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PRE-READING
What kinds of people do you think
academic libraries serve?
Name some of the academic
libraries that you have known.
Describe in detail if possible.
TDTU INSPIRE Library
Ton Duc Thang
Total investment
capital:
129 billion VND
Operating date:
July 15th, 2017
Total acreage:
8,678 m2
Requires magnetic
card for incoming
readers.
There are overnightstudying zone (24/7)
and 7 floors painted
in separate colors
Name of each floor:
1st floor:
Endurance
2nd floor: Nisus
3rd floor:
Sagacity
4th floor: Progress
5th floor: Initiative
6th floor:
Responsibility
7th floor:
Capacity:
More than 2000
users
Resource:
About 115,000
titles (printed and
electronic collections)
Hundreds of million
electronic
informational
resource about global
Informatio
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Technolog
y Zone
Newspaper and
magazine Zone
Reading Seats
Studying Zone:
9 rooms for
presentation,
8 individualresearching rooms,
6 group-studying
rooms,
2 movie rooms,
Online conference
room, etc.
Soundproofed area for
callings
Top floor is a place for
chatting, interacting
knowledge among
students
Overnight-studying
zone is in the
basement of the
library.
Bacteria-cleaning
machine used for
books after being
read.
Auto-classifying-book machine will
automatically classifies returned books
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work of students and faculty at colleges and
universities. As a result, college and university
libraries – also called academic libraries – are often
the most important resource of an institution of
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