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National Library of China, located in Beijing Zhongguancun South Street Number 33, with Haidian District White Stone Bridge Sorghum River , Zizhuyuan Park It's adjacent. Is the national library, National bibliographic center , National Center for the Protection of Ancient Books ; It is the largest and most advanced in the world National library among [1] . Be selected in the third batch Chinese architectural heritage of the 20th century item [2] . October 11, 2018, selected as" National research and practice education base for primary and secondary school students "The list.
The National Library of China was founded on September 9, 1909 Library of the capital In 1931, Wenjin Street The building was completed (now National Library of Ancient Books ); After the founding of New China, it was renamed Beijing Library. The new museum was completed in 1987 and approved by The State Council on December 12, 1998. Beijing Library It was renamed the National Library of China and externally known as the National Library of China. [1]
According to the information on the official website of the library in October 2018, the total construction area of the National Library of China is 280,000 square meters, and the library is divided into the south section of the main library, the North section of the main library and the library of ancient books. The main building of the south section of the main library is a double-towered tall building with double eaves, peacock blue glazed tile roof, light creamy gray tile exterior wall, granite base stone steps, and white jade railings. The whole body is blue as the keynote, taking its meaning of careful fire with water; The library has a collection of 37.6862 million volumes, including nearly 2 million volumes of ancient books and more than 1,000 terabytes of digital resources, making it the largest library in Asia and the third among national libraries in the world. The library has a total of 25 reading rooms, more than 5,000 reading seats, 1529 employees, and 33 institutional departments.
Chinese name
National Library of China
Foreign name
National Library of China
Type of building
synthesis
site
33 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing
dominance
National general library
Floor area
280000 m²
collection
37,686,200 (December 2017)
Reading room
twenty-five
Hall director
Xiong Yuanming [22]

Historical evolution

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Late Qing Dynasty

On July 25, the first year of the Qing Xuantong Dynasty (September 9, 1909), the Qing government approved Minister of military aircraft , department A surname Zhang Zhidong To prepare for the construction of the Capital Library (the predecessor of the National Library) Cabinet Treasury , Imperial Academy , The Imperial College South learning book, as well Munjingak " Siku complete Book Dunhuang remains as the basic collection. Library of the capital After its establishment, Miao Quansun The first superintendent.
In 1916, the Ministry of Education ordered the Library of the Capital, and all the published books registered in the Ministry of Internal Affairs were transferred to the library of the capital, and the function of the national library began to reflect. [3]

Republic of China period

In 1928, Nanjing National government Established; In July of the same year, the National Peking Library was renamed as the National Peiping Library Graduate school . In order to solve the funding problem, the Ministry of Education of Nanjing National Government and China Education and Culture Fund Board of Directors (hereinafter referred to as "CGIC") negotiated and signed the agreement.
In August 1929, the National Beiping Library was merged with the Beihai Library under the China Foundation. After the merger, the library remained under the name of the National Beiping Library, which was directly under the leadership of the National Beiping Library Committee formed by the Ministry of Education of Nanjing Government and the China Foundation. Central Sea Jurentang It is one hall, and the Qingxiao Tower in Beihai is two.
In 1931, in Wenjin Street A new building was built.
War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression During this period, some of the museum's collections and librarians moved south and continued to stay there Shanghai , Hong Kong , Kunming , Chongqing Offices have been established in other places. War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression After the victory, the museum's offices and books were eliminated Library of Congress The good book and since Nanjing shipment Taipei The cabinet of 18 boxes of large library map, one after another returned Peiping . During this period, the museum encountered serious financial difficulties on several occasions. [3]
On September 27, 1949, it was renamed the National Beijing Library under the leadership of the Ministry of Culture.

