Access to technology is an essential part of everyday life and is integral to our college experience. For students, NSU’s Alvin Sherman Library is a great way to access the technology that they need.
The first floor of the Alvin Sherman Library offers best-selling fiction and nonfiction books for kids and young adults and is one of the places on campus where students have access to a variety of technological resources. From computers and printers to movies and video games, the Alvin Sherman Library has whatever students need for academics and entertainment. On the first floor, you can also find DVDs, BluRays, audiobooks and CDs Up to 10 DVDs and Blu-Rays. These can be checked out one at a time for seven days, per account. For video games, the library has a collection of Switch and PS4 consoles, as well as games for older consoles.
The Alvin Sherman Library also offers two apps that students can use to download e-books and audiobooks using their library card or their SharkCard. The apps are RB Digital and Cloud Library. Through RB Digital and Cloud Library, students can access a variety of e-books and audiobooks on their phones or computers, and when the check-out period is over, the apps will automatically return the items.
Kanopy is a database of films that the Alvin Sherman Library offers to students on campus. Through Kanopy, students have access to over 60,000 films, including documentaries, foreign and indie films and classic movies. Kanopy is only available to NSU students and can only be accessed on campus while connected to the NSU Wi-Fi. Outside of the library, the Office of Student Media also offers free movies and TV shows, original content, free on-campus access and free entertainment added every month. Student content can also be found on their YouTube channel. Channel 96 can only be accessed on campus.
Students can use their SharkCards or NSU public library cards to check out, at most, 50 items from the Alvin Sherman Library. This includes five video games from the first-floor gaming selection, which can be rented for two weeks at a time, with a one-time renewal for an additional week if the item is not currently on hold. To renew a video game, follow the normal proceedings for renewing an item by going to the Alvin Sherman Library website or calling the circulation desk at 954-262-4601. The library does not offer consoles to be rented, but there are several places on campus that house gaming consoles for students to use. Consoles are only available through the library in the teen room, which is only open to high school students. However, the Commuter Lounge on the first floor of the Student Affairs Building has a Wii that is available to all students.
