New Semester Goal Setting Activity has been Held in the Library Successfully
Resolutions and goals aren't just for New Year's. Start the new semester off by setting some achievable goals that can benefit your life and learning experience. The Library has set up a message board on the 1st floor of the library which will enhance the students to write down their goals for the new semester.
Within 5 days about 400 students wrote down their goals on it. This activity lasted from 5 March till 12 March which attracted many students to stop and watch the goals shared by other students on the board.
Setting goals is a valuable tool that can help the new semester run smoothly. Creating goals gives you a clear comprehensible idea of what you want to accomplish. It also provides steps to meet those targets and motivates you to follow through with the plan.
Library Event: Living Library Held Successfully
On 25 May 2021, the 29th Living Library was held successfully at 123W in the Central Building.
In the event, we invited five LIVING BOOKS, namely Dr. Chongjie XU, Dr. Youzhou ZHOU, Mengyao ZHENG, Qinlin WANG and Qinyu NI. They shared their life experiences and ideas with us face to face, encouraging us to know ourselves and pursue self-worth.
Approximately one hundred students took part in the event. Inspired by the guest speakers' insights and experiences, they took the opportunity to reflect on their current life and look forward to the future. Xu, member of XJTLU Reader Association, said to us, “Living Library is awesome! It is the most meaningful event I have participated in ever since I came to XJTLU.”
The Library Word and PS Training Courses were Successfully Completed
From April to May 2021, the XJTLU Library has successfully completed the delivery of Word and PS training courses to the students in room 455.
Li Lu explained in detail the common functions of editing and typesetting papers with word. Sunruo Wu explained in detail the basic operation of using PS for beautifying images and making posters.
The feedback received from the attended students are very encouraging as they expressed their satisfactions on the invaluable experiences gained from it. Meanwhile some suggestions to further improve the training sessions in future were welcomed by the tutors.
XJTLU Library Reading Month 2021
XJTLU Library launched its third reading month in April. On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the University, the theme of the Reading Month 2021 was “Reading XJTLU, Reading the World”.
Reading Month 2021 was marked by a rich and diverse calendar of engaging activities that motivate the XJTLUers to read and learn. The activities consisted of three online events (One Tweet, One Line, One Book), five offline events (Explore the Beauty of the Library, Readathon, One Talk, BookCrossing, Go Reading) and five training courses (Searching Professional, Project Thesis Formatting).
The Reading Month 2021, with hundreds of students and staff members participating in the activities, established a reading culture in the campus and presented the Library’s continuing support for teaching and research.
Library Student Committee Meeting 2021 Successfully Held
On the afternoon of 26 May, librarians from various departments and student representatives at all levels met together at Room 153 Central Building for the Library Student Committee meeting 2021. The forum promotes student voice in the library by providing a communication platform for them to discuss and exchange ideas with the staff on library related topics.
Student representatives of each grade were selected from either high frequency visitors or students with high borrowing volume. Shanshan Li from User Service Division briefed on several topics that were brought up in previous meetings. In the Q&A session, attendees had a lively discussion, covering a wide range of concerned topics related to book searching, compact stack area, seat occupancy and etc. It is recommend that the library should further increase publicity efforts to raise awareness of its service, activities and events.
Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University Library and the Suzhou Industrial Park Branch of Suzhou Public Security Bureau Xietang Police Station Signed an agreement on Party building and Co-construction activities
In order to further study and implement Xi Jinping’s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, to create a strong atmosphere to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, and promote mutual development and innovation, the Party Branch of XJTLU Library conjoined the Party Branch of the Suzhou Industrial Park Branch of Suzhou Public Security Bureau Xietang Police Station. They had a lively discussion then jointly launched a series of events on the topic of Party building and Co-construction in response towards enabling cohesiveness, the Party building continuously leading, prioritizing growth and promoting development.
On the morning of March 30, 2021, the Party Branch of XJTLU Library and the Party Branch of Xietang Police Station signed an agreement to cooperate on Party building and Co-construction activities, with a view to improving Party building results through each other’s strength and enhancing mutual growth and improvement. The signing ceremony was attended by: Bi Xin, Deputy Secretary of the Party committee, Director of the XJTLU Knowledge and Information center; Teng Chao, XJTLU Deputy University Librarian; Li Shanshan, Secretory of 2nd Party Branch of Staff; Liao Jinsong, Director, Secretary of Xietang Police Station Party Branch; Zhou Xiang, Instructor and Deputy Secretary of Xietang Police Station Party Branch.
During the meeting, representatives from both parties introduced their branch situations and current work, and discussed on how to integrate their next Party building and Co-construction actions. The integration is aiming to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results with the establishment and improvement of a joint strengthening mechanism. The two sides expressed their willingness to combine their respective advantages, continue to expand the role of Party organizations, effectively enhance Party cohesion, enrich the connotation of regional party strengthening, and promote high-quality development of Party building and Co-construction work of both sides.
Bi Xin, on behalf of the Party branch of the XJTLU Library donated 300 books to the Party branch of Xietang Police Station. He said: "XJTLU has always attached great importance to communication with the local community in Suzhou, so we take this cooperation as an opportunity to make contribution to our community. All books donated were carefully selected to meet the reading needs of Xietang Police Station as well as contributing to their cultural construction.”
In addition, the two sides discussed and reached a consensus on the action of Xietang Police Station sharing Library resources of XJTLU. This action aims to give full play to the resource advantages of the XJTLU Library, enrich cultural experiences for the police, and assist them to form a comprehensive knowledge in politics, education, economy, management and international relations. Liao Jinsong, the Director and Secretary of Xietang Police Station Party Branch said, "I am very grateful to the XJTLU Library for providing resource support to expand our police force's knowledge of public security work. Our police station has always been emphasizing multiple approaches to learning. Hopefully, we will have the opportunity to invite XJTLU to our police station for training lectures in the future. "
Go Reading: Counselling For Toads
On 21 May, the third meeting of this semester for Go Reading was held at SB252. The members of Reader Association and Psychological Association gathered together to read and discuss Counselling For Toads: A Psychological Adventure by Robert deBoard, a delightful book which offers a gentle introduction to transactional analysis. Professional counsellor Xiaoliang WU was invited as the key speaker.
Starting from a case study, Mr. Wu explained a number of theories of Freud, Foucault and other psychologists, so that the audience could have a basic understanding of psychological counseling and psychoanalysis. Afterwards, the participants shared their opinions on the novel and their own experiences they were reminded of by the book.
XJTLU Library Data 2020
During the special Year 2020, how the Library performed and engaged? What support and services the Library provided? Which journals are most popular among XJTLUers? How many events or activities were held? What Library highlights have been identified? Let's see whether you can find your interaction with us last year.
Click HERE to find our data 2020!