NATIONAL TAIWANUNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Chi-Shiou Lin 林奇秀
Associate University Librarian
Professor, Dept. of Library & Information ScienceNational Taiwan University
Email: chishioulin@ntu.edu.twOUTLINE
A BRIEF HISTORYEXTERIOR AND INTERIOR

RECENT RENOVATION
BRANCH LIBRARIESFEATURES & SERVICES
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BRIEF HISTORY
1928 Taihoku Imperial University 台北帝国大学
Established in March 1928. Located at the current site of theNTU History Gallery.

From TIUL (1929) to NTU Library (since 1945)
Initial library installment completed in 1930
Expansion completed in 1981
Muliple college and department branch libraries all over thecampus

1998.11 The New Main Library
Located at the heart of the NTU campus
Merging and integration of the college & department libraries

2023.8 The Main Library Renovation
2014: the NTUL remodeling project.
2023: completion of the 1st stage remodeling (the main hall)

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ORGANIZATION

Personnel• Full-time staffs：118+• 64% of staffs with master
degree in LIS or related areas

UniversityLibrarian• Multilingual: 80% of the staff
have foreign language
certifications

AssociateUniversity
Librarian
Office of Univ

Public Services

Readers
Services

Collection
Services

SubjectServices

SpecialCollections

6Technical Services

Librarian

LibraryExtension

University
History

SocialSciences
Resources

MedicalLibraryAcq.&Catalog.

InfoTechResearch
SupportAdmin.

Collections
TypeQTY.

Paper Books

4,441,264 vol.

E-Books

3,534,723 vol.

Multimedia

583,838 pcs.

Print Journals

31,707 types

E-Journals

152,273 titles

Databases

634 databases

DigitalCollections

6,122,070
frames/files
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Special Collections
Rare & antique books

239,482 vol.

Manuscripts

231,618 pcs.

＊Statistics by December 2022

Library Patrons
Types

Quan.

NTU faculty/staff/students

45,335 persons

NTU Alumni

73,254 persons

Inter Library Loan (domestic)

110 libraries

Document Delivery Services (domestic)

386 libraries

Tri-Library Loan Services

8,980 persons

None-NTU visitors

Up to 200 persons in the library; over18 years old* Statistics to December 2022

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An Architectural Landmark of NTU

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A Bird View of the Library11Library in the Sunset

12Library in a Rainy Evening

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Library in the Spring Time

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The Library Backyard

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The Renovated Entrance Hall

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The Renovated Central Hall

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A Tranquil Corner19

Rows of Library Collections

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Periodicals Browsing21

台大人文庫 A Repository for NTUers’ Publications

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The Conference Hall

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The 24-Hour Study Room24

Chatty & Lively – Student Discussion Area

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RENOVATION• Why renovation?
• Changing user expectations
and changing service ideas• Streamlining public services• The first renovation• Reshaping the entrance hall
• Renovating the first & second
floor spaces• Construction duration• 2022.10 – 2023.8
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Before: the Central Hall28

Before: the Current Periodicals Area

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Before: Reading Seats along the Shelves30

Before: A Corner for Light Reading & Music31

After: the Renovated Central Hall32

After: Relaxing in the Central Hall33

After: Permanent & Seasonal Displays

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After: the All-in-One Services Counter35After: Digital Media Commons36

After: the E-Learning Common

37After: the Collaboration Commons

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College of Social Sciences

Koo Chen-Fu Memorial Library

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Koo Chen-Fu Memorial Library
September 2014, Law and Social Sciences Library
relocated to the new building on the Main Campus
In charge of the operations of Koo Chen-Hu Library,
Law Library and Hsu Chow Road Library
Hsu Chow Road Library
College of Social Sciences Library（Koo Chen-Fu Memorial Library）

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A Forest-Like Organic Library Building◼ Designed by the JapaneseArchitect Ito Toyo (伊東 豊雄)◼ A place that bridges the campusand the city and people◼ An architecture harmoniously
integrated with the naturalenvironment

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The Curvy & Artistic Interior Design43

Specially Crafted Bamboo Shelves & Furnitures

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Cozy & Artistic Furnitures

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The NTU Medical Library• Shouldering the function of providing medical information and services. Transforming into aversatile and flexible library after completing renovation in 2022.

• Different from the traditional quiet atmosphere: floors with a sound-pressure level design andmulti-functional spaces.

• Learning Commons as the best place for teaching and research activities at the medical campus.

