Print Book Acquisition
By 15 May 2020, faculty-librarian cooperative book acquisition project for AY2019-20 has been closed. However, you may continue to submit book requests to the Library for print book collection development in AY2020-21.
In response to the new academic structure for the university, the book purchasing schedule has been completed accordingly. Please refer to Library Print Book Acquisition Schedule for AY2020-21.
The latest Library Pre-approval Plans for each department are provided as below, from where you could select desired titles.
The Order Feedback (April-May 2020) regarding the books ordered by the Library is attached as well. As most express companies suspend their delivery services during the novel coronavirus period, the process of library book acquisition has been affected and book arrivals might be delayed.
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School of Advanced Technology |
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Design School |
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School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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International Business School Suzhou |
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ILEAD |
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School of Languages |
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School of Science |
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School of Film and Television Arts |
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 http://libguides.lib.xjtlu.edu.cn/bookacquisition
AY20/21-S1 Reference Textbook Order Feedback
- The Library received 1,332 reference textbook requests through e-Bridge.
- 1,008 titles have existed in the Library collection, one copy of which will be shelved in Course Reserved Area (3F, the Library).
- 94 titles have been proceeded for ordering.
- 79 titles, which failed to be ordered due to temporarily out of stock, will be reordered by the Library.
As most express companies suspend their delivery services during the novel coronavirus period, the process of library reference textbook acquisition has been affected and book arrivals might be delayed.
If you have any queries 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.
Digital Resources Update
Caixin Global provides financial and business news in China. You can also use Caixin Global via mobile App which can be downloaded on its website or App store. Please note that if you are off-campus, you have to connect XJTLU VPN to access Caixin‘s’ mobile App.
Trial Period: 1/6/2020 – 31/7/2020
CNRDS provides a comprehensive web-based business data management system for high standard Chinese business research data. Please note that CNRDS only provides information in Chinese.
Trial Period: 31/5/2020 – 31/5/2021
Recordings Available: Researcher Academy Webinar
The Researcher Academy @ XJTLU Library webinar Maximising Your Research -- Publishing & Promoting Your Research was successfully held on May 27th. Our guest speakers Dr. Lu Shi (from Wiley), Dr. Sekar Raju (Department of Biological Sciences at XJTLU), Dr. Peng Zhao and Dr. Yi Zou (Department of Health and Environmental Sciences at XJTLU) have brought us with wonderful talks about research and scholarly publishing. The video recordings of the webinar are now available on both our Blog and Library ICE page.
Learn more about Researcher Academy @ XJTLU Library by visiting our Blog!
Library Academic Support for Summer Break
During summer break, the Library will keep offering academic support services.
XJTLUers are welcomed to book a research appointment with reference librarians for yourself or for a group of no more than 3 people. Currently, the service will be provided online via Zoom.
Schedule an appointment at http://libcal.lib.xjtlu.edu.cn or scan the LibCal QR Code.
Wanted Book List
Based on the book recommendations from academic departments, the Library produces a ‘wanted book list’ for items which failed to be purchased. Faculty could find your own ways to purchase the listed books for teaching and research needs. It shall follow the procedure in XJTLU Library Faculty Purchase Reimbursement Policy when purchasing a book from the wanted book list.
You can click here to review the Wanted Book List.
Contact Lib-CDD@xjtlu.edu.cn if any queries.