What are requirements for establishment of specialized libraries in Vietnam?

2. Having at least 2,000 volumes, including at least 500 titles of digital materials; having newspapers and magazines, including electronic newspapers associated with the functions and tasks of agencies and organizations, which are processed according to the library's operational rules, ensuring they can meet work, study and research needs of library users.

3. Having library facilities and amenities conforming to the following requirements:

- Each library must be spacious enough to meet the dimensional requirements of information resource preservation activities, service areas, warehouses, functional or operational rooms, and toilets;

- Ensuring that the reading space for library users must be at least 100 m2 for central agencies and organizations and 40 m2 for grassroots—level agencies and organizations;

- Ensuring that information technology infrastructure, network connection equipment, security equipment, peripheral and auxiliary equipment, local area network, and wide area network can meet the professional and operational needs of librarians and serve library’s users; implementing library interconnection, providing online and related services;

- Ensuring the installation of specialized equipment and means designed for information resources preservation, security, fire safety and prevention purposes.

4. Librarians must satisfy the following requirements:

- Having professional information - library qualification according to the standards of their work positions as prescribed by law;

- Having at least 70% of librarians who have already held at least associate degrees in information - library or other majors provided that they manage to obtain certificates of completion of information – library professional training courses issued by competent authorities or organizations;

- Having the capability of applying information technology to library operations or services, carrying out the library interconnection; of guiding library users how to access and make best use of information and library’s services.