臺灣學術圖書館史

The History of Academic Libraries in Taiwan

本文主要記述臺灣的學術圖書館發展概況。學術圖書館的發展以大專校院圖書館為主體，涵蓋時間由清朝至現代：自中日甲午戰爭清廷戰敗割讓臺灣給日本後，日據時代51年間(1895-1945)臺灣高等教育之發展以及圖書館設置之狀況；臺灣光復後(1945)至2005年臺灣大專院校圖書館發展現況。其次論述圖書館法與圖書館營運標準之研訂，圖書館組織與功能，館藏發展與讀者服務，以及自動化與網路建設等。最後提出百年來影響臺灣學術圖書館之關鍵因素與未來發展之願景。

The paper is mainly an account of the general development of the academic libraries in Taiwan with the focus on the university and college libraries during the periods from the Ching Dynasty to the present. The contents cover the said development after the ceding of Taiwan to Japan by the Manchu government in l895 under the Treaty of Shimonoseki because of the defeat in the Sino-Japanese War that year, the evolution of the higher education and the installations of libraries in Taiwan during the Japanese-occupied period from l895 to l945 and the state-of- art of the university and college libraries in Taiwan up to 2005 since the retrocession of Taiwan from Japan in l945. Besides, there is an exposition regarding the formulations of the library law and the library management standards, the library organizations and functions, the library collections development, the readers' service, the library automation and network developments, etc.. And finally, the paper points out the pivotal factors that have influenced the academic libraries in Taiwan for the past century and indicates the hopeful prospect for the future development of academic libraries in Taiwan.