As the information era is approaching, the Main Library has been electronicalized. Recently, owing to the fast developing of network facility, a lot of library information has been made in electronic frame. To provide service for database searching and distance teaching, an electronic database searching area is set up in the library and the library has become a member of CONCERT (the Consortium On Core Electronic Resources in Taiwan). The major purpose of the Library is providing readers the most complete and updated information for teaching and researches. To this end, all employees of the library are devoted to enriching facilities, updating equipments, and increasing service items. For detail service information, readers are welcome to browse the website of library.

The branch library in Commerce Building, Distance Teaching Center and Library-Information Building (the landmark of the university )on San Shia Campus will be completed gradually. At that moment, we hope that the NTPU will be a topnotch university and win a worldwide reputation.

1. Management of purchase, exchange and giving-away of Chinese and western books
2. In charge of verification and registry of books
3. In charge of organization, maintenance and production of booklists
4. In charge of library budget control and management
5. Assisting with the establishment and expansion of library holdings

1. In charge of exhibition, management and inventory of general books
2. In charge of checking books in and out, and reporting of book damage

Reference Room
1. Planning, establishment and maintenance of reference book holdings
2. Applying for interlibrary cooperation and resource sharing
3. In charge of guidance of the use of the library directory
4. On-line inquiry about the CD Database
5. Service of reference inquiries
6. Establishment of audiovisual data holdings
7. Provision of audiovisual services

Series Room
1. Inquiry about electronic periodicals
2. Management of purchase, exchange and giving-away of Chinese and western books
3. Establishment of periodical files and production of periodical lists
4. In charge of exhibition and sorting of periodicals and newspapers, as well as business related to the exchange of duplicate copies
5. Provision of periodicals and newspapers, and their related services

1F, Main Library: Acquisition and Cataloguing Section, English Books
2F, Main Library: Reference Room, Circulation Room, Chinese Books
1 F, Juang Jing Building : Series Room, Periodical Area, Newspaper Area
Basement, Juang Jing Building : Bound volumes of periodicals
Basement, Tzu Chiang Building : Reading Room
Library in San Shia: 9-10F, College of Humanities , 7F, Study Room, San Shia Campus

Opening Hours

1. Book Check-In/Out Services

   Objects	Maximum Check-Out (Volumes)	Maximum Check-Out Duration (Days)
   Undergraduate Students	10	30
   Staff	10	30
   Faculty	60	90
   Graduate Students	30	60

   Periodicals, academic journals, reference books, dissertations and theses can't be checked out Overdue fee¡XNT$ 5 per volume per day Before the book is due, it can be renewed once if no one has made a recall on this book.

2. Reference/Inquiry Service
   Assist readers to utilize reference books and library resources. Answer any questions regarding reference books face to face or on the phone.
   
   
3. Service of Information Search
   Readers can get linked to the Main Library web site for inquiry about the list of library holdings, on-line database, database of electronic periodicals,database of our graduate school entrance exam questions, and other network resources.
   
   
4. Service of ¡§Interlibrary Cooperation and Resource Sharing¡¨
   If books or any information are not collected in the Main Library, readers can find out where they have been collected through on-line inquiry. These books or information can be checked out or copied from other libraries, either in the country or overseas, through what is called in the U.S. an interlibrary loan, and here called ¡§interlibrary cooperation and resource sharing.¡¨ (However, the procedure for checking out books is subject to each library¡¦s policy for interlibrary cooperation).
   (1) Log on to the library web page and apply for interlibrary cooperation service. Fill out  "Reader's Information," and then you will be assigned with an account No.
   (2) An account number is required on the form of application for interlibrary cooperation.
   
   
5. Periodicals
   There are 1,300 kinds of periodicals collected in the Main Library, including Chinese, Japanese, and English ones. These periodicals are placed in the Series Room and can be used in the room only. No checkout will be approved.
   The Room is divided into two sections: one is for  "current issue periodicals" and the other for "bound volumes of periodicals." All of them are well organized and placed according to their languages, number of strokes or in alphabetical order. Readers are encouraged to use the on-line table of contents to inquire about the library's holding list.
   
   
6. Notification of Newly Arrived Books
   (1) Newly arrived books will be displayed on the ¡§new arrival shelves¡¨ in the Collection Room.
   (2) Readers can search for the Main Library's list of new books arrived in the last 3 months through the library's web page.
   
   
7. Readers' Recommendation of Books and Information
   Readers are welcome to recommend any information or books that are worth collecting, by
   (1) Asking their departments or sections to recommend or purchase, or
   (2) Purchasing these recommended books and information from the library web page.
   
   
8. Service of Promotion
   (1) Library Tour: An introduction of the library is given to new students every semester.
   (2) Database Search and Use: The library holds workshops with topics on ¡§Database Search and Use¡¨ regularly.
   (3) Survey on Each Class about the Teacher's and Students' Needs: The library is also engaged in the following: supporting teaching and researching, complying with the teacher's needs for the course and promoting the education of using the library.
   (4) Notification of Newly Arrived Books Anytime.
   
   
9. Photocopy Service
   Required by the Main Library, the photocopy company has placed several copy machines (copy cards needed) in the Reference Room and Series Room, to offer readers photocopy service.