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Rich Medical Information Resources &Professional Services

One-stop
information
desk

Activesubject
service

iSpace Booking
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Research
performance
analysis

Up to 93.6%
patronsatisfaction
rate.

The NTU History Gallery• Located in the old Library Building, nowa historic site
• Open to the public since June 22, 2005
• Permanent and seasonal displays of theNTU history• Continuous gathering of papers andartifacts representing NTU history

The Old Main Library building was built in 1929.

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The NTU History Gallery

Guided tours
Special exhibitions of the NTU history49

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Support Faculty Teaching & Research• Course reading lists • Collaborative research workshops• Teaching support• Faculty research performances51

Support Academic Publishing• Open Access (OA)
Publishing Support

52• Identifying predatoryand questionablejournals

Information Literacy via E-Learning• Remote information
literacy Instruction

53• YouTube Channel• Short Film Series:
1-minute Video

DNA (Domain Network Analysis) Service◼ Support academic policy making– Research intelligence– Feedback for resources allocation◼ Support faculty research– Domain analysis– Identify promising research fronts– Knowledge discovery◼ Raise the visibility

Using data mining, social network analysis,– Faculty & Institution– Libraryvisualization techniques and scientometrics anduser data to conduct topic-based research trends
analyses for the university departments andindividual faculty members

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Cultural Programs and Activities• Library orientations, special
lectures, book and film fairs,
special exhibitions andconferences throughout theyear• Collaborative exhibitions andactivities with the externalorganizations

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Promotion via E-channels and Social
Media• We also manage a varietyof electronic channels to
promote our cultural andlibrary activities, such as eNewsletter, Facebook,
Instagram, LINE official
account.

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伊能嘉矩文庫 Ino Kanori Collection
Ino Kanori (1867-1925) was an anthropologist andfolklorist specializing in studying the Taiwanindigenous people. He was sent to Taiwan in 1895
to conduct anthropological research. His
contribution included the proposal of acomprehensive categorization of Taiwan'sindigenous populations.
His field studies in Taiwan resulted in numerous
notes and research materials. The Ino collection
curated in NTU Library has been fully digitizedincluding the manuscripts, field notes, journals,
newspaper clippings and photographs from thecollection.
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伊能嘉矩文庫 Ino Kanori Collection
A comparative vocabulary chart of 19 Ping-pu ethnic groups offormer Tansui Prefecture district (1896)58

田代安定文庫 Tashiro Antei Collection
Tashiro Antei (also known as Tashiro Yasusada, 1856-1928) was an
employee of the Governor-General’s Office of Taiwan and thefounder of the Heng-Chun Tropical Botanical Garden. He conducted
field researches in Okinawa, Java, Pacific Islands and Taiwan and isregarded as a pioneer in tropical plant research. The NTU curated
collection includes numerous manuscripts and books concerning hisfield expeditions and works.

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This chart reports the distances kept between trees inthe Hengchun Tropical Vegetation Nurturing Center(currently the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute’sHengchun Tropical Vegetation Park). It also describes
a total of 42 methods of disposition. The dispositionof various plants was drawn on graph paper. Eachsquare represented one square foot.

Plant Distance Design Chart (1905)
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田中文庫 Tanaka Tyôzaburô Collection
This was the personal collection of Professor Tanaka
Tyôzaburô (田中長三郎, 1885-1976), who was anesteemed botanist and horticulturist best known forhis contribution on the taxonomy for citrus. He wasa professor of science and agriculture, and also thefirst university librarian of Taihoku ImperialUniversity. This collection includes western books
and journals concerning botany and horticulture.
Most of the books in the collection were former
collections of German botanists Albert Julius OttoPenzig (1856-1929) and Ernst Ferdinand Nolte(1791-1875). They were purchased from Italy byProfessor Tanaka.
There are more than 3,800 volumes of books and200 titles of journals in the collection. Highlights ofthe collection are 4 incunabula and a rich assemblyof botanical publications before 1778, showcasing
the botanical studies before odern scientificclassification schemes were proposed by Carolus
Linnaeus (1707-1778).
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田中文庫 Tanaka Tyôzaburô Collection

In the《NürnbergischeHesperides》

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In the《Histoire et culture desorangers》

In the《Jardin de la Malmaison》

磯永吉文庫 Iso Eikichi Collection
Professor Iso Eikichi (1886-1972), cameto Taiwan in 1912 as an employee ofGovernor-General’s Office. In 1930, hebecame the lead professor of theLaboratory of Farm Corps, Taihoku
Imperial University. He dedicated his lifeto agricultural research and teaching.
Due to his efforts in breeding japonica
rice in Taiwan, he is regarded as thefather of Horai Mai (蓬萊米). The NTU
collection include about 5,000 pieces of
his lecture notes, manuscripts, booksand journals.

