General Procedures for Library Services
Revised and Passed at the Library Committee Meeting on December 30, 2010
Article 1
These procedures were established to provide readers with fine resources
and facilities and to maintain a high quality reading environment in Ming
Chuan University Library (herewith called the library).
Article 2
Faculty members, staff members, and students of Ming Chuan University
may use their university ID card to enter the library. Following after
somebody or entering without an identification card is not allowed. Alumni
and off-campus public figures may enter the library in accordance with
other relevant procedures.
Article 3
Readers must keep quiet in the library and refrain from using cell phones,
talking loudly, reciting, moving desks and chairs loudly, or occupying
seats with personal belongings, or other disturbing manners. The library
reserves the right to remove personal belongings that occupy seats to the
side of a table or to a specific area, and is not responsible for the
safekeeping of these items.
Article 4
Readers must keep the library tidy. Except for water, no eating, drinking,
smoking, spitting or littering is allowed. When necessary, the library has
the right to confiscate food and beverages or to question readers about
such matters.
Article 5
Aside from prohibited articles, readers may bring their personal
belongings to the library, or they may use the library lockers. Readers are
responsible for the safeguarding of their own personal belongings. The
library is not responsible for any lost that may occur. Please take your
personal belongings with you when you leave.
Article 6
It is prohibited to make stains, marks, notes, folds, tears, cuts in books, or
to otherwise damage books during use. Reference books, periodicals,
back-dated newspapers, bound volumes of periodicals, miscellaneous
materials, and books designated by instructors as reference books or
audiovisual materials may not be loaned for outside use. Other books are available for loan in accordance with Library Book-loan Procedures.
Article 7
The computer network facilities in the library are only for academic
purposes, library collection query, and e-resource retrieval; all users
should comply with Regulations for Campus Network Management. It is
strictly forbidden to browse any obscene or offensive content or play
online games.
Article 8
Readers are requested to put all books, back-dated newspapers,
materials, and magazines back in their original positions or on a book cart
after reading.
Article 9
The library will remind readers 15 minutes before it closes. Readers are requested to leave the library promptly.
Article 10
If violations of Article 2 to 9 occur, users will be punished in accordance with Ming Chuan University Merit and Demerit Procedures.
Article 11
Upon being passed at the Library Committee Meeting and approved by
the president, these procedures were implemented. Any revision must
follow the same procedure.
**In the event of any inconsistency or discrepancy between the Chinese and other language versions of this document, the Chinese version shall prevail. **