Faculty & Staff must have an identification caed to enter the library.
Walk-in users must be at least 18 year-olds (the only exception are for the family members of faculty) to apply the Library Card. Or use driver license/ID to exchange for temprory library card to enter the library and return the card on the same day.
Please put your backpacks/bags (bigger than A4 size ) in our lockers before entering the Library.
Please do not bring in any contraband goods, foods, drinks, and pets; Cellular phone must be turned off all the time.
No person shall unreasonably interfere with the work or comfort of another person in the Library, by the creation of undue noise, physical violence or by any other unreadonable means whatsever.
No photographing or filming be done inside the library. Persons found bringing equipment into the librariy for such purposes, or already in the act of filming, should be asked to leave.

Borrowing Materials ：
Users can borrow items with a valid library card.

Loan Periods：
Books -- 30 days；AV Materials -- 14 days；Magazines -- 7 days；Journals/References are non-circulating.
All checked out items are subject to be recalled after a hold request is put by other users.If an item is recalled, a Recall Notice will be sent to the user. The user should return the item within 3 days.

Renewals：
Borrowers with items checked out for longer may renew items in person or online before the due dates.Books can be renewed triple; AV Materials and Magazines can be renewed once each. Please be aware that if another borrower has placed a hold or recall on the items, then renewal is prevented.

Holds：
You may place holds online through the library catalog or in person at the circulation desk. A pickup notice will be sent to the requester when the book is returned and it will be held at the circulation desk for no longer than 3 days.

Overdue & Fines：
All overdue materials are fined NT$5 per day per item.

Long Term Borrowing Materials：
Any principal investigators of the eight life science related institutes of Academia Sinica can borrow up to 20 books for one year. All loans are subject to recall, when a hold has been placed by another borrower, after 7 days of the initial loan period has passed.

Lost or Damaged Materials：
All users will be charged the cost of replacement materials and other handling charges when the items are lost or cannot be repaired.

Purpose：
Cannot find your paper in LSL? Don't worry, LSL will help you getting the papers you wants from other libraries or anywhere as soon as possible

Photocopies：
Please go to Nationwide Document Delivery Serivces to place your requests
Loan Books：
If you cannot find some books in our collections, you can go to National Bibliographic Information Network to see which library has your book and then place your requests.

Who May Apply ：
All members of the life sciences related institudes of Academia Sinica can enjoy our interlibrary loan services. Before making a request, You must have LSL Library Card and register Interlibrary Loan Form.

Fees：
Service fee charged depends on the lending institution.

Notices：
Before use this interlibrary loan service, make sure you have：
　　LSL Library Card
　　NDDS Account

Who May Apply ：
Any principal investigators of the eight life science related institutes of Academia Sinica.

Budget：
Because of the buget limitation, we will purchase after getting permission from the Library Committee Member that requester belongs to.

Procedures：
Complete as much of the Purchase Request Form as possible. Often the completeness of the request determines the speed and accuracy of acquisition.
We will check if it is available in LSL; if not, we will purchase after getting permission from the Library Committee Member that requester belongs to.
When the items arrive, those will be bibliographic first and put in New Books section for 10 days（accept to place holds during the periods), and then will notify the requester to borrow after 10 days.

Note：
if principal investigators purchase items themselves, please check if the items exist in LSL and have books, purchase request form, and receipts (the name of the payee is ACADEMIA SINICA) to us.

Who May Apply： any principal investigators of the eight life science related institutes of Academia Sinica

Fees：
NT$1 per page (black print)
NT$10 per page (color print)

Working Days：
LSL catalog：24 hours after receiving request. (except sunday and public holidays)
Not LSL catalog：please refer to the working days of NDDS

How to Apply：
Welcome to use any of these methods to apply
Fax: 2653-5662
Email：lsl@gate.sinica.edu.tw
DDS Online
　First time user? Please fill out this form

Black copier： NT $1 per page
Microfilm Printer： NT $3 per page
Transparency： NT $3 per page
Color Copier：
We have two color copiers to use.
Fees: NT $10 per page of color print
NT $2 per page of black print

Notices：
PI of Life Sciences can apply a copy card for public use for his lab.
For personal use, purchase copy card at circulation desk
　　NT $100 -- can print 100 pages
　　NT $300 -- can print 350 pages

The purpose of the carrels is to provide quiet spaces to support research and learning in LSL.