AY21/22-S1 through e-Bridge.
- 1,229 titles have existed in the Library collection, one copy of which will be shelved in Course Reserved Area (3F, the Library). You can easily search the reference textbooks of your modules in "Curriculum" of OPAC.
- 6 titles have been proceeded for reordering.
- 4 titles, which failed to be ordered due to not been officially published, will be reordered by the Library.
During the regular epidemic prevention and control period, the arrival time of imported books might be affected due to delays in international parcel delivery.
If you have any query on the order status, feel free to contact Lib-CDD@xjtlu.edu.cn
For consultation on textbook request issues, feel free to contact Textbook@xjtlu.edu.cn
You can click here to review Book Status.