The early days of the founding of China

National Library of China Wenjin Street
In June 1951, it was renamed Beijing Library.
In June 1958, he was transferred to the leadership of Beijing City.
In November 1960, he returned to the Ministry of Culture. [3]

Reform and opening up

March 1975 - First Prime Minister of the Republic Zhou Enlai Proposed and approved for construction Peking The new library.
December 1998 The State Council Approved, Beijing Library was renamed the National Library, externally known as the National Library of China.
On April 16, 1999, Jiang Zemin The chairman inscribed the name of the National Library of China.
The automation work of the National Library of China started in the mid-1970s. 1989 Large-scale computer integrated management system started, carried out Library automation Application system development and practice.
Since 1995, in accordance with the ideas of digitization and network construction, the National Library Network Construction Development Plan (1997-2000) has been formulated, focusing its efforts on network construction, software development, data processing and other aspects. [4]
In February 1999, the library took the lead in adopting the advanced gigabit Ethernet network technology in China, and opened a library network with 3,000 information nodes to connect various application subsystems. In terms of Internet development, the National Library of China has opened an Internet site. Differ from... General Office of the State Council , Tsinghua University , Peking University The line connection of 100M speed is realized. with China Computer public network , China Education Research Network , China Technology network and Beijing cable Television network , State Administration of Radio, Film and Television National Cable Television Network, China Netcom The high-speed interconnection has been realized, and the National Library has been initially built online Information resource The central hub.
November 2001, the Rev. The State Council Approved, the "National Library Phase II project and National Digital Library project" was officially launched, as an important content of the national information industry infrastructure construction, has been included in the national "tenth Five-Year Plan", the total investment of the state funds is 1.235 billion yuan, began to be implemented.
Since 2002, the National Library of China has also undertaken two national key cultural projects: the "Chinese Project of Reproducing Rare Books" and the "National Library of China Project". Send books to the countryside project ".
October 28, 2003, National Library of China ALEPH 500 Computer integrated management system has been put into full operation. [5]
In November 2018, the South Section of the National Library of China (formerly Beijing Library) was selected as the third batch of China's 20th century architectural heritage projects [2] .
In November 2019, it was launched "Overwatch Chinese Characters" alliance . [6]
On June 10, 2022, the special database of "Donated Chinese Books by Japanese Eqing Bunko" was officially launched in the "Chinese Ancient Books Resource Database" of the National Library (National Ancient Books Protection Center). [27]
March 20, 2023," Confucian collection The donation and Admission ceremony was held at the National Library. [33]
On April 28, 2023, the Law Library of the National Library was officially opened. [35]
September 1, 2023, the National Library and Baidu The signing ceremony of strategic cooperation was held at the National Library. According to the agreement, the two sides will cooperate and share high-quality resources, give full play to their respective advantages in resources, technology and services, strengthen exchanges and interactions, promote the implementation of intelligent library applications, strive to improve the quality of public cultural services, and jointly promote the intelligent national-level cultural resources and knowledge services to benefit the public. [37]
From 9 September 2023, the North Chinese Library Area of the National Library Open evening hall. [36]
In September 2023, on the occasion of the 114th anniversary of the construction of the National Library, 100,000 Chinese e-book resources will be launched for readers to read for free Line reading. [38]
On November 8, 2023, the branch of the National Library of the National Defense University was opened in Beijing The card holds. [42]
In February 2024, the National Library was selected as the preparatory organization for the first batch of Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISC) of the second phase and started the preparation work for a period of 1 year. [44]

