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  • 2024-08-30

    Knowing Your Library Series: How to Reserve Meeting Rooms or Discussion Rooms

    Nestled in a corner of our school library, we have meticulously crafted meeting rooms and discussion rooms, offering a serene space for teachers and students to escape the hustle and bustle, and immerse in focused learning and collaboration. These rooms are equipped with comfortable seating and essential facilities, making them ideal for sparking creativity and stimulating ideas. Whether you need a space for in-depth group discussions or a setting to seek inspiration, this is the perfect place t…
  • 2024-08-29

    Knowing Your Library Series | How to Recommend a Book for Acquisition

    Dear WKUers, when you search for a special book on your reading list, only to find it's not yet in our library's collection, do you choose to buy it yourself or reluctantly give up on reading it? Now, let's embark on a new reading journey with the "Book Recommendation" service – which will help you achieve reading freedom! Notes 1. Before recommending, please check whether the material has been accessible in the Library. In principle, a book already in the library collection will not be reordere…
  • 2024-08-28

    Knowing Your Library Series: How to Use the Interlibrary Loan Service

    Dear WKUers, when immersed in the vast ocean of knowledge, what if you find the item you are looking for difficult to access? Don’t worry! When this happens, it’s time for our library’s “Interlibrary Loan Service” to display its capabilities fully! What is Interlibrary Loan? Interlibrary Loan is a service based on the sharing of resources between libraries. It’s a way of obtaining documents that are unavailable in our library from other libraries when patrons need them according to the interlibr…
  • 2024-08-27

    Knowing Your Library Series: How to Request a Book

    The Book Request Service makes borrowing more convenient! You can request books that are not on loan or already borrowed through the online platform or the Library Service Desk. After requesting online, the librarian will prepare in advance and notify you to pick up the book. For borrowed books, please inform the Library Service Desk, and librarians will assist in contacting the current borrower to try to arrange it for you with priority. Let reading no longer wait, and enjoy the convenient borr…
  • 2024-08-26

    Knowing Your Library Series: How to Renew a Book

    The library is the hall filled with knowledge and wisdom, every book serves as a key to unlocking new worlds. We understand that during your journey of exploration, a good book can be so captivating that you wish to hold it for a few more days to savor its content. Let’s learn how to renew a book in the library hoping to extend your reading experience. How to Renew a Book? Renewal on Self-service Machine Step 1:Swipe the campus card; Step 2:Click to View Account; Step 3:Click On Loan; Step 4:Sel…
  • 2024-08-23

    Knowing Your Library Series: How to Return Item

    ​WKUers, are you already immersed in the vast sea of books in the library? But don’t forget that every borrowing is accompanied by a responsibility! Do you know how to return books correctly? Don’t worry, let’s learn together today! Introduction to Book Returns Patrons can return books at the Self-service Machine or manually by staff on the third floor of the SLAC. After you have successfully returned the book, the system will promptly notify relevant information by sending an email. Below will…
  • 2024-08-22

    Knowing Your Library Series:How to Read a Call Number

    WKUers, are you not familiar with what a call number is? The following content will show you relevant knowledge about the call number and teach you how to read it. Introduction to Call Number The call number is the code used by the library for organizing, locating, borrowing, returning, and cataloging books. It serves as the primary basis for lending documents and inventory checks, indicating the arrangement location of the collection. Wenzhou-Kean University Library uses the Library of Congress…
  • 2024-08-21

    Knowing Your Library Series:How to Borrow Items

    WKU Library welcomes you to embark on a new chapter in your life! In this campus full of wisdom and dreams, the library is not only a treasure trove for you exploring the unknown and deepening your major but also a warm harbor for your rest and inspiration. To help everyone better integrate into this vast sea of books more quickly, we have prepared this borrowing guide to new students, aiming to help everyone easily master the borrowing tips and make every browsing a wonderful journey. In additi…
  • 2024-08-20

    Knowing Your Library Series: Discover Search & Library Collections

    In this new starting point full of dreams and challenges, WKU Library, as a mecca for your academic exploration and knowledge acquisition, is equipped with abundant resources and services, looking forward to starting an exciting learning journey with you. To help you integrate into this mecca of learning more quickly, we want to introduce in detail how to use the Discover system to search books efficiently and unveil the location of the library's collections, making your journey of knowledge smo…
  • 2024-08-17

    Knowing Your Library Series | Brief introduction of WKU Library

    Welcome Class of 2028! As the starting point of your academic journey, WKU Library is honored to serve as your palace of knowledge exploration. To facilitate your seamless access to all library services, we have meticulously crafted a series of user guides. Today, we will unveil the mysteries of the library and guide you into this space filled with wisdom. Brief introduction of WKU Library Wenzhou-Kean University Library, as a crucial academic resource center for Wenzhou-Kean University, is dedi…