Library
Introduction
The Hanoi School of Public Health (HSPH)'s Library and Information Center (LIC) was established and developed based on the existing library inherited from the School for Health Care Professionals (the former name of HSPH).
With a total area of about
Our resources include 20,000 volumes of books, CDR, journals and newspapers that cover all aspects of public health. Moreover, students and faculty at HSPH have access to the PubMed/Medline (via HINARI) and EBSCO databases . Many important links to useful online resources are also available at the LIC's website.
Every Friday, the LIC holds information literacy workshops on searching skills and information evaluation in order to help students to take advantage of our information resources. We promise to provide the best services for our students, faculty and staff, and support the teaching, learning and research goals of the school and to become one of the nation’s prominent information centers specializing in public health.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Library and Information Center
Hanoi School of Public Health
138 Giang Vo St., Ba Dinh Dist.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel.: (84-4) 266-2387
Fax: (84-4) 266-2385
Email: thuvien@hsph.edu.vn
Functions/ Responsibility
FUNCTION
The function of the Library and Information Center is to select, acquire, organize, and provide access to high quality information resources on public health; provide instruction and guidance to ensure effective retrieval and use of information to achieve the school's teaching, learning and research goals, and to meet the medical community's demand.
SPECIFIC TASKS
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Acquire, organize, manage and preserve collections and information resources appropriate to HSPH’s needs;
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Develop a program of bibliographic instruction, demonstrating literature searching techniques and strategies;
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Provide specific consultation services and liaison programs by working with faculty to identify evidence-based information at the point of need;
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Promote, instruct and provide guidance for users;
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Support the instructional needs of faculty, students and staff of HSPH and to improve their information seeking behavior through education and training;
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Provide high quality library services with:
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Circulation, interlibrary loan;
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Online, email and face-to-face reference services;
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Photocopy and textbook lending services;
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Educate users in information retrieval and information management techniques:
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Workshops every Friday with such topics as: Basic searching skills; Searching and evaluating public health information resources; Searching techniques for particular databases such as HINARI, PubMed, EBSCO; Citing and referencing skills;
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Information literacy classes for undergraduate and graduate students as part of curriculum;
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Create integrated, organized, friendly, easy-to-use access to information resources in all formats;
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Collaborate in cooperative information services networks in Vietnam for resource sharing and information gathering;
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Maximize the use and quality of the library’s information resources by creating the most desirable atmosphere to study and conduct literature research;
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Promote and publicize the library’s programs, resources and services;
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Expand international relations and provide career development opportunities for staff.
Regulations
THE LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTER'S REGULATIONS
The LIC's users include:
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Students, faculty and staff of HSPH who have student/staff card and registered to use the library's service.
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Users outside HSPH must register HSPH's library card or submit the letter of recommendation of his/her institution for using HSPH's library service.
General rules
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Users must show your library card to librarian to enter the library. Do not use other's card or give others your card.
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When losing your card, users must inform librarian to block your library account.
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Do not bring your belongings such as bag, backpack... to the library. You can ask librarian at the circulation desk for a key of locker. The LIC is not responsible for personal items of users.
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Do not bring any food or beverage (except bottled water) to the library.
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Do not use mobile phone in the library
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Users must keep quiet and keep the library and its materials clean.
Rules on computer using
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Computers at the LIC are used to search information that supports users' learning and researching goals.
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Do not use the computer for other purposes such as using Word, Excel, PowerPoint,... chatting or accessing to unhealthy content websites.
Policies
CIRCULATION POLICY
Books on loan
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HSPH's staff and faculty can borrow upto 10 titles of both Vietnamese and English.
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Visiting lecturers and HSPH's students can borrow upto 10 titles of maximum 5 textbooks and 5 other Vietnamese titles.
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Users outside HSPH can read books inside the LIC only.
Loan and renewal period
Loan period for textbooks is 120 days and for other books is 14 days. The loan period for a borrowed book can be renewed once for another 14 days. Borrowed items must be returned or renewed by the due-date to avoid fines. Student/staff card must be given to librarians to renew the borrowed items.
CIRCULATION PROCEDURE
Book borrowing
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Users search for required materials via the LIC's online catalog and then write down the book title and call number (So dinh danh in Vietnamese) to look for that item on the shelf. Bring your student/staff card with the item(s) to the circulation desk to check out.
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If a CDR goes with that item, you can also check that CDR out.
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Make sure to check your item for damage, broken (CDR), dirty, missing pages before checking out. Inform the librarian at the circulation desk if there is any problems with the items you want to borrow. You must be responsible for any problems with the borrowed items after checking out.
Book returning
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You should bring your borrowed materials to the circulation desk to return your items by the due date.
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If you have any overdue items, you cannot borrow other books.
FINE RATES
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Overdue item: 1,000VND/day/item (accumulated from the due date)
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Lost item: Replacement of that borrowed version plus 20,000VND for admin fee or 3 times of the replacement value of that item.
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Damaged item: Charges are assessed according to the conditions of the item, upto the fine of a lost item.
Staff members
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Nguyen Hai Ha, M.S.
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Nguyen Thi Thu Hang, M.S.
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Bui Thi Ngoc Oanh, B.S.
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Bach Lan Phuong, B.S.
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Tran Thi Van Anh, B.S.
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