POSTECH Library New Challenge As a Member of IUG library.postech.ac.kr JiYeon Han

Contents Introduction to POSTECH Overview of POSTECH Library RFID & SelfCheck System POSTECH Millenium

Pohang City is… Located on the southeastern coast of Korea Home of POSTECH & POSCO* Seoul Pohang ( 浦 項 ) Asia Korea

POSCO & POSTECH

POSTECH is… Dormitories Gym Library BioTechCenter Main Campus RIST PAL

Founded in 1986 Premier research university in Science and Technology in Korea Admits 300 students yearly from the Top one percentile of all graduating high school students in Korea Ranked as #1 Science and Engineering University in Asia (May, 1998, Asiaweek) Ranked as the best university in Korea 2002 – 2005 (JoongAng Ilbo) POSTECH is…

StudentsFacultyStaffResearchersUndergraduates1, Graduate Students 1,662 3,010 Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Life Science, Materials Science and Eng., Mechanical Eng. Chemical Eng., Computer Science and Eng., Electrical and Electronic Eng., Industrial and Management Eng., (Humanities & Social Sciences) Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Life Science, Materials Science and Eng., Mechanical Eng. Chemical Eng., Computer Science and Eng., Electrical and Electronic Eng., Industrial and Management Eng., (Humanities & Social Sciences) Academic Departments

POSTECH Library Overview Opened in 1987 POSTECH Central Library Renamed Hogil Kim Memorial Library in 1995 Integrated with Computing Center OAI(Office of Academic Information) New Library Built in 2003 Tae-Joon Park Digital Library 24,000 square meters 6 stories 38 million dollars

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POSTECH Library Overview 2 nd Floor : Reference Collection 3 rd Floor : Monographs & Dissertations 4 th Floor : Periodicals (Current & Back Issues) 5 th Floor : Multimedia & 24 hours Open 6 th Floor : Cyber Café & Roof-top Terrace 39 group study rooms 4 multimedia seminar rooms 1000 reading seats 24 multimedia workstations, 16 tv sets

Library Collection & Expenditures Printed Journals3,500 titles Books320,000 vols. E-Journals6,000 titles E-Books10,000 vols. Databases150 titles Multimedia20,000 items Size of Collection Library Collection Expenditures As of 2005

Use Statistics The number of Patrons registered : 7,000 Individuals entering the Library in a day : 1,500 Books checked out in a year : over 100,000 volumes Multimedia checked out in a year : 17,000 items Downloads of e-journal in a year : 790,000 articles Database Searches in a year : 225,000 searches

Library’s Patrons 7,000 Library Patrons registered POSTECH Members (faculty, students, staff, researchers) POSCO & Rist Staff POSTECH members’ spouses Community users

Library Operation Library Hours –From 8:00 am To 10:00 pm –24 hours open on 5 th ~ 6 th Floors Library Services –From 9:00 am To 6:00 pm (weekdays) –Services needs staff assistance are temporary blocked during lunch time

Staffing 9 Librarians and 1 Administrative Staff 2 Supporting Staff 40 Student Assistants 7 Library Gatekeepers Organization –Manager (Chief Librarian) : 1 –Acquisitions & Cataloging : 3 –Serials Management : 1 –Interlibrary Loan Service : 1 –Circulation : 2 –Reference and Library Introduction : 1 –Library Assistants : 2

Library Automation System Millennium2005- LINNET2000 LINNET PLASMA Web OPAC Web OPAC Acquisition Acquisition Cataloging & Authority Control Cataloging & Authority Control Serials Control Serials Control Circulation Circulation Electronic Course Reserve Electronic Course Reserve Electronic Resource Management Electronic Resource Management MAP MAP (WebBridge, Metafind, Web Access Management) (WebBridge, Metafind, Web Access Management) My Millennium My Millennium Report Writer Report Writer

Millennium System Implementation Nov Contract Signed with III Nov ~ Jul System Installed Dec Grand Opening Data conversion –175,000 Bibliographic Records –253,000 Item Records –7,000 Patron Records –4,700 Circulation Transactions Records –480,00 Serial Holdings Records System Training : 4 visit (20 days) Process reorganizing

Millennium at POSTECH Our library’s homepage

Millennium at POSTECH - OPAC Electronic Resource Link

Millennium at POSTECH - ERM

Millennium at POSTECH - Metafind

Millennium at POSTECH – My Millennium

RFID & Self Check System CheckPoint System Tagging 360,000 Items (Books, Multimedia) 2 sets of Selfcheck Machine 3 RFID Readers 1 set of RFID Reader/Writer 2 sets of Antenna 2 sets of Inventory control machine Installed from May, 2005 to July, 2005 (Three Months) Opened on Jul. 12 th, 2005

RFID & Self Check System

Jiyeon Han