Nanjing Library
Nanjing Library 南京图书馆 | |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1907 |
Branch of | Jiangsu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism |
Collection | |
Items collected | 12 million (2016) |
Other information | |
Website | www |
Nanjing Library (
History
Nanjing Library was established in 1907 as Jiangnan Library. Over time, the library has undergone several organisational changes. The library endured through Qing dynasty, Republic of China, and the People's Republic of China. It witnessed greatest changes that took place in modern China and by itself gives clear records to the one-century history of modern China. Resources of books: Most of books were collected in 1949 (The year of establishment of People's Republic of China), including both printed and written document literature. Currently, the number of collection books in Nanjing Library is 2.3 million. One feature of Nanjing Library is ancient documents which is 1.6 million.[2]
Jiangnan Library
In 1907 Duanfang, Viceroy of Liangjiang, established Jiangnan Library on the site of Xiyin Academy at Nanjing in order to preserve ancient books and scrolls of Song dynasty, Yuan dynasty, Ming dynasty, and Qing dynasty. Miao Quansun (繆荃孫) was appointed to be the librarian. The Jiangnan Library was the first modern public library in China.[3]
China Studies Library
Jiangnan Library was renamed China Studies Library (or Library of Chinese Studies, 國學圖書館) during the
In 1927, the University District System was adopted in
National Central Library
In 1933, the
Nanjing Library
On March 19, 1950, National Central Library was renamed as National Nanjing Library by the
Departmental structure
The Nanjing Library is organized in the following structure.[4]
- Office of the Chinese Communist Party Committee of NL
- Chief Librarian's Office
- Hu Resources Department
- Labor Union
- Office of General Affairs
- Security Office
- Department of Acquisition and Cataloging
- Reader Service Department
- Department of Information Resources Development
- Department of Information Technology Application
- Historical Archive Department
- Research and Training Department
- Editing House of 21st Century Library
Reciprocal library exchange program
Nanjing Library has partnered with the
Location
The Nanjing Library is located at[6] Main Library 66 Chengxian Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210018, People's Republic of China
Transportation
The library is accessible from
See also
- National first-class library
- National Central Library
- Jinling Library
- Shanghai Library
- Libraries in the People's Republic of China
- Chinese Library Classification (CLC)
- Archives in the People's Republic of China
- Ningbo Library
References
- ^ About the Nanjing Library Archived 2008-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Nanjing Library". jslib.org.cn.
- ^ a b c d e f "Nanjing Library - About Us - History". About Us. Nanjing Library. 2009. Archived from the original on 2008-10-19. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
- ^ "南京图书馆". www.jslib.org.cn. Archived from the original on 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
- ^ [1] Partnership with the Nanjing Library
- ^ "南京图书馆". Archived from the original on 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2008-05-27.