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Library Provides “Love Convenience Service”
The XJTLU Library is rolling out the “Love Convenience Service”, which can solve the inconveniences and meet the urgent needs of library users. Patrons in the library can borrow “the love umbrellas” and “the love chargers” at the service counter on the 3rd floor of the library. This new service expands library services and creates a civilized and harmonious campus atmosphere. This new service aims to assist staff and students in enjoying themselves, one heart and one mind, and without any worries in the library.
The Library Garden Has Been Opened
Beautiful plants can make people feel pleasant, the library garden has been opened on the 6th floor of the library, which includes a number of lovely plants, such as Green radish, Ivy and Anthura. In addition, there are some leisure seats in this garden to provide a great place to study, discuss and even have an afternoon tea. Meanwhile, students are able to adopt their favourite plants. This new area creates an environmentally friendly and harmonious library atmosphere, which will improve the user experience of staff and students.
Library Plant Adoption Activity
The Library holds the plant adoption with Green E club at the beginning of this semester. Students can expect to adopt their favorite plant after collecting 30 likes by posting the activity on their We Chat moments. All the plants will be grown in an appointed fenced area on the 6th floor. Library aims to improve students’ awareness of environment protection and encourage them to take good care of these lovely plants. Furthermore, the idea of this activity coincides with the green library concept. With the growing of these plants, sooner or later this green area will be like an oxygen bar inside library, purifying the air, providing a green view for eye relaxing and an excellent corner to inspire new thoughts.
Easter Entertainment with XJTLU Library
The library is holding colourful activities to celebrate Easter in April. The activities are “Eggschange” and “Decorating your XJTLU Style Easter Eggs”. The students who find tickets can exchange their tickets for a prize. And the students can also decorate the eggs they get from the library.
It is well known that Easter is the most important Christian festival as it celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. So these activities can help local students experience foreign festivals, and make international students enjoy their festivals in China.
Information Distribution System Added in the Library
The information distribution system project was completed at the end of March. Display screens and poster machines have been added in the library. The biggest display screen is placed on the entrance hall on the 1st floor, and the others can be found next to the elevator entrances on the upper floors. These screens are used to show all kinds of notices, warm prompts, cultural diffusions, holiday greetings, guests’ greetings, etc.
The new additions are welcomed by the majority of users. Users said that these screens created a lively and hi-tech campus atmosphere and they could relax themselves by watching them.
Library Holds the Living Library to Share Experiences
The living library activity was held by the library to give the students an opportunity to learn about different people’s personal experiences, values and culture. The living library allows students to gain knowledge actively, through discussion rather than reading a book. Ten students and teachers from XJTLU with different life experiences shared their life experiences’ stories to the audience. The activity was held on the 18th April 2017 in G23W in the Central Building. Approximately 150 students attended the event. The activity was divided into three rounds, and each round lasted 30 minutes. This gave students the opportunity to meet different speakers that they found interesting.
A Series of Vivid Cartoons on the Library Wall
In order to provide readers with a safe and harmonious environment, the Library produced a series of vivid and interesting cartoon reminders. The reminders include: students ‘please take good care of your belongings’, ‘do not speak loudly in library’, and ‘do not smoke in the toilet’, etc.
Library safety and security is one of the Library’s main concerns, as the number of students visiting the library increases yearly. We hope by using these vivid cartoons, readers will pay more attention.
iStudents, a member of iStaff, Became a Lecturer to Share His Knowledge of Adobe Premiere
The iStaff is a committed team of young leaders who are playing a critical role in the delivery of goods, services, and programs throughout the entire school community. The iStaff is a team of students including, UGs, PGs, PhDs and Non-locals who seek out and accept the opportunity to work as part of a leadership crew facilitated by the library. Shuoyang Zheng, a Year 1 student majoring in Industrial Design, and a team member of iStaff, gave a lecture on how to use Adobe Premiere at 7pm this Wednesday (3rd May), titled: Go from Blank Page to Brilliant—An Introduction to Film Editing. The lecture lasted about 1.5 hours and attracted more than 50 attendants from all years of UG and PGs. Audience feedback was very positive.
The iStaff program successfully takes the lead of the students in the areas they feel the most confident in and challenges them in their weaker areas. Students work in teams, tap into each other’s strengths, and strive to get the projects done.