To borrow items, you need a valid Taipei Tech student card, Taipei Tech employee card, or Taipei Tech library card. You can use one of these cards to:

· Enter the Taipei Tech Library

· Borrow items   

· Use Electronic Resources  (Non-school faculty and students should enter the library as walk-in readers to use it)

If you would like to apply for a Taipei Tech library card, you can follow the procedures according to your status:

Faculty/ Staff/ Students

Full-time faculty, staff and students with a valid Taipei Tech ID card can borrow books from library of the university without applying for an additional library card.

Adjunct Teachers

For adjunct teachers who do not have a staff card that was issued by the Human Resources Department, can apply for a Taipei Tech library card.

Procedures

1. Fill out the online application form. (Please submit a 1.5x1.5 or 1.5x2 inch ID photo taken within three months)

2. After receiving a library notification, please visit library Circulation Desk with identification documents* to pick up your Taipei Tech library card. (*identification documents: ID card and certificate of employment, returned after verification)

3. The application should be done personally.

Processing fee

 - Apply for a new card: Free

－Replace a lost or stolen card: NT$100

Period of Validity

Your card will expire on the last day of your term of employment.

Please visit the library to return the library card or cancel your qualification before leaving Taipei Tech.

Alumni

Alumni with degrees or certificates from Taipei Tech may apply for a Taipei Tech library card.

Procedures

1. Fill out the online application form. (Please submit a 1.5x1.5 or 1.5x2 inch ID photo taken within three months)

2. After receiving a library notification, please visit library Circulation Desk with your ID card to pick up your Taipei Tech library card.

3. The application should be done personally.

Processing fee

－ Deposit: NT$3,000

－ Apply for a new card: Free

－ Replace a lost or stolen card: NT$100

Period of Validity

Library cards expire every 3 years.  Renewing of personal information is necessary to extend expiration date.

Note

1. Alumni have to return all the books and pay all the funds before cancelling library borrowing privileges.

2. When canceling your library card, please bring your library card and a copy of your remittance account, with the receipt of the original copy.

3. The deposit is refundable when you cancel TMU library card. (Remittance crediting process takes about 2 months)

Retired Faculty and Staff

Retired faculty and staff should provide a retirement certificate to apply for a library card.

Procedures

1. Fill out the online application form. (Please submit a 1.5x1.5 or 1.5x2 inch ID photo taken within three months)

2. After receiving a library notification, please visit library Circulation Desk with your ID card to pick up your Taipei Tech library card.

3. The application should be done personally.

Processing fee

－ Apply for a new card: Free

－ Replace a lost or stolen card: NT$100

Period of Validity

Library cards expire every 3 years.  Renewing of personal information is necessary to extend expiration date.

Suspended and Withdrawn Students

Suspended and withdrawn students may apply for library card.

Procedures

1. Fill out the online application form. (Please submit a 1.5x1.5 or 1.5x2 inch ID photo taken within three months)

2. After receiving a library notification, please visit library Circulation Desk with your ID card to pick up your Taipei Tech library card.

3. The application should be done personally.

Processing fee

－ Deposit: NT$3,000

－ Apply for a new card: Free

－ Replace a lost or stolen card: NT$100

Period of Validity

  -For Suspended student, the library card is valid during suspension period and valid for one semester at most.

  -Withdrawn Students’ library cards expire every 3 years.  Renewing of personal information is necessary to extend expiration date.

Note

1. You have to return all the books and pay all the funds before cancelling library borrowing privileges.

2. When canceling your library card, please bring your library card and a copy of your remittance account, with the receipt of the original copy.

3. The deposit is refundable when you cancel library card. (Remittance crediting process takes about 1 months)

Audit and Inter-school electives

Audit and Inter-school electives may apply for library card.

Procedures

1. Fill out the online application form. (Please submit a 1.5x1.5 or 1.5x2 inch ID photo taken within three months)

2. After receiving a library notification, please visit library Circulation Desk with your ID card to pick up your Taipei Tech library card.

3. The application should be done personally.

Processing fee

－ Deposit: NT$1,000

－ Apply for a new card: Free

－ Replace a lost or stolen card: NT$100

Period of Validity

The library card is valid during the course period.

Note

1. You have to return all the books and pay all the funds before cancelling library borrowing privileges.

2. When canceling your library card, please bring your library card and a copy of your remittance account, with the receipt of the original copy.

3. The deposit is refundable when you cancel library card. (Remittance crediting process takes about 1 months).