Department of Special Education / Graduate Institute of

Rehabilitation Counseling and Gerontological Wellbeing

National Taiwan Normal University

Library Management Policy

First announcement at the 6th departmental meeting of Academic Year 1997/1998

Revised at the 2nd departmental meeting of Academic Year 1999/2000

Revised at the 2nd departmental meeting of Academic Year 2002/2003

Revised at the 4th departmental meeting of Academic Year 2006/2007 on December 19, 2006

Amended and revised at the 1st departmental meeting of Academic Year 2015/2016 on September 15, 2015

Amended and revised at the 7th departmental meeting of Academic Year 2023/2024 on May 07, 2024

Article 1

These management policy has been established in order to facilitate the use of the library by the faculty and students of the Department and to maximize the benefits of the facility.

Article 2

All faculty members and students of NTNU are eligible to loan books from the library.

The general public may browse the books and resources in the library.

Article 3

All faculty, staff, and students of NTNU are required to present their ID cards when borrowing books. Anyone without relevant proof of identification will not be allowed to borrow books from the library.

Article 4 

Max volumes allowed to be borrowed and loan period

1. Full-time and part-time faculty members: 60 books, 3 months
2. Graduate students: 60 books, 2 months
3. Undergraduate students, teaching assistants, staff, project assistants, maintenance workers: 30 books, 1 month
4. Alumni, retired staff, and students of NTNU Extension , School of Continuing Education: 10 books, 1 month
5. Other personnel: 5 books, 1 month

Article 5

Borrowed books can be renewed if there are no reservations for the said books made by other readers. Each book can only be renewed once.

Article 6

Journals in Chinese and Western languages, bulletins, collection of papers, tests in print, dictionaries in Chinese and Western languages, and books labeled “restricted access” are only to be accessed within the library. These materials are neither to be borrowed or removed from the library.

Article 7

For the loan of videotapes, audiotapes, projection slides, and CD-ROMs, faculty members who require these materials for teaching purposes enjoy priority in access. Faculty members may borrow up to 3 items for a period of 2 weeks; graduate students and undergraduate students may borrow up to 2 items for a period of 1 week. Other personnel are only allowed to access the materials within the library and may not loan or remove them from the library.

Article 8

A fine of NT$5 per day per item will be levied on items that are overdue.

Article 9

For students in the Master of Education Program, the highest volume of book loans takes place during the summer vacation. As such, part-time student employees working in the library are to compile a list of the books borrowed by students in the Master of Education Program  before the end of the summer vacation. The list will be shared with the supervisor of each Master of Education Program cohort to remind the students to return the books on time.

Article 10

If books borrowed are lost or damaged, the borrower is to compensate the library by buying the same book and returning it to the library. If the book is not available for purchase, compensation shall be sought in one of the following ways:

• A newer edition of the book can be used to replace the old one, subject to the library’s approval and the condition that the price of the new book cannot be lower than the price of the old one.

• Compensation in cash. The fine shall be determined through the following ways, in order of priority:

• 3 times the purchase price of the book, according to the library records, and after adjusting for inflation using the price index.

• If the purchase price cannot be determined, the fine will be calculated based on the number of pages in the lost item. For books in Chinese, the borrower will be charged NT$ 3 per page; for books in foreign languages, the borrower will be charged NT$ 10 per page. If the number of pages cannot be determined, it will be assumed that the lost item contains 300 pages.

• If the lost or damaged book belongs to a series or collection of books, the fine will be determined using the method described in the preceding paragraph and then doubled.

• Regardless of the method of compensation, a processing fee of NT$100 will be charged for each lost or damaged item.
• Borrowers paying for lost or damaged items by cash are to complete the compensation process
• within two weeks after the loss or damage has been reported. Borrowers purchasing a new book are to complete the compensation process within two weeks if the book is published locally, and within four months if the book is published overseas. Borrowers who exceed the deadline for the compensation process shall be taken as being overdue in returning the books, and they shall be charged an overdue fine on top of their existing fine.

Article 11

The opening hours of the library of the department will be announced every semester. 

No visitors are allowed to enter the library out of service time.

Article 12

Please leave your personal belongings in a locker when entering the library.

Article 13 

The management policy has been approved for the implementation in the departmental meetings.

The same process has been approved when there are amendments made to the content.

The Chinese version shall prevail in case of any discrepancies between the English and Chinese version.
中英文版本如有差異，以中文版本為準