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In accordance with the official functions of the Legislative Yuan, the Department of Compilation with a library was founded in the Nan Jing period of government during the 1940’s. In order to simplify the organizational structure, the staff of Department of Compilation was reduced and task-work teams were formed after the government moved to Taiwan, R.O.C. in 1949. The Library & Information Service (LIS) was the resulting institute.
During the period of 1950's to the early of 1980's, the LIS had offered reading and library services for the parliamentarians only. In the mid-1980's, the LIS had launched its development project named officially as "Program for Development of Information and Research Services of the Legislative Yuan 1985-1989". Mr. Karl Min Ku had served as the program leader in which the new legislative reference services and computerized Chinese information systems were created, operated and managed. Therefore, the LIS had enlarged three functional units, i.e., the Law Information Center, the Computer Center and the Newspaper Clipping Center, to support the research and lawmaking functions of legislators, and to provide current information to conform to the modern trends of society. In addition to strengthening the original functions of library as “disseminating information and extending knowledge”, the objectives of LIS included developing the legislative information service and the network system in the Legislative Yuan, as well as improving the efficiency of information freedom & access.
A reformed legislature is needed for governmental reformation and reorganization. Passed by the Legislative Yuan in the 14th meeting, the 6th session of the 3rd tenure term in January 12, 1999, the organic law of Legislative Yuan had been amended for congressional reform. Article 15 and Article 27 of the organic law of Legislative Yuan stipulated the foundation of Parliamentary Library. So, the library was officially launched in February 1999. Mr. Karl Min Ku was appointed as the first parliamentary librarian. And the successor, Dr. Show-rong Wang was appointed on June 14, 2004.
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