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What is the availability of Study Rooms in the Library?

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Q: What is the Library Study room availability and booking requirements?

A: If you've completed all degree requirements except your thesis, you may be eligible to book a lockable study room at the WAC Bennett Library on the Burnaby campus. The study rooms have small windows that look over Convocation Mall.

Study rooms are available for master's or doctoral students writing their theses under the following conditions:

Suggestion for New Title Purchase: Self and Other Exploring Subjectivity, Empathy, and Shame

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Q: Suggestion for New Title Purchase:
Title: Self and Other Exploring Subjectivity, Empathy, and Shame
Author: Zahavi, Dan
Publisher & where & when published: OUP
Where you saw this item mentioned: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199590681.do
Your affiliation: SFU Staff

A: Thanks for your suggestion. This book has been ordered and you will get an email from the Library when it's available.

Mike McIntosh
Library Liaison for Philosophy

Returning Books

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Q: If I borrowed books from the Burnaby Campus, can I return them to the Surrey Campus? Thank you!

A: Yes you can return books to any campus so long as they are not Reserves. Only Reserve books need to be returned to the campus library from which they were borrowed.
take care

Scott
Library Loans

How to Suggest a Library Purchase

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Q: I am the author (2014) of a series of 4 volumes on the Floating Heritage of British Columbia (1,000 pages in total). How do I go about requesting that your library purchase a set ($100 in total - $25 each)? http://www.nauticapedia.ca/Articles/Publications.php

Volunteering at the Library

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Q: Do you have any volunteer positions at the Library?

A: Thanks for your interest in volunteering at the SFU Library. The Student Learning Commons at the Library offers 2 volunteer opportunities to SFU students, "Learning and Writing Peer Educators" and "English as an Additional Language Peer Educators"; you can read more information about both here: http://www.lib.sfu.ca/slc/services/contact/peers/become-peer-educator.

Suggestion for New Title Purchase: Zero To One

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Q: Suggestion for New Title Purchase
Title: Zero To One
Author: Peter Thiel
Publisher & where & when published: Crown Business (Sept 16, 2014)
Your affiliation: SFU Undergraduate Student

A: I've just ordered a copy of Zero to One by Peter Thiel for the collection at Surrey. Thanks for taking the time to suggest this title. I've asked that a hold be placed on this book when it arrives, so you'll receive an email when it's available for you to borrow.

Suggestion for New Title Purchase: Information Doesn't Want to Be Free

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Q: Suggestion for New Title Purchase
Title: Information Doesn't Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age
Author: Cory Doctorow
Publisher & where & when published: McSweeney's (November 18, 2014)
Where you saw this item mentioned: NPR
Your affiliation: SFU Staff