Collection strength

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Collection resources

According to the official website of the library in October 2018, the National Library of China has a collection of 37.6862 million volumes, including nearly 2 million volumes of ancient books; The total amount of digital resources exceeds 1000TB. The collection has inherited the royal collections since the Southern Song Dynasty and many famous private collections since the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the earliest collection can be traced back to more than 3,000 years ago Yin ruins oracle bones . Rarity Special collection contains Dunhuang suicide note , Western region literature, rare ancient books, Stone rubbing More than 2.8 million copies, including ancient maps, ancient books in ethnic minority languages, and manuscripts of famous artists. " Dunhuang suicide note "," Zhao Cheng Jin Zang "," Yongle Grand Festival ", "Wenjin Pavilion" Siku complete Book It is honored as the "Four Junior College Collections" of the National Library of China.
category
genre
Document subclass
Number of volumes (pieces)
Books
Chinese
General books (including Republic of China paperbacks)
9195024
Ordinary ancient books (including Chinese thread-bound books)
1717498
Books published in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas
347938
Braille book
3090
total
11263550
Foreign language
Books in Western languages (English, French, German, etc.)
2289789
Books in Russian (including some other Slavic languages)
669872
Japanese and Eastern Script (Japanese and some other Oriental languages)
1196150
periodical
Chinese
Chinese periodical
8286407
Foreign language
Foreign periodical
7021095
newspaper
Chinese
Chinese newspaper
171017 (Bound volume)
Foreign language
Foreign language newspaper
100718 (Bound volume)
Special collection and special collection
Rare books (including ancient books, new books and foreign books)
336741
Map in Chinese and foreign languages
147,013 (volumes, sheets, sheets, pieces)
Static painting materials (photos, New Year pictures, engineering drawings, etc.)
164227 (sheet, sheet)
328421 (sheets, tablets)
manuscript
105124
Folk literature
223217
Information of Dunhuang Turpan
28308
Genealogies, local records
126070
Other (including hardcover printing)
12523
Dissertations and other domestic materials
2375427
Library science materials
45113
Publications of international organizations and foreign governments
632674
microfilm , plain film
1646663
Audiovisual literature
Audio tape, video tape, compact disc, stereo record \MP3, LD/VCD/VHD/DVD video disc
413264 (Sheet, disk)
CD-ROM, etc
102,804 (sheets, plates)
Total collections (as of December 2017 )
37686187
(Source of reference for table: [7] )
  • Periodicals of the Republic of China
According to the information on the official website of the library in October 2018, the National Library of China has a total of more than 3.52 million pictures of Republic of China literature topics from 1911 to 1949, 4,351 kinds of periodical electronic images, and the data storage capacity reaches 2TB. The contents include the politics, economy, culture and education of modern China, social and historical survey, military literature, anti-Japanese generals and other figures of the Republic of China.
  • Local document
According to the information on the official website of the library in October 2018, the number of special pictures of "local Chronicles" collected by the National Library of China has reached more than 400,000 pages, and the resource storage capacity has exceeded 1TB. "Local Chronicles" includes local Chronicles of Shaanxi, Shandong, Hubei, Yunnan, Guizhou, Xinjiang, Jiangxi, Qinghai and other places, including general Chronicles (catalogues), prefectural and county Chronicles, township Chronicles, landscape Chronicles, etc., both ancient books before the founding of the People's Republic of China and some newly compiled local Chronicles. It thoroughly reflects the people's livelihood and provincial situation in politics, economy, military, culture, mountains, rivers, geography, tasks, folk song and dialect, etc.
  • Digital resource
As of December 2017, the total digital resources of the National Library of China reached 1323.35TB, an increase of 162.37TB compared with 2015. Among them: collection of featured digital resources 1059.69TB, outsourcing database 101TB, network navigation and network resource collection 114.73TB, collection of digital resources 42TB, electronic newspaper submission 5.93TB. The resources mainly include: 3765676 kinds of electronic books 4246420 volumes, 55882 kinds of electronic journals, 11596 kinds of electronic newspapers, 6410080 academic disserations, 6073228 conference papers, 1111154 pieces of audio materials, 150,705 hours of video materials.
Digital Resources at a glance (as of December 2017)
category
Document subclass
reserve
Books
Electronic books (species)
3787588.00
periodical
Electronic journal (s)
55882.00
newspaper
Electronic newspaper
3164.00
Special collection and special collection
Digital local Chronicles (species)
6944.00
Stone rubbings
23995.00
Shell bone
6575.00
Turtle bone rubbings
9775.00
Rare old photos
7264.00
Rare copy
21184.00
Dunhuang Written Scrolls (Vol.)
4875.00
Manuscript letters
274.00
Family tree (species)
2626.00
Dissertation (pieces)
7064178.00
Conference Papers (pieces)
6573228.00
Other (species)
39291.00
Special collection total
13760209.00
Audiovisual literature
Audio data (first)
1137907.00
Video (hours)
161276.00
Digital Resource Storage (TB)
1603.87
Number of outsourced databases (PCS)
255.00
(Source of reference for table: [8] )

Support support

As of December 2016, the National Library of China was opened one-card 24 hours Self-service library , self-service card system, RFID Self-service loan and return systems, self-service copiers," China Digital Library for the Blind "," China Digital Library for the Disabled ", the promotion of engineering mobile reading platform, "Palm map" wechat , "Palm Map" APP, "National Library of China" Wechat public account Let's wait.

Organizational system

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Team building

As of December 2016, the National Library of China has 1,529 employees, 86% of whom have a bachelor's degree or above. Among them, 65 are senior titles, 398 are associate senior titles, 717 are intermediate titles, and 235 are junior titles.

