Peking University Health Sciences Library was first established in 1922, and its new building was opened in 1989, occupying 10,200 square meters with over 1,000 seats available.
The library holds a vast collection of 377,000 volumes, mostly on biology and medical sciences.Among the myriad of materials, there are manyancient rare books. We keep the hand-written copy of 'The holy Benevolent Prescriptions', which is the only copy remained in the mainland. The diverse range of local and international journals and periodicals includes a gamut of 4000 kinds, of which 1257 are currently published. Apart from its collection in text, the library also has in store various audiovisuals including cassettes, videotapes, microfilms and CD-ROMs. The recently introduced online database and multimedia database further facilitate the users in information navigation and knowledge production. Networked to the library resources in all the hospitals affiliated to the Peking University, the health sciences library forms a vital component of the Medical Information Keeping System.
In 1985, the Ministry of Education set up China's Sole Foreign Medical Teaching Material Center in our library. As the only nationally acknowledged organization in China, the center aims at importing outstanding foreign medical textbooks and reference books, thus lending tremendous support to the development in the textbook studies in China. In 1991,our library was appointed by the Ministry of Education to become the Central Library of Literature Resources Sharing Network in Northern China. In 1993, the Medical information Administration Committee Of the Ministry of Health named us the authorized searching station for new research index . Furthermore, it also hosts the National Medical Document and Information Center, which is under the Management of the Center of Academic Library Information System (CALIS), founded by the Ministry of Education in 1998. Being a crucial part of the public service program of "project 211", the center is scaling new heights in resource sharing and digital library development.
Apart from the normal browsing and loaning services, the library also offers information reference, index search for new research projects, achievement appraisal, SDI, Inter-library loaning, audiovisual services, multimedia disc reading, document delivery as well as various photocopying and printing services. Hence, the library is not only is a rich well of information, but also effectively functions as an education center.
The library will strive on to enhance
the breadth and depth of the information resources, and continue to
define, develop and strengthen their service culture.
| Library hours | ||||||
| Library Web Site: | 24 hours per day, 7 days per week | |||||
| Online Catalogs Service: | 24 hours per day, 7 days per week | |||||
| Other Services: | Monday to Thursday: 8:00 - 21:00 | |||||
| Friday: 8:00 - 15:30 | ||||||
| Saturday: 8:30 - 11:30，13:30 -16:30 | ||||||
| Sunday: 8:30 - 11:30，13:30 -16:30 | ||||||
| Summer: | Monday to Thursday: 8:00 - 21:00 | |||||
| Friday: 8:00 - 16:00 | ||||||
| Saturday: 8:30 - 11:30，14:00 -17:00 | ||||||
| Sunday: 8:30 - 11:30，14:00 -17:00 | ||||||
| (For holidays and vacations, please refer to the special notice.) | ||||||
General collections:
The collection of Peking University health Science Library is mainly on medicine, health and Biology. By the end of 2002, there were more than 377,000 volumes of all kinds of books and 4,000 kinds of periodicals, including 1,200 current periodicals in our library.
Others:
1. Dissertations
and theses of Peking University
Health Science Center ;
2. Microforms;
3. Audio-visual
collections;
4. Multimedia
CD-ROMs;
5. Biomedical
CD-ROMs and network databases;
6. Full-text
e-journals and E-books.
Mail
Address:
Peking University Medical Health Center, No.38
Xueyuan Road,
Haidian
District, Beijing, P. R. China 100083
Director: Professor Liling
Wu
Office Telephone: (8610) 82801231
Fax: (8610) 82802706
Email: wll2003@bjmu.edu.cn
Assistant
Director: Professor Zhiyun
Xie
Office Telephone: (8610) 82802752
Fax: (8610) 82802706
Email: xiezy@bjmu.edu.cn
Coordinate
office: Telephone:
(8610)82801268
Email:libbgs@bjmu.edu.cn
