
Vision
The Library Department is committed in supporting the core values and vision of the Chinese General Hospital Colleges in creating avenues for a holistic and disciplined development of its learners. At the same time, the Library Department is committed with the vision of CGHC in providing workplace relevant competencies and mastery of learning abilities by making CGHC graduates proficient and innovative health care providers.
Mission
The mission of the Chinese General Hospital Colleges Library Department is to provide comprehensive resources and services in support of learning of its student users. At the same time the Library Department assists CGHC in providing new information for its teachers and sufficient resources for its researchers. To further fulfill this mission, the library is also committed to:
- Create a spacious, bright and well ventilated environment for studying, learning and research
- Provide quality-enhanced services that meet the research needs of its clients with approachable staff to cater to researcher’s needs
- Build collections and create tools that support and further develop a pattern of life long learning, research and teaching
- Collaborate with other school libraries to enrich learning and research
- Provide clients the opportunity for personal growth with the use of information technology
LIBRARY RULES AND REGULATIONS
- Students are required to present their validated ID upon entry and be in Type A, B, or C uniform.
- Bags and folders should be kept at the depository area.
- Eating, drinking, sleeping, talking loudly, playing cards or games, wearing cap/hat, and littering are not allowed.
- Cellphones must be brought inside the library but must be in silent mode.
- Valuables and other personal belongings must not be left unattended. The Library will not be responsible for any losses.
- Students must present their library card with picture when borrowing books, journals and other library materials. Library card must be validated every semester and summer.
- Tearing out, writing on and mutilating, defacing books, and other library materials and other properties are considered acts of vandalism and subject to disciplinary actions.
- Before leaving the library, students must make sure that they have not accidentally taken a book uncheck out. Otherwise, students will be subjected to disciplinary sanctions of stealing.
LIBRARY GUIDE DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Resuming library services while maintaining the safety of students and faculty members is the library department’s topmost priority. To do that, the following guidelines will be implemented for the limited face-to-face learning.
- All is required to wear facemask, sanitize hands and fill up contact tracing form before entering the library. Students need to bring their own ball pen.
- Designated entry and exit points must be observed at all times.
- Students will be given maximum of four hours stay.
- No food and drinks allowed.
- No group work is allowed in the library.
- Students will be given a seat number upon entrance. The number will be given at the Baggage Counter.
- The student lounge will be temporarily closed. Students will not be allowed to loiter the vicinity of the library and study room.
- The seating capacity of the Reading Area will be reduced to 2 seats per table. As for the Study Room, students will be required to present a written request and duly signed by the Dean of their respective course or program. One (1) cubicle apart is to be implemented in the Study Room and computer area to ensure the safety of the students.
- Faculty and students can borrow maximum of two (2) books for 7 days for home use. Those who wish to borrow books have two (2) options:
- Use the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) and search for the book. Accomplish borrower’s form and submit it to the librarian. Upon receiving the form, the librarians will find the requested book, process it for check out and then give it to the students.
- Email the librarians through This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and provide the information of the book needed. The librarians will find the book, process it for check out, and email the students back to inform that it is ready to pick up. Pick up is at the Baggage Counter.
*For borrowing books for room use, first option is applied.
- If the borrowers could not personally return the books, the borrowers may send the items via courier. The tracking number must be labelled on the package. Then, inform the librarian when shipping the books. Books can be accepted at the college guard house.
- Books that were checked out are to be quarantined for three (3) days or 72 hours after being returned. Quarantined books will not be shelved unless:
- The books are checked in and sanitized by the librarians.
- The books are needed by another student. (the librarians will have to check in and sanitize the book before giving it to the student.
- All books/collections are temporarily in closed-shelf status, meaning, only the
librarians can directly access the books/collections from the shelves.
- Students and faculty can access online library databases and services through Canvas, Library Facebook page, and library web page.