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We are pleased to announce that the Sixth Sino-foreign University Library Annual Conference Collection is released to the public through WKU’s Institutional Repository WIRE. This collection includes presentation slides and videos of all three sessions. Patrons can get relevant conference materials from the collection via this link. Themed as Challenge | Innovation | Development, the Sixth Sino-Foreign University Library Annual Conference was successfully held online by Wenzhou-Kean University L…

On September 18th, the 3rd session of Sino-Foreign University Library Annual Conference, themed as Challenges| Innovation| Development, was successfully held online by Wenzhou-Kean University. Mr. YANG Le the Acting Library Director of Wenzhou-Kean University presided over the event. The last session of the conference has gathered scholars from University at Albany, Stony Brook University, University of Oklahoma, Texas Tech University, and Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; and senior p…

We are pleased to remind you that the third session of the Sino-Foreign University Library Annual Conference will be held online on September 18, 2020. Themed as CHALLENGE | INNOVATION | DEVELOPMENT, the conference continues to serve as a stage for all of us to enlighten the future development of Sino-Foreign University Libraries. All participants can browse the meeting agenda and the meeting link below to join the conference. Meeting Time: Sept. 18, Fri. 9 – 11 AM (Beijing Time) / Sept. 17, Thu…

The second session of the 2020 Sino-Foreign University Library Annual Conference was successfully held online on September 11. Nearly 100 professionals attended the online conference. The session focused on the innovative and special service for academic libraries. Mr. Le Yang, the Acting Library Director of Wenzhou-Kean University, hosted the conference. He welcomed the attendees and appreciated their supports to the event. Presenters of this session included Ms. Vickie Chen of NYU, Ms. Wang…

We are pleased to remind you that the second session of the Sino-Foreign University Library Annual Conference will be held online on September 11, 2020. Themed as CHALLENGE | INNOVATION | DEVELOPMENT, the conference continues to serve as a stage for all of us to enlighten the future development of Sino-Foreign University Libraries. All participants can browse the meeting agenda and the meeting link below to join the conference. Meeting Time: Sept. 11, Fri. 9 – 11 AM (Beijing Time) / Sept. 10, Th…

On the morning of September 4, the first session of the 2020 Sino-Foreign University Library Annual Conference was successfully held online by Wenzhou-Kean University. More than 150 librarians and professionals from all over the world attended the conference. The conference is themed Challenges | Innovation | Development. Mr. Le Yang, the Acting Library Director of Wenzhou-Kean University, hosted the conference virtually from his apartment. He was still practicing self-quarantine after returning…

We are pleased to remind you that the first session of the Sino-Foreign University Library Annual Conference will be held online on September 4, 2020. Themed as CHALLENGE | INNOVATION | DEVELOPMENT, the conference continues to serve as a stage for all of us to enlighten the future development of Sino-Foreign University Libraries. All participants can browse the meeting agenda and meeting link or id below to join the conference. Meeting Time：Sept. 4, Fri. 9 AM – 12 PM (Beijing Time) / Sept. 3, Th…

Wenzhou-Kean University Library is an intellectual and educational symbol and repository, the heart of the knowledge available on campus. The digital library era has expanded the university library’s mission: to connect readers and learners with global repositories of knowledge and culture from every corner of the digitally-connected world. While the library building houses a considerable collection of print books, journals, and newspapers, discovering the best or most useful information in the…

Based on the evaluation of the database and consultation with the colleges, the WKU Library decides to subscribe to three new databases and cancel two databases in the new fiscal year.   New Subscriptions: Art & Architecture Source (EBSCO) Emerald eBook Wiley Online Journals   Cancellations: Business Insight: Global, including three sub-databases (access ends August 31, 2020) Times Digital Archives Association Unlimited Opposing Viewpoints in Context Westlaw Next (access ends December 16, 2…

The Library just acquired a book UV sterilizer which can help kill germs and remove dust from paper materials under the circumstances of the pandemic. The book UV sterilizer is placed in GEH A301, and it can handle up to eight items at a time. The Library also replaced the chairs for the study rooms of GEH A301, 304, 305 and 306. The new chairs adopt modern and streamline ergonomic design for comfortable sitting. Let us expect the new semester and enjoy studying in the Library!      Content…