Undergraduate students currently enrolled at POSTECH
Students on leave of absence : Can access electronic resources but cannot borrow physical materials.
Operating Hours
| Category | 2nd Floor | 3rd Floor | 4th Floor | 5th Floor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semester & Vacation | 08:00 – 22:00 | 08:00 – 00:00 | 24 hours | 08:00 – 02:00 |
| Exam Period (3 weeks) | 08:00 – 02:00 | 24 hours |
- Staff service hours: Mon-Fri 09:00 – 18:00 (excluding lunch break 12:00 – 13:00)
- Holiday closures: The library is closed from 00:00 on the first day of the Lunar New Year and Chuseok holidays until 08:00 on the day after the third day of the holiday.
- Emergency staircase access: Emergency staircases are locked after 22:00. Please use the elevators or the central circular staircase to move between floors.
- Closure in emergencies: The library may close in an emergency, such as a power outage, that makes library services (entry, borrowing, returning) unavailable.
Access to Library
- Access to members-only spaces in the library requires a student ID tag.
- Members-only spaces: 3rd to 5th floors; during exam periods, the entire library.
- Please tag your student ID and wait for the door to open before entering individually.
(Entering in groups with a single tag may cause accidents.) - Currently, you cannot use the POSTECH ID app to tag in at the library entrance gate. (QR codes can be used.)
- Seats and facilities in the library can be reserved through the library seat reservation system.
- Please observe the rules of use when using the library.
Borrowing Books
- Loan limit: 10 books for 30 days.
- How to borrow: Use your student ID card or the QR code in the POSTECH ID app to borrow books from the self-service loan/return machines on the 3rd and 5th floors or at the 2nd-floor loan desk.
- Renewal: You can renew books up to 300 days (30 days at a time) if there are no other reservations.
- My Library > Loan/Return/Renewal
- Reservation: If the book you want to borrow has been checked out, you can reserve it by logging in and clicking [Reserve].
- After making a reservation, you will be notified by email when the previous borrower returns the book, and you will have priority to borrow it.
- Overdue books: If you have overdue books, your borrowing privileges will be suspended for the number of books x the number of overdue days, and you will not be able to make reservations.
🔔 For more information on borrowing, please see Service > Borrowing/Returning/Reserving Materials
Recommended Electronic Resources
Recommended E-books
| Category | Content |
|---|---|
 | Korean e-books in all subjects 5 books per person can be borrowed for 10 days (1 extension for 10 days) Available on PC and mobile (‘Kyobo Bookstore E-Library’) User Guide |
  | Korean e-books in all subjects 5 books per person can be borrowed for 10 days (Can be renewed once for 10 days) Available on PC and mobile (‘Bookcube E-Library’) User Guide |
 | E-books, audiobooks, video lectures, and other learning materials in the IT field Provided through KERIS university license Off-campus access available when creating an account with POSTECH email First-time users/non-members User Guide |
 | Oxford English Dictionary and Thesaurus Contains over 600,000 words and over 3 million quotations Provided through KERIS university license User Guide |
Recommended DB
| Category | Content |
|---|---|
  | Korean academic journals and publications Provides over 2,300 Korean academic journals Provides AI paper search support tools User Guide |
 | Korean academic journals and publications Provides over 5,300 publications from over 2,700 publishers User Guide |
 | Provides peer-reviewed video journals and educational video content JoVE Core: Video textbooks that explain concepts corresponding to the undergraduate curriculum through animation and experiments Accessible from on-campus IP or anytime by creating a personal account User Guide |
 | Data platform covering over 80,000 topics from business data to statistical data on trend topics Can be used for market research, industry trend analysis, etc. for employment and starting a business, and can be downloaded in various formats such as ppt and inserted into assignments Provided through KERIS university license User Guide |
Recommended Cultural Materials
| Category | Content |
|---|---|
 | Concert live streaming platform provided by the Berlin Philharmonic Enjoy live and recorded videos, playlists, etc., in high-quality audio and video User Guide |
 | Service that allows you to read 215 Korean magazines and 25 international magazines as e-magazines Available on the web and mobile app User Guide |
 | New York Times digital edition. Provides news articles, videos, podcasts, etc. The New York Times in Education: Educational materials including collections of articles by topic, discussion questions, etc. Available on the web and app Requires personal account registration (@postech.ac.kr email required) upon first access Provided through KERIS university license User Guide |
  | Data platform covering over 80,000 topics from business data to statistical data on trend topics Available online and in print edition Available on the web and app Requires personal account registration (@postech.ac.kr email required) upon first access Provided through KERIS university license User Guide |