2023宁诺图书馆大数据 | 百万次年度访问，你，贡献了多少?

2023 UNNC Library review

In 2023, the Library opened for 352 days, with the total number of opening hours reaching 5,386, an average of 15.3 hours of operation per day. The annual total number of visits exceeded one million.

Behind these figures lies not only a reflection of the continuously improving service quality of the library but also the hard work and study practices of all UNNC students.     

How much do you know about the library?

Are you curious about what others are reading?

Let's revisit the moments of 2023 in the Library!

Space usage

In 2023, project rooms and group study rooms were booked 33,322 times. The most booked room was Group Study Room 10 on the third floor, which was booked 850 times.
Do you still remember what you were doing in the rooms?
Were you having a group discussion, or preparing for an interview or a presentation?                      

In May, the Library's total opening hours reached an impressive record of 558 hours! As exam season approached, you must have been dedicated to preparing for various tests and papers.      

Books in storage

The Library owns over 1,260,000 electronic and printed books, approximately 64,000 electronic and printed journals, and have access to 336 databases, covering a variety of fields.

The four most accessed databases were ProQuest, GALE Primary Sources, Science, and Scopus.    

In 2023, a high search volume of 789,059 was conducted on NUsearch. CNKI is the most popular keyword with 11,403 searches.

Other popular keywords included cross-cultural communications, climate change, and artificial intelligence.

In 2023, the total number of books borrowed reached 26,640. Books on linguistics, philosophy, and mathematics were mostly borrowed.

The person who has borrowed the most books is Xu, a student from the School of International Studies (IS).

IS involves various academic fields such as history, politics, and cultural studies, requiring students to have a rich and profound knowledge base. It is the academically focused spirit of IS students that has led them to top this ranking for three years running.                                               

The most borrowed books

Principles of economics

Foundation calculus

General chemistry: the essential concepts

Foundation algebra

Management: an introduction

Modern principles of economics

Investments

Introduction to financial accounting

Introduction to business law

Device loans 

In addition to books, the Library offered a loan service for various advanced devices to support the study and research of UNNC staff and students.

Items on loan:

Converter                             

Cables   

Laptops 

Laptop charger   

Kindles

Headphones        

Microphone         

Flip Pen 

DVD Drive            

Adaptor

Microphone stand

Exhibitions and activities

In 2023, the Library has held various exhibitions and activities attracting over four thousand students to participate, such as:

Time in High-Tech Street

Music Library series activities

Reading Month series activities

Young artists' exhibitions and Ningbo historical exhibitions

Riverside Seminar Talks and Riverside Roundtable Discussion

All the time you've spent and all the effort you've made in the Library are treasures on your journey forward.

In the new year, the Library will continue to provide comprehensive support for your exploration journeys. A series of activities covering sustainable development, Ningbo's history and culture, youth arts, and digital literacy, along with other fields, will be launched; new episodes of the podcast programme and a series of reading activities are also about to kick off.

The Library will always be your best companion during your study at UNNC.