Overview

Mission Statement

The Library supports Duke Kunshan University’s mission to become a highly selective research-oriented, liberal arts and science university to enable students to lead purposeful and productive lives. As a collaborative partner in every aspect of the university’s academic endeavors, the Library is an interactive and innovative teaching and learning hub and a scholarly gateway to enhance intellectual discovery, cultivate creativity, and promote scholarship and exchange of knowledge. It provides high-quality collections, offers user-centered services, and develops various programs to support university’s teaching, learning, and research activities.

About the Library

With its highly qualified staff, the Library

  • acquires, organizes, preserves, curates, and delivers diverse teaching and research resources in any format to university users with timely and seamless access at the place and point of need. In particular, The Library offers
    • Full access to nearly all of Duke University’s online library resources, which includes
      • Over 358,000 online journal titles
      • Over 2.89 million eBooks
      • 1,100+ databases of scholarly materials
    • Rapidly expanding on-site collection of
      • Printed books (57,000+ volumes) and DVDs (700+)
      • Selection based on DKU academic programs, courses offered, and faculty recommendations
      • About 76% English-language materials, plus materials in Chinese and other languages acquired as needed
  • provides its users with effective and cutting-edge tools to discover, use, and create learning, teaching, and research resources, and
  • develops information literacy programs to help prepare students to achieve academic excellence and master life-long learning skills in a global environment.

Please check our Library Guide for more information.