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Library History

The library was established in 1961 as the “Private Chung Shan Dental College Library.” In 1962, it was renamed “Chung Shan Medical College Library” following the school’s restructuring. In August 1977, the institution was upgraded to a medical college, and the library was renamed “Private Chung Shan Medical College Library.”

In 1973, due to the growing number of staff and students, the original library facilities became insufficient. A new four-story building was constructed, covering an area of about 300 pings. It was completed on November 12, 1975, coinciding with the college’s 15th anniversary, and officially opened in September of the following year. The library expanded its facilities, hired professional librarians, and established a formal library system to support teaching, research, and learning.

To keep up with the times and encourage further studies, the library adopted an open-shelf management system in April 1981 and implemented a library automation system in 1994. In December 2011, the library moved to the Scholar Building, adding group discussion rooms, an I-Share area, and a medical humanities section. Additionally, “Learning Corner Spaces” were set up on the 10th and 12th floors of the Zhengxin Building to meet the needs of self-study and group discussions. Since 2018, the library has created art spaces to host exhibitions, broadening the artistic horizons of faculty and students and promoting a cultural atmosphere on campus.

In August 2015, the library merged with the Computer Center to form the “Library and Information Office,” divided into the “Library Services Section” and the “Information Services Section.” In March 2020, the library moved to the Teaching Complex Building in the Zhengxin Building, officially entering a new era of digital services. The library has gradually increased the procurement of e-books and e-journals, fully integrating digital learning environments with teaching settings, overcoming the spatial limitations of the physical library. Digital reading and learning can now be conducted anywhere using mobile or tablet devices. In September 2021, the Reading Room in the Cheng’ai Building was opened, providing a more comfortable and quiet self-study space, and relocating the national exam book section and printed theses to this location.

Mission

The mission of the library is to foster the advancement of education, research, scholarship, and professional practice in Medicine, Biological Sciences, Public Health, Dentistry, Nutrition Sciences, Rehabilitation Medicine, Education, Computer, Language, Social Sciences …and so on by:

  • Assuring access and linkage to the world’s literature in the biomedical and relevant social sciences
  • Exploring and promoting effective utilization of information and knowledge
  • Educating library users in the principles and techniques of information management
  • Preserving a historical record through its scholarly, rare books and archival collection

Collection

Our collection is primarily to support the teaching and research activities of theUniversity and Hospital. Currently, we hold:

  • 222,963 Volumes of Books
  • 2,207 Western Journal Titles
  • 1,087 Chinese Journal Titles
  • 20,968 Electronic Journals
  • 136 Online Databases
  • 847,990 Electronic Books
  • 29,518 titles of Audio-Visual materials

Service and Facility

In general , the Library provides a wide array of documents and research services in support of the University and Hospitals’ research and teaching needs, such as:

  • Circulation-borrowing Privileges
  • Reference Desk
  • Innerlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Services
  • Reference and Education Services
  • Access Services
  • Coruse Reserve
  • Reference Collection
  • VOD(Video on Demand) Service
  • Audio-Visual Service
  • 389 User’s Seats
  • 26 Computer Carrels
  • New Books Exhibition

The Library provides various services and facilities available to our customers. We hope our users will find it useful as they navigate the sea of information found within our library