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Library

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Library

Library panorama

1. This library is a specialized medical library, with collection resources mainly medical professional books and journals; the library belongs to the hospital's Teaching and Research Center, and has one library director (who also serves as a clinical attending physician) and one professional librarian (senior medical library manager).

2. The library is located on the third floor of the hospital's medical building, with a space of 316 square meters, and the collection is managed using an open‑shelf system.

3. Opening hours: Monday to Friday 08:00~17:00 (closed on weekends and public holidays).

Facilities Overview

  • Reading seats: 26 general reading seats
  • Audiovisual equipment: one audiovisual conference room, 10 audiovisual seats
  • Information equipment: 6 information retrieval computers, network printer connectivity; 1 copier
  • Collection areas: New books area, current periodicals area, Chinese books area, Western books area, reference tools area, language learning zone, military tactics zone, medical ethics and humanities books zone, audiovisual conference room

5. Our hospital library is a member library of the “Armed Forces Hospital Joint Library,” sharing abundant electronic resources; provides 24‑hour on‑site and off‑site network query services; with an automated library system, it can simultaneously query physical collection resources of all member libraries, offering online renewal, reservation, and interlibrary loan functions for books and journals.