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2019 Winter Semester Textbook Selection   Dear students,   2019 Winter Semester Textbook Selection has started. Please carefully read Notes for textbook ordering below. 2019冬季学年教材选购已经开始，请仔细阅读以下教材订购注意事项:   Notes for textbook ordering 教材订购注意事项   1.2019 Winter semester textbooks will be in electronic version, except CPS 1032 and MATH 2415 is printed version. 2019学年冬季教材均为电子版，除了CPS 1032及MATH 2415课程会提供纸质教材。   2.The usage and its using period of electronic textbooks are determined by policies of publi…

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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press. The OED documents the development of the English language by providing definitions and evidence of earliest documented use for any English word. The volumes of the first edition were published 1884–1928. The complete new second edition, owned by the WKU Library, was published in 1989. (Reference Collection, Call No. PE1625 .O87 1989)      The history of the OED started in…

On Wednesday, October 31st, the annual day of Halloween in America, the Wenzhou-Kean Library sponsored a Library Big Read event to celebrate the holiday when horror becomes entertainment.  The book chosen for the Big Read was DRACULA, originally published in 1897, the first popular entertainment book to introduce the English speaking world to Vampires, beings that die and come back to life in a variety of human and animal forms to feed on the blood of living humans.  Humans bitten by vampires t…

ETD 2018, the 21st international symposium on electronic theses and dissertations was held on September 26-28, 2018 at the National Central Library, Taiwan. The conference was co-sponsored by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), and was hosted by National Central Library, the Library Association of the Republic of China (LAC), and the Interlibrary Cooperation Association (ILCA).      Charles Greenberg, the Founding Library Director of Wenzhou-Kean University, has b…

During August, the Wenzhou-Kean Library was given the opportunity to participate in the Pre-University Intensive English Program (PIEP). The Library’s role was to provide a full afternoon of activities each day for the two weeks in which the program was conducted. Each afternoon the Library Director had a group of about 65-70 incoming freshman students that were “pre-university”. What did the Library present to students that had not even started class? Three short library segments were created,…

Dear students who have ordered textbooks: Please bring your valid ID card to pick up your selected textbooks at GEH B207. Collecting textbooks by others is not allowed.   Textbook pick-up time: September 2nd, 2018 Sunday 09:00-16:00   Students who miss the textbook pick-up time above please come to GEH A307 at office hour for assistance.   If any questions, please contact Tel: 0577-55870659 Email: libtex@wku.edu.cn   ⇐ Back to Library Home Page

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Dear WKU Library patrons, Please be aware that Wenzhou-Kean Library will be closed for summer break (July 5-August 17), and this is to remind you that the loan of any checked-out books that come due during this period (July 5-August 17) will be automatically extended to September 4, 2018, and if you fail to return the books by September 4, 2018, a charge of RMB 1.00 will be levied per day on the items according to Library Loan Rules. You may try to renew your items online by logging in to My Acc…

YANG Le of the WKU Library was invited to attend the 2018 Chinese Library Annual Conference in Langfang and Pre-conference in Chengdu. As the President of Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA), YANG Le attended a series of meetings and seminars with the Presidents and Secretary Generals of international associations and national libraries, including the International Federation of Library Associations & Institutions (IFLA), American Library Association, British National Library, Sin…