A Feast for the Young: NCL Promoting “NDLTD in ” at College Fair

1 2 3 1 Director General, National Central Library, Taiwan Shu-Hsien Tseng , Tzu-Heng Chiu , Ting-Yu Wu 2 Senior Specialist & Director of Knowledge Services Division, National Central Library, Taiwan 3 Assistant Editor of Knowledge Services Division, National Central Library, Taiwan

Background Information Fair on the Research Characteristics of Taiwan's Conclusion Over 1,000 people participated in the 16 introductory/ instructional sessions Role of the NCL & NDLTD in Taiwan system Universities during the two-day period. This Fair also featured activities from different uni- According to the Library Law of Taiwan, all domestic publications should Purposes versities and increased their exposure to the public. Participated universities be given to the National Central Library (NCL) for legal deposit, including respond positively to the NCL. As for NCL, it was a successful promotion for the theses and dissertations. Based on these resources, NCL has built “NDLTD in Taiwan” system. “National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan” (NDLTD NCL is the leading library for knowledge and informa- in Taiwan) system, which contains all theses and dissertation from 142 tion resources and services in Taiwan. As the develop- universities and colleges in Taiwan, including more than 950,000 ab- ment of technology has changed the information- stracts and over 360,000 e-fulltexts. Users can enjoy free access to the seeking behavior of the young, libraries plays a role of authorized e-fulltext via the internet. Currently, 100,000 users on aver- education and providing selected resources. Through age access the system each day, making it the most influential academic the College Fair, NCL librarians had the chance to reach research database in Taiwan. out for the potential users. On the other hand, the par- In addition to academic research support, the database also helps stu- ticipants learned about that “NDLTD in Taiwan” can be dents to analyze research interests of each school. Not only graduate a useful tool in their future studies, and further in- students but also high school and undergraduate students can be bene- creased the sense of recognition toward the library. fited by using it as well. At the Fair Preparation At the fair, the 16 universities were running a session to introduce their College Fair in Taiwan NCL participated in the college fair by setting up a display area for the universities to prospective students in the NCL display area. Their intro- College Fair is an annual exhibition held by a non-governmental organi- first time to promote the “NDLTD in Taiwan” system to colleges and uni- ductions made use of statistics from the “NDLTD in Taiwan” system, such zation in Taiwan, providing a platform for domestic and international versities with the topic of “Fair on the Research Characteristics of Tai- as the uploading rate of e-fulltext, the authorization rate, the authorized universities to introduce their features and share information of enroll- wan's Universities.” number, and the times of being cited, as well as research characteristics ment. Universities need to register to join the fair, and a registration fee In March 2015, we started to invite universities that cooperates with and information of interest for the new students for each university. NCL is required. The fair has been held for over 20 years, and has become a “NDLTD in Taiwan” to join in this project. Participating in the fair were also took chance to introduce the “NDLTD in Taiwan” system, including well-known event that attracts 16 universities and colleges, including National Chung- Cheng University, the quantity of bibliographic records and e-fulltext, search functions, thousands of students and par- National Dong-Hwa University, National Chi-Nan University, National and free value-added service to members, so as to inform more young ents every year. Taipei University of Education, National Defense Medical Center, Na- tional Penghu University of Science and Technology, Chinese Culture students about the system. At the end of each session, participants who University, , Shih-Chien University, Tunghai Univer- won the lucky draw could receive a souvenir provided by NCL and the sity, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Nanhua Uni- university. versity, TransWorld University, , Ming Chi Uni- versity of Technology, and the Oriental Institute of Technology.