University libraries that provide quality service would enhance academic research on campus. User-oriented assessments on service quality serve as a tool to help libraries understand readers' needs and opinions. The authors attempted to develop a set of workable assessment indicators based on LibQUAL+^TM to reflect the university library set-up in Taiwan. Content analysis, interviews, and questionnaires were used to find the essential item s in service quality assessment for university libraries. Questionnaires were also used to investigate the implementation of service quality assessments for university libraries, and to collect opinions on selected issues.