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Central Library was built when Sungshin was established university in 1965 and has since served as the center of study and research for the Sungshin community. The library collection includes 910,000 books in wide-ranging areas of study, various academic journals, newspapers and magazines, scholarly information databases, and electronic journals that cover East and West. Furthermore, the library has maximized the efficiency in its operations such as user-friendly book check-out and return, book management, and search by introducing the web-based electronic library solution.
Moreover, the library has built a scholarly information network with libraries and information providers at home and abroad to promptly deliver latest information. Central Library with total floor space of about 9.240㎡ at Soojung Campus has reading rooms with 1,800 seats, Woonjung Library, Humanities Reference Room, History & Arts Reference Room, Social Sciences Reference Room, Natural Science Room, and Electronic Data Room among others. In addition, Sungshin Hall has installed Periodicals and Literature to ensure efficiency in research and study activities for Sungshin community.
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Central Library
Category | Room Name | Operating Hours | Description |
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1F | Book Return | On Weekdays: 09:00-19:00 (until 17:00 during breaks) |
- Current undergraduate students can check out up to 7 books for 14 days - For any late returns, further check-out suspended for the number of late days times double the number of days late |
Specialization Lounge | Open all the year round 06:00∼23:30 |
- Space for study or rest - Computers for searching the collections of National Assembly Library of Korea and National Library of Korea - Computers for internet browsing or document editing - Copying, printing, or scanning |
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Reading Room 1 | All the Year Round (access restricted between 23:30 and 05:00) |
- Reading room allowing laptop use - 72 seats (through library seat available checking system) |
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2F | Reading Room 2 | All the Year Round (access restricted between 23:30 and 05:00) |
- Reading room for intense concentration - 104 seats (reserve by library seat availability checking system) |
Electronic Information Room | All the Year Round |
- Non-book materials and electronic data available for view in the library | |
Western Reference Room | On Weekdays: 09:00-19:00 (during breaks: until 17:00) |
- Western books in all topics | |
3F-7F | Themed Reference Rooms | On Weekdays: (during breaks: by 17:00) |
- 3F, Humanities |
- 4F, Social Sciences 1, Employment Preparation, Study Room |
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- 5F, Social Sciences 2, Study Room |
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- 6F, Natural Science & Technology | |||
- 7F, History & Arts | |||
Sungshin Hall 2F |
Periodicals/ Literature |
On Weekdays: (during breaks: until 17:00) |
- Periodicals: newspapers, domestic scholarly journals, local and international scholarly information search, electronic journals, document copying service - Literature |
Sungshin Hall 7F |
Graduate Reading Room | All the Year Round 06:00∼23:30 |
- Reading Room exclusive for graduate students and instructors in master's or doctoral course |
Soojung Hall Building B 5F |
Soojung Hall Reading Room | All the Year Round 06:00∼23:30 |
- 350 seats (through seat availability checking system) |