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David and Lorraine Cheng Library

 
Cheng Chat: I Didn’t Know the Library Did That!  
by Victoria Wagner 
Welcome to the fall semester!  The Cheng Library is your one-stop shop for a wide range of 
services and resources designed to support you!  We are here for you – days, nights, weekends – 
to answer your questions and address your needs.  You can contact us in person, by phone/text, 
email, and chat.  If there’s something you need, but can’t find – please ask!  Aside from all the 
traditional things you expect from a library, you might be surprised to find out what else Cheng 
Library has for you: 
 Coffee! 
We have a Keurig machine in the Friends Room.  Purchase coffee, tea, or hot chocolate 
pods from our vending machines – or bring your own.     
 Current Magazines 
Stop by the Nexus room in the Periodicals Department to catch the news on CNN and 
read the latest issue of Rolling Stone, Wired, People, Time, Health, Forbes, Ebony or 
today’s newspaper. 
 Fetch It! 
Use the My Account feature to login to the Library’s catalog and request books for 
pickup.  We will fetch books from the shelves and email you when they are ready for 
pick up at the Lending Services front desk. 
 Supplies 
Did you forget something?  Visit Lending Services to borrow dry erase markers, 
highlighters, rulers, white out, Sharpies, scissors, tape, calculators and USB drives.   
 Article Copy Service 
If we own a journal in print or other non-electronic format, we will scan and email 
articles to you for free.  Provide us with the citation in the Interlibrary Loan & Article 
Service link from our home page.  We’ll email you the article in less than 48 hours. 
 Copy/Scan Equipment 
Stop by the copy room and use our copy/scan equipment.  Scanning to your USB drive is 
free!  Make color or black & white copies using cash or your Pioneer card. 
 Reserve a Group Study Room 
We have two bookable rooms, one for 3-6 people and one for 6-12 people.  Visit Lending 
Services to make your reservation.  Use these spaces to practice your presentations, 
watch videos, collaborate on projects, or study with your friends. 
 Fax Service 
Lending Services provides a fax service for a nominal fee per page.  We will fax any time 
of the day or night – as long as we are open.  Stop by for more information. 
 Fun Reading 
Check out our collection of bestsellers (biographies, cookbooks, mysteries) in our Leisure 
Lounge section.  These books may be borrowed for 2 weeks. 
 iPads 
You can borrow laptops, iPads, digital cameras, digital voice recorders, and lots of other 
equipment from Instruction and Research Technology’s Media Services department. 
 Human Beings on the Phone: 
Press 1, Press 2 – Forget about it! When you call the Library during our working hours, a 
human being will pick up the phone and speak with you.  You may ask that person 
questions, and they will, in turn, answer those questions.  There is no additional charge 
for the human being on a phone service. 


ChengChat

Book exerpt, p. 127-130, Garret Augustus Hobart 'Assistant President'

Garret Augustus Hobart, "Assistant President"

B/W photograph of two unidentified women (one possibly Jennie Tuttle Hobart)

Two women on couch

Cheng Chat with Kurt W. Wagner 
 
The Library’s Values are Your Values 
What do you value? Some people value pleasure, some value money, some value their family – 
the list is long. Values are complex and individual.  
Some of us may take important things for granted – things that, if examined, are of considerable 
value. Our Constitution’s first ten amendments, the Bill of Rights, list a set of limitations that 
protect the natural rights of freedom and property. Leading off this list is freedom of speech, one 
of librarianship’s core values. We like to think the library’s values are your values. 
All library materials, regardless of technology, format, or mode of delivery are available and 
made accessible equally to all library users. Though the library is primarily for the WPUNJ 
community, we invite the community at large to use what we have.  
Your privacy and confidentiality are central to our operation. We do not retain any records that 
connect you with any library materials after they are returned. To us, it is fundamentally 
important that no trace of your library use is viewed by someone else.  
We resist all efforts to censor library resources. At times and for different reasons libraries are 
asked to remove materials that a group finds objectionable. We do not include or exclude 
materials based on their social or political popularity or unpopularity.  Being informed on all 
sides of all issues is a key component of active and effective citizenship.  We value the free 
expression of ideas and believe that library’s role is to archive the accepted as well as the 
unorthodox so future generations will have the chance to sort it out for themselves. The library 
and the university value a diversity of opinion and expression. 
Not all our values are so grandiose.  Like most people, we also value being comfortable. We 
have asked for your feedback and we have received a lot of it, particularly about noise and 
uncomfortable temperatures in the building. We do listen and share your concerns. To this end 
we have replaced the library’s heating and cooling system in order to better control the 
temperature in the library.  
Maybe you’ve noticed the glass partition as you enter the second floor via the front staircase? 
This was done in response to frequent requests from you to control the noise in the library. Like 
you, we also value a quiet environment for study and we hope this helps achieve it. Please let us 
know how it’s working. 
Along with these things, we share the value you put on time and efficiency. We strive to improve 
our services so that your needs are addressed. We keep asking you to tell us what you need and 
how we can serve you.  This will ensure that our values stay in tune with yours. Are they? 


Information request from Mr. Terry Karschner, NJ Bureau Historic Sites

William Paterson University

William Paterson University Marketing and Public Relations Department

2013 Commencement

10 b/w photographs of pre-renovation Hobart Manor, interior and exterior. Verso of photographs include notes about future renovation

10 b/w photographs of pre-renovation Hobart Manor

William Paterson University Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees Minutes 09/27/2013

How does a Coupon Incentive Program motivate students to seek academic support in high-risk courses? Results from this study demonstrated that the Coupon Incentive Program was effective in motivating voluntary student attendance and improving student outcomes. Recommendations related to implementation of the Coupon Incentive Program are discussed.Version of Record (VoR

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Hobart Manor bathroom

ChengChat

Garret Augustus Hobart, "Assistant President"

Two women on couch

ChengChat

Information request from Mr. Terry Karschner, NJ Bureau Historic Sites

2013 Commencement

10 b/w photographs of pre-renovation Hobart Manor

Board of Trustees Minutes 09/27/2013

Coupons for success: A marketing incentive in academic support

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