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Purpose |
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missions of our school library are meeting our school
education need by collecting materials for teaching
and study and providing the combination of educational,
cultural, information and entertainment functions. |
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Brief
history of main Library and Specialized Subject Libraries |
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The
main library, located on the third floor of the Electrical
Engineering Building, was established on Dec. 15,1969.
In
February of 1993, the library moved to the second floor
of the Business Administration Building and started
developing the library automation system project.
In
March of 1994, the library moved to the Nien-Tzu Building
which donated by one of the directors of our school,
Mr. Hsou-Chi Wu, and was expanded to 1700 pings in area.
Besides the main library, the school has set up specialized
subject and research libraries.
In
August of 2002, a 13 floors high new "Hsou-Chi
Library and Information Building" was built. The
library moved to this new building and reopen in Sept.
2004. |
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Library
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Library
locates on the First floor and Seven to Twelve floors. |
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Installation
of Library Automation |
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In
Feb. of 1993, library automation system project started
developing. The library automation systems include:
library cataloging and classification system, circulation
system, and Online Public Access Cataloging. |
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In
Oct. of 1993, our school finished the first phase of
the campus computer network; the library is one of the
most important databases on the network. Those specialized
subject libraries which are connected to the campus
network can reach the unified catalog in the school
by access to the main library bibliographic information. |
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In
Oct. of 1993, "Index to Chinese Periodical Literature
"CD-ROM database was added. |
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In
Oct. of 1993, the library computer network was connected
to the TANet and Internet. |
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In
March of 1994, the main library moved to the Nien-tze
building. Since then, the library security system and
the checkpoint gate started functioning. |
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In
May of 1994, the local area network in the whole library
building was finished. |
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In
May of 1994,"The Data bank Review "database
was added to the library. |
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In
Sept. of 1994, "Peterson's college database",
"Peterson's gradeline ", "MARS on CD-ROM
" and almost one hundred pieces of computerized
multimedia CD-ROM were added. |
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In
Oct. 1994, the second phase campus, computer network
was finished. Since then, all of the specialized subjects
and research libraries in the school could be connected
to the main library through the campus computer network. |
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In
June 1999, the library upgraded its automation system
by using windows interface, which included Acquisition,
Cataloging, Circulation, Periodical, OPAC and WebPAC
modules. Furthermore, in order to get access to the
multimedia materials more conveniently by using computer
and networking, the library built up a MOD (Multimedia
On Demand) system. |
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The
library is working on the unite computer user interface
for easy access to the multiple materials of the collections. |
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In
January 2001, the library provided many very important
electronic databases. For example: IEL, ABI/INFORM,
EI Village, MLA and so on. |
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In
2003,the library adds lots of electronic databases such
as SDOSˇBLEXIS NEXIS AcademicˇB S&Pˇ¦s CompustatˇBEBSCOhost
ASPˇBJCR and so on. |
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In
2003, more than 13000 volumes of E-books added to library
holdings. |
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In
September 2004, the main library moved to the Hsou-Chi
Library and Information Building and enlarged the Multimedia
Area as one and a half floors. |
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Speciatity: |
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Library
Automation: Such as Library Automation system, checkpoint
gate system, and Library building security system. |
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Library
networking: All of the specialized subjects and research
libraries in the school could be connected to the main
library through the campus computer network. Library
users also can get access to our library online databases,
Multimedia On Demand (MOD), library holdings and varied
useful sources by TANet and Internet. |
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Resources
are selected to provide materials and services to support
course offerings and to foster independent study and
research. Also, the library combined varied databases
for library and campus users to get access to many different
sources easily. |
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The
library contains Multimedia Area, teaching materials
productions room, computer multimedia and audio-visual
productions room and so on. |
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The
library signed an agreement with National Central Library
in Taiwan to share the bibliographic records. |
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The
library signed many interlibrary loan cooperative agreements
to share libraries resources with each other. The 17 cooperated
libraries areˇG National Cheng Kung University, National Sun Yat-sen University, National Tsing Hua University, Shih Chien University, National Chung Cheng University, National Taiwan University, Shih Hsin University, Chang Jung Christian University ,National Tainan University, Leader University, National Unversity of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung Medical University, Tamkang University, National Chiao Tung University, National Cheng Chi University and National Kaohsiung Normal University, Dayeh University. |
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Associations
of participating/cooperating:
(1)Taiwan E-Book Net (TEBNET)
(2) The Library Association of China.
(3) Scitech Interlibrary Cooperation Association.
(4) Interlibrary Cooperation Association.
(5)The Interlibrary Loan cooperation for nation wide
the Technological and Vocational Education
Libraries. |
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Information
network services:
The library frequently uses Internet, E-Mail, WWW and
so on to offer many library services, such as library
reference service, interlibrary loan service and many
extended library services. |
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The
library was supported by the Ministry of Education to
organize a project called "The Interlibrary Loan
cooperation for the Technological and Vocational Education
Libraries." Starting from July 1998 a three years
project, one can enjoy the services provided by these
libraries all over the country by using only one interlibrary
loan card. The services include the book sharing, duplication
of the journals, reference service, and sharing of library
management experiences. The technological and vocational
education libraries all over the country are 100% joined
in this cooperation plan. The plan is working very smoothly
right now and has 93 library members. |
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Our
library is dedicated to meeting the needs of the "Information
Age" not only through the traditional print sources
of books and journals, but also through the new technologies
of computer and electronic information dissemination. |
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The
Library staff places great emphasis upon patron services.
Assistance is provided with reference materials, automated
information sources, periodicals government documents,
special collections, and the general book collection. |
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Our
library acts as the chairman of the Technological and
Vocational Education Libraries Committee in ˇ§The Library
Association of Chinaˇ¨ and ˇ§The Interlibrary Cooperation
Associationˇ¨ since 2003. |
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Future
goals |
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Recently,
due to the advent of computer networks, electronic library,
optical disks, and multimedia leading edge technologies,
we have entered the new era of information storage and
retrieval. Therefore, not only does the library have
to gradually move toward the direction of the electronic
library but also has to support the multimedia computer-aided
teaching of every department in the future. In the long
run, our goals are to automate the library operation,
and convert to an electronic library or even a fully
computerized multimedia library. |
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