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Brief Guide

  1. Brief History

​The National Taiwan University Medical Library (NTUML), the oldest medical library with the largest medical collection in Taiwan, was founded in 1899. The library moved to its current location in April 1989 and merged with the Central Library of the University Hospital in February 1991. In 1993, the College of Public Health was established; its library materials were transferred to NTUML.  In addition to serving the members of the NTU Medical Campus, the library is open to the general public.

 

  1. Library Location

​The library is located in the center of Taipei City. The space is approximately 5,497 square meters with 4 floors. The floor directory is as following:

<<1st floor>> : Circulation Desk, RFID Self Check System, Photocopy Room, Souvenirs Exhibition Area, Newspaper Reading Area, Recommended Books Area, and Office.

<<Mezzanine between 1st and 2nd floor》: Leisure Books Area

<<2nd floor>> : Current Periodicals Room, Bound Periodicals Room (containing Medical Humanity Area) and Office.

<<3rd floor>> : Reference Room (includes Seminar Rooms, Core Collections, Course Reserves, Dissertations, Meeting Abstracts and Annual Reviews), New Acquisitions Display, and Open Stacks (containing Chinese, Japanese & Korean Periodicals).

<<4th floor>> : Multimedia Learning Center, Carrels, Closed Stacks, and Office.
 

  1. Collection

​Our collection is primarily aimed to support the teaching and research activities of the medical campus. Its focus is on health sciences. The Library holds more than 250,000 items, comprising books, journals, audiovisual materials and electronic resources.

 

  1. Library Services & Facilities

    1. Circulation: Library materials are checked in and out. Library cards are issued.
    2. RFID: Most library books can be checked in and out by patrons via this system.
    3. Interlibrary Loan: Processing requests for information resources, mainly books and journal articles which are not available at the library.
    4. Document Delivery: Delivering photocopies of our library materials to the NTU faculty members as well as non-NTU-affiliated people with a service charge.
    5. Photocopy Service: Self-service photocopy machines are available. Copy cards can be purchased at the Photocopy Room.
    6. Recommended Books Area: The purpose of establishing this area is to assist patrons in finding good readings in various subject fields. The books of this bimonthly exhibit are selected by faculty members.
    7. Reference Services: Assistance and instructions in accessing digital or print reference materials are provided.
    8. Information Retrieval Service: All library users can use our subscribed databases and e-journals free of charge.
    9. Library Instruction: A variety of classes are delivered to enhance library users’ information skills. Non-NTU-affiliated participants are charged with fees.
    10. Computer Lab (i.e. Electronic Resources Retrieval Area & Image Processing Area): All the computers are equipped with Internet connectivity; some also have MS Office package. Certain computers are used for image processing; fees are applied to non-NTU-affiliated users. Printers are available.
    11. Carrels: Study rooms can be reserved by medical researchers.
    12. Seminar Rooms: 5 seminar rooms with a capacity of 4-10 people. Every room is equipped with a blackboard and a projector can be mainly used for seminar discussion or collaborative research.
    13. Video Viewing Room: With a capacity of 6-10 people, this room is equipped with a TV, a VCR and a DVD player.
    14. TV Broadcast Area: TV news and medicine related videos are shown daily.
    15. Conference Room: With a capacity of 16 people, this room equipped with a projector and a projection screen can be used by NTU-affiliated units.
    16. Briefing Room: With a capacity of 23 people, this room is mainly used for instructional classes.
    17. Publications by University Faculty: Publications by the medical school faculty are collected; the bibliographic data are input to a searchable database.
    18. Library Homepage: The library homepage has all sorts of information available, such as e-journals, e-books, databases, online catalog and library announcements.

 

  1. Publications and Library Souvenirs

​NTU Medical Library E-paper (monthly), NTU Medical Library Annual Report, instruction handouts and fact sheets. NTUML T-shirts, pens, mugs and bags are available for purchase.