Library

The Library was established in 1954. It has been known as the Library of Jiangsu Traditional Chinese Medicine Training School, the Branch Library of Jiangsu New Medical College, the Library of Nanjing Traditional Chinese Medicine College, and now the Jingwen Library of the University at different phases of history. It is the first and the only library named by the State Council and the Ministry of Culture as National Key Ancient Literature Protection Unit, and is also the library named by the Jiangsu Provincial Government as Jiangsu Provincial Key Ancient Literature Protection Unit. The library serves as the Nanjing Branch Center of China’s TCM Literature Retrieval Center of SATCM, the National S&T Basic Platform, the Medical Health Scientific Data Sharing Research Project Key Construction Unit, Jiangsu Provincial Higher Education Literature Protection System and is also a member unit of China’s Higher Education Literature Protection System.  

Centering around the development demand of the university and its disciplines, the Library facilitated resource construction by multiple means including bringing in database, internet opening deposit and withdraw resource organization, developing campus resources, exchanging resources from library to library, integrating and developing characteristic resources. Therefore, the library has formed a characteristic resource system with multiple variety, multiple carrier, which takes medical literature as the main part with a full coverage in TCM literature and covers the social and other natural science literature as well. By December 31, 2018, the library boasts of paper literature as many as 1,140,000 copies, TCM ancient literature as many as over 3,000 kinds and 40,000 copies, about 1,108 kinds of Chinese and foreign journals, 47 Chinese and foreign databases with 83 sub-branch databases, 1,220,000 copies of digital books, all of which are open to registered university readers.

The Library has an area of 29,800 square meters, providing 3,000 reading seats,  opened for 98 hours each week and offers 24-hour WiFi services without interruption. The Library carries out the management and service model integrating collection, borrowing, literature passage, research review, academic exchanges, research literature resource collection and featured database developing, recovering ancient TCM literature etc. as a whole. Readers will be provided with “Li Zhengjun Scholarship” and “Bookworm Award to Celebrate the Birthday of NJUCM”, and are encouraged to participate regular activities such as Shangshu Forum, Wenjin Classroom, Reading Festival and Special Literature in Library Exhibition to receive the literature recommendation service. In the meanwhile, the Library will release the academic papers with high impact factor published by the university faculty members, the global relevant academic news in TCM and the changing ESI data of the university so as to enhance the teaching, research and academic development of the university. Readers on and off campus can have access to the library resources by means of digital library, cloud library, WEBVPN etc., any time and any where, to receive Chinese and foreign literature resources or staff’s processional service.

Contact 
Library
Tel: +86-25-85811155
Add: Library, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 138 Xianlin Rd., Nanjing 210023, China

Leadership

    The Library was established in 1954. It has been known as the Library of Jiangsu Traditional Chinese Medicine Training School, the Branch Library of Jiangsu New Medical College, the Library of Nanjing Traditional Chinese Medicine College, and now the Jingwen Library of the University at different phases of history. It is the first and the only library named by the State Council and the Ministry of Culture as National Key Ancient Literature Protection Unit, and is also the library named by the Jiangsu Provincial Government as Jiangsu Provincial Key Ancient Literature Protection Unit. The library serves as the Nanjing Branch Center of China’s TCM Literature Retrieval Center of SATCM, the National S&T Basic Platform, the Medical Health Scientific Data Sharing Research Project Key Construction Unit, Jiangsu Provincial Higher Education Literature Protection System and is also a member unit of China’s Higher Education Literature Protection System.  

    Centering around the development demand of the university and its disciplines, the Library facilitated resource construction by multiple means including bringing in database, internet opening deposit and withdraw resource organization, developing campus resources, exchanging resources from library to library, integrating and developing characteristic resources. Therefore, the library has formed a characteristic resource system with multiple variety, multiple carrier, which takes medical literature as the main part with a full coverage in TCM literature and covers the social and other natural science literature as well. By December 31, 2018, the library boasts of paper literature as many as 1,140,000 copies, TCM ancient literature as many as over 3,000 kinds and 40,000 copies, about 1,108 kinds of Chinese and foreign journals, 47 Chinese and foreign databases with 83 sub-branch databases, 1,220,000 copies of digital books, all of which are open to registered university readers.

    The Library has an area of 29,800 square meters, providing 3,000 reading seats,  opened for 98 hours each week and offers 24-hour WiFi services without interruption. The Library carries out the management and service model integrating collection, borrowing, literature passage, research review, academic exchanges, research literature resource collection and featured database developing, recovering ancient TCM literature etc. as a whole. Readers will be provided with “Li Zhengjun Scholarship” and “Bookworm Award to Celebrate the Birthday of NJUCM”, and are encouraged to participate regular activities such as Shangshu Forum, Wenjin Classroom, Reading Festival and Special Literature in Library Exhibition to receive the literature recommendation service. In the meanwhile, the Library will release the academic papers with high impact factor published by the university faculty members, the global relevant academic news in TCM and the changing ESI data of the university so as to enhance the teaching, research and academic development of the university. Readers on and off campus can have access to the library resources by means of digital library, cloud library, WEBVPN etc., any time and any where, to receive Chinese and foreign literature resources or staff’s processional service.

    Contact 
    Library
    Tel: +86-25-85811155
    Add: Library, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 138 Xianlin Rd., Nanjing 210023, China