title: Poding Memorial Library
text: # Poding Memorial Library
  
  Poding Memorial Library (Chinese: 波錠紀念圖書館; pinyin: Bōdìng Jìniàn Túshūguǎn) is the library at Chaoyang University of Technology in Wufeng District, Taichung, Taiwan, established in 1994. The construction of the new library building began in June 1997, and was completed in March 1999.
  
  ## History
  
  The first class of Chaoyang University of Technology started in August 1994, and the library opened on October 11 of the same year. The third floor of the university's Teaching Building temporarily served as the library's quarters. It was divided into a periodical and reference room, stacks, and a reading room. Afterward, the collection of the library increased so rapidly that in order to satisfy the needs of users it became necessary to add western book stacks and more separate rooms in November 1996. After a year of planning, the construction of the new library building began on June 28, 1997, and was completed in March 1999.
  
  ## Library Holdings Information
  
  | TYPE | VOLUMES / TYPES |
  | - | - |
  | Total Collection | 485,150 volumes |
  | Eastern Language Collection | 342,561 volumes |
  | Western Language Collection | 91,816 volumes |
  | Non-Book Collection | 50,773 volumes |
  | Periodical Collection | 979 titles |
  | Newspaper Collection | 21 titles |
  | Databases | 219 types |
  | E-books | 540,458 types |
  | E-journals | 29,411 types |
  
  Update: 13/10/2011
  
  ## Service
  
  * Reading Services
  * Loan Services
  * Information Retrieval Services
  * Multi-media Services
  * Outreach Activities
  * Copy Utilities
  * Book Search Services
  * Book Recommendation services
  * Rush Catalog Request
  * Reference Services
  * Inter-Library Cooperation
  * Reserved Books
  * Subject Advisor service
  
  ## Library Floor Plan
  
  | First Floor | Reading Room, Conference Room, Compact Shelves Area |
  | - | - |
  | Second Floor | The Exhibition Hall of the University History, Circulation, Newspapers, Online Search, Reference Collections, Reserved Books, Further Studies & Careers Information, Faculty & Student Publications/Dissertations, Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Access MRT Infrastructure Project, Book Return, Copy Room |
  | Third Floor | Poding Memorial Hall, Periodicals, Back Issue Newspapers, Copy Room |
  | Fourth Floor | The Exhibition Hall of the University History, Western Languages Collections, Eastern Languages Collections, Design Collections |
  | Fifth Floor | Multimedia, Music & Leisure Area, IR Classroom, Group Audio-Visual Room |
  | Sixth Floor | Eastern Languages Collections, Group Study Room, Copy Room |
  | Seventh Floor | Faculty Office |
  | Basement First | Parking lot |
  