1. Chungnam National University Library Chungnam National University Library Eung-Bong Lee Ph. D. Professor / Department of Library & Information Science Chungnam National University, Republic of Korea

2. Eung-Bong Lee Ph. D. Professor / Department of Library & Information Science Chungnam National University, Republic of Korea Chungnam National University Library Chungnam National University Library

3.  Location Eastern Asia Lies adjacent to China & Japan  Biz & Economy Aims to become a financial and business hub of Northeast Asia in the 21st century.  Population 49,044,790(July, 2007)  Capital Seoul(37.33 N, 126.59 E) (Ref. : Http://www.korea.net) Republic of Korea (R.O.K.)

4. University Libraries of R.O.K. Current Status (Dec. 31, 2005) No. of Libs Total 438 National Univ. National Univ. 60 Private Univ. Private Univ. 202 College 156 Etc. 20 No. of Seats 422,925 83,068259,41278,8831,553 No. of Staff 3,728 962216653862 No. of Books 101,198,639 24,497,29966,070,8649,975,205655,271 No. of Additions (comparing with 2004) No. of Additions (comparing with 2004) 5,509,085 1,426,7433,327,319716,06238,961 No. of Users 59,965,009 12,751,73443,840,0903,297,40275,783

5. Chungnam National University Library General & Goals Opening : 1953 Library Scholarly Information Services (Based on Web, 1996) No. of Seats : 4,074 No. of Staff : 40 (Librarian) No. of Books : 1,296,005 No. of Journals : 8,600 /10,500 No. of Students : 21,000 Goals of CNU Library Collaborate with other libraries for resource sharing Serve the central role in the nationwide network of academic libraries Support the institution’s educational & research programs Adapt to Ubiquitous ILS Environments The CNU Library

6. Mobile & Wireless LAN Service Retrieve various materials Checkout information Notice details Bulletin board Wireless LAN is installed in the library building, so that laptop computer users can access the Internet in both the reading rooms and reference rooms Mobile & Wireless LAN Services Mobile Student ID(two-dimensional barcode) Internet

7. User Education Service CNU Library educates library users to help them to search academic information effectively and make the best use of materials User Education Undergraduates, Graduates, Faculty members Subjects Education Hours Regular Class : Every Wednesday during the semester : 14:00~16:00 Customized Class : CNU library provides education to individual departments or a class that visits the library and requests this education A general orientation of the CNU library How to use the library website How to use WEB database How to use original text information(academic journals/theses) How to use interlibrary loans and document delivery services Contents

8. Seat Assignment System CNU Library has a Seat Assignment System that prevents one Person from exclusively occupying seats. It manages the reading rooms effectively through One Seat for One Person System Seat Assignment System Undergraduates, Faculty and others Students on leave and CNU graduates Outsiders needs to sign up for library membership or can use free seats Subjects Duration 6 hours at a time(extensible twice) Issuing Seat Ticket After checking Student ID & fingerprints(sign up) → Selection of Reading Rooms(Touch Screen) → Selection of Seat Number(Touch Screen) → Printing out of Seat Numbers Extension of the Seat After scanning the seat ticket, select “Extension” and then choose “Yes” An extension available two hours before the expiration time and is applied from the expiration time Returning the Seat, “Checkout” Complete checking out by scanning the seat ticket on the checkout machine Contents

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