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歴代宝案 Rekidai Hōan
Rekidai Hōan (also known as Precious Documents ofSuccessive Generations) is the official compilation ofdocuments written entirely in Chinese concerning
Ryukyuan contacts with China, Korea and othercountries and port towns between 1424 and 1867. The
original documents of Rekidai Hōan were scattered andlost. It is believed that the most complete survival copy
today is the copy preser ved at National Taiwan
University. The NTU collection comprises 249 volumes. It
is a transcribed copy from the original by Kuba Seisei (久場政盛) for Professor Kobata Atsushi (小葉田淳), then anassistant professor of History in the Taihoku Imperial
U n i v e r s i t y. The transcription work was carried out
sometimes after 1936.

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台北帝国大学刊行物 Taihoku Imperial University
Archives and Publications

帝大學籍簿及成績單

台北帝国大学卒業論文

2023/12/2065淡新檔案 Tan-Hsin Archives
The Tan-Hsin Archive is a collection comprising the administrativeand judicial documents originated from Hsin-chu Hsien, Tamsui
Ting, and Taipei Fu in the Qing Dynasty (cerca 1776 and 1895).
An invaluable resource for the study of Taiwan’s history as it
contains authentic records of the governance, economics, society,and agriculture of Taiwan during the Qing Dynasty. It is the mostcomprehensive collection of Taiwanese governmental documentsfrom the Qing Dynasty covering the longest period of time.
It is also a world-renowned collection on the Chinese judicial
system during the Qing Dynasty.

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Administration 行政類

總務、民政、財政、建設、交通、軍事、撫墾

Liu Ming-chuan petition
Taiwan railway business reverted to government
劉銘傳奏為臺灣鐵路改歸官辦

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Civil Procedure 民事訴訟

人事、田房、錢債、商事

Grain deposited should be returned
訓導魏葆貞為礱戶曾井等人將寄存早穀兜留稟請新竹縣知縣葉意深飭差究還68

Criminal Procedure

刑事總務、人身自由、財產侵奪、公共秩序、風化

Chart for recording autopsy inspections 驗屍格 (1874)69

名家手稿 Manuscript Collections
林文月 Lin Wen-Yue(1933-2023)

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名家手稿 Manuscript Collections
臺靜農Tai Jing-Nong (1902-1990)

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名家手稿 Manuscript Collections
王文興 Wang Wen-Xing (1939-2023)

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Taiwan Academic Institutional Repository•

A collaborative and joint university IR (institutional repository) union program
for the entire Taiwan academics sponsored by the Ministry of Education;
initiated, developed, and managed by NTUL.

•System architecture based on DSpace, an open source IR system originallydeveloped by MIT.

•Currently composed of 140 academic institutions, which have contributed over2.44 million records, with full-text documents exceeding 1.61 million (66.1%)•System transitioned to the more CRIS system, which seamlessly combines
Academic Hub and NTUR, offering deep integration with ORCID and capabilities

for various API integration.
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TAIR Project Timeline
Distributed
Deployment

2013~2023
2012

2011
2010
2007~2009• Institutional
Repository
ManagementProject• Institutional
Repository
Promotion Project• Promote Region by• Establishing
RegionInstitutional
Repository Project • Promoting TAIR
• Release NTUR
System• IR30

platform

74• Institutional
Repository
SustainabilityProject• Taiwan Academic
Institutional Repository
Project• Development of NTUScholars since 2017
• 2021 Testing DSpace CRIS 7• TAIR participating institutions grows steadily• TAIR records increases steadily

IntegratedUtilization

Taiwan OCLC Governing Members Consortium
Cooperative
cataloging

Purchase online
cataloging tool Connexion（Original cataloging and copycataloging）

original cataloging upload

copy cataloging –download

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Taiwan OCLC Governing Members Consortium :Goals
1st goal

Recruiting & sustaining consortium members- Improving cataloging cost-efficiency
Accelerating the access to Chinese materials

2nd goalin WorldCat - enhancing international
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Leading OCLＣ Asia Pacific Regional Council –International leadership in LIS services

Thank you!
chishioulin@ntu.edu.tw

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