Jungseok Memorial Library: Jungseok Memorial Library: About Library

Jungseok Memorial Library contributes to the scholarly, creative,
and professional achievements of students, faculties
and staffs by providing environment essential to teaching, learning and research.

Our Missions

Materials

JSML supports on teaching, study and research by organizing and developing high-quality academic materials.

Guarantee the newest publishing information sources of domestic and overseas.
Develop, organize and manage of books, multimedia contents and electronic information resources.
Reflect user’s opinion when develop materials.

Use of Information

JSML provides full support to prevent any problems possible to happen in time, space and policy obstacles to using various learning

Offer the network environment for easy and quick access to the information materials.
Minimize time and space restriction by digitizing academic
Adopt the newest technology and information access method

Facility

JSML offers environment with complete facilities and proper atmosphere for studying and builds the high-tech infra structure for the future information environment.

Offer and maintain facilities that consider the convenience, safety and familiarity.
Offer the best environment for studying.
Support to access to multimedia and electronic materials.
Adopt up-to-date equipment to prevent any difficulties that might happen in the future.

Cooperation

JSML expands and promotes exchanging of academic information to share the knowledge of university.

Take the lead to make agreement and exchange information with other institutions.
Build the industrial-educational-cooperation system.
Offer materials and services to the local community.

1954 ~ 1960

1954.4: Founding of INHA University

1955: Establishing the Library with 605 books (264㎡)

1959: Construction of the new Library building

1961 ~ 1970

1964: Extending Library opening hours until midnight

1968: Opening of the periodicals room

1969: Opening of the reference books room

1971 ~ 1980

1971: Moving Library to 1st and 2nd floors of the main building

1980: Opening of the reserved books room

1981 ~ 1990

1981: Moving to new central Library building (9,934㎡)

1984: Starting to construct databases on books

1987: Starting a computerized Library management system

1991 ~ 2000

1996: Introducing LAS(Library Automation System)

1999.8: Developing and designing of a basic plan for Jungseok Memorial Library

2000.12: Ground-Breaking for Jungseok Memorial Library

2001 ~ 2010

2003.6: Completing Jungseok Memorial Library building (Total area: 25,185㎡)

2003.9.17: Grand opening of Jungseok Memorial Library

2003.10.30: JULIAS (Jungseok Memorial Library Information Access System) has been in operation.

2005.11.25: Certified with ISO 9001:2000 on Quality Management System

2006.3.29: Opening of the Logistics &Transportation Information Room

2007.10.29: Opening of the Law Library

2008.2.1: Opening of the Medical Library

2009.12: Achieving 1.5 million volumes

2011 ~ Current

2011.9.1: Renovating Multimedia Center learning environment

2011.11.24: Re-Certified with ISO 9001: 2008 Quality Management System

2013.9.16: 10th anniversary of the Library opening

2013.9: Achieving 1.6 million volumes

2014.2.1: Publish ‘10-year story of Jungseok Memorial Library (2003-2013)

2015.7.27: Opening of Complex Cultural Space

2016.11.30: Opening of Jungseok Lounge and Reading room for graduate school students

Library Management Team Acquisition, Cataloging . Planning, Promoting, facilities management.
Library Information Resource & Access Service Team Acquisition of Multimedia and electronic information. Management of academic information system.
Law LibraryOffers Logistics DB and Various law information
Medical LibraryOffers online DB related to medical and DDL service