Borrowing Rules
Key Points for Borrowing from the Library of the National Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Health and Welfare
Approved by the Institute Affairs Meeting on January 18, 2000
Amended and approved by the Institute Affairs Meeting on December 11, 2018
Chapter 1 General Provisions
1. The Library of the National Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine (hereinafter referred to as the Library) shall establish these Key Points in accordance with Article 8 of the Library Act.
2. The Library’s main mission is to collect documents related to traditional Chinese medicine and research of the Institute. The books and information collected are only available for borrowing by colleagues of the Institute.
3. Reference books (dictionaries, encyclopedias, yearbooks, encyclopedias, etc.), special collection materials (such as rare books, etc.), editing materials, and periodicals (including bound volumes) shall not be borrowed.
4. Reference books and periodicals may be borrowed overnight as needed by the Institute’s staff.
Chapter 2 Application for Library Cards
5. Researchers and administrative staff of the Institute may apply for library cards of the Library with the service certificates issued by the Institute and go through the borrowing procedures of the Library in accordance with the Borrowing Rules of the Library.
6. Graduate students can apply for library cards only after obtaining the consent of their teachers and registering their teachers as guarantors. The missing books list will be notified to teachers and graduate students by e-mail. Teachers are the relevant persons responsible for graduate students to borrow books.
7. Research assistants of our institute can apply for library cards of our library as independent borrowers after verification and recording in personnel data, without the need for the head of the research room to serve as a guarantor.
Chapter 3 Book Borrowing
8. The total number of books that can be borrowed by each type of reader: 50 books for researchers, 5 books for administrative staff, 5 books for research assistants, and 5 books for graduate students.
9. Borrowing period: The borrowing period is four weeks.
10. Renewal: After the book expires and no one has made an appointment, it can be renewed once. If someone has made an appointment, it cannot be renewed and the book should be returned.
Chapter 4 Overnight Borrowing
11. Number of books: The total number of books borrowed each time is limited to five.
12. Borrowing period: Return within one hour before closing time and before 10:00 am on the next opening day.
Chapter 5 Reservations
13. If the book that the borrower intends to borrow has been lent out by someone else, he/she may make a reservation. Once the book is lent out, the reader’s reservation will be accepted. The total number of books reserved by each person is five. If the reserved materials are not borrowed within five days after arrival at the library, it will be deemed as giving up the reservation.
Chapter 6 Overdue Penalties
14. If the book is not returned on time, the borrowing right will be suspended for one day for each day overdue.
15. If the book is not returned after two months, it will be deemed to be damaged and handled in accordance with the damage compensation method in Chapter 7.
Chapter 7 Damage Compensation
16. The various types of book resources borrowed shall not have circles, annotations, stains, corners, tears, etc., and shall not be lost. If there is damage or loss, the borrower shall be responsible for compensation, and the compensation shall be handled in one of the following ways:
(1) Compensation for the same resource.
(2) Repayment with a newer version of the same resource approved by the library.
(3) Repayment shall be made at three times the purchase price (or marked price) of the resource.
Chapter 8 Suspension
17. If the borrower fails to pay the compensation for loss or damage, he shall bear the relevant legal responsibility, and the library shall have the right to suspend his use of the library card.
Chapter 9 Supplementary Provisions
18. The reproduction and use of books and materials shall comply with the provisions of the Copyright Law. If there is any violation of the law, the consequences shall be borne by the borrower.
19. These rules shall be implemented after being approved by the Institute Affairs Meeting and signed by the Director, and the same shall apply when they are amended.