Institutional department

According to information on the library's official website in October 2018, The National Library of China has offices, Personnel Office, Finance Office, Business Management Office, Party and Mass Work Office, Discipline Inspection and Supervision Office, Audit Office, Retirement Department, International Exchange Office (Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Exchange Office), State-owned Assets Management Office, Legal Office, Security Office, infrastructure engineering Office, research institute, Chinese Language acquisition and editing department, foreign language acquisition and editing department, collection and reading Department, and legislative decision-making service Ministry, Reference Department, Digital Resources Department, Information Technology Department, Microform Document Department, Ministry of Social Education, Exhibition Department, Ancient Books Museum, Office of the National Ancient Books Protection Center, Document Protection Office of the Republic of China," One hundred classics of traditional Chinese culture Compilation Work Office, National Map Art Center, Publication Department, Logistics Service Management Center, Chinese library society Secretariat, Chinese Ancient Books Protection Association 33 institutional departments of the Secretariat. [9]

Museum owned enterprise

According to the information on the official website of the National Library, the National Library belongs to enterprises including National Library Press Limited , Beijing National Map Cultural Development Co., LTD , Beijing National Map Bookstore Co., LTD , Beijing Guotu Innovative Cultural Service Co., LTD Beijing Guotu Hotel Management Co., LTD. China Digital Library Limited liability Company (equity enterprises) and other 6 enterprises. [40]

Service system

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The National Library actively undertakes the functions of serving central and state organs, key research, education and production units, library industry and the public, and gradually forms a diversified service system based on traditional literature service, guided by modern information service and with culture, education and training as a new growth point.
(1) To serve the central and state leading organs
To closely follow the current affairs of the country and provide documentation and information support and guarantee for the Party and state leaders and the central legislative and decision-making organs; By serving the national "two sessions", building branch libraries of National libraries and ministries, and opening the "National Library Legislative decision-making service Platform", it effectively serves the formulation and decision-making services of national major policies and policies.
(2) Serving key research, education and production units
Starting from tracking the needs of major strategic areas and key construction projects of the country, strengthen the services for education, scientific research and enterprise users, and gradually improve the consulting service system composed of general consulting service, fixed topic consulting service, interlibrary loan service, document delivery service, document copying service, etc. Build a national library reference consultation network, and create a national map service brand for enterprises and scientific research.
(3) Serving the library industry
The National Library actively carries out library services characterized by "leading business, open resources, active service, and win-win cooperation", and leads and coordinates the development of public libraries across the country. To create a good policy environment for the development of the library in the legislative process and the drafting of important policy documents; Establish a national library industry cooperation platform in different fields, and carry out business counseling and exchanges and cooperation for libraries nationwide, especially public libraries; Relying on industry organizations such as the China Library Association, various exchange and cooperation projects are organized for domestic and foreign library circles.
(4) Serving the public
To the library reader service. The National Library is open 365 days a year with an average of 12,000 visitors per day. The National Library has 25 reading rooms and more than 5,000 reading seats. The functional layout of the museum has its own characteristics. The south section of the main museum mainly provides professional services for foreign language documents, Chinese and foreign language special collections of documents and National Classics Museum exhibition services. The north section of the main library provides public services mainly for borrowing newly published Chinese literature, electronic literature, audio and video resources. The library of Ancient Books provides research services of ordinary ancient books, foreign rare books, old local Chronicles, genealogical documents and temporary theme exhibition services. By optimizing the service layout, a new modern service pattern of "inquiry, reading, consultation and Tibet integration" has been formed; Set up self-service card machine, self-service loan and return machine, self-service copier, readers self-service service; The library has full coverage of wireless network, which is convenient for readers to access and download digital resources at any time; Leisure facilities such as cafes and restaurants are provided to meet the diverse needs of readers.
Remote reader services. The National Library provides comprehensive services such as online consultation, document provision and interlibrary loan. The service network covering the Internet, mobile communication network, radio and television network and other carriers is improving day by day, and readers can also get rich digital library services outside the library. The public can log in remotely to the National Library website, register real-name accounts, and enjoy national digital library resources and services, and the annual click rate of the National Library website has exceeded 1.4 billion times.
Special group service. The Children's Library of the National Library provides a wealth of children's literature for young readers, and regularly organizes various forms of children's reading promotion activities; The National Children's Digital Library provides an online green reading platform for minors; People with disabilities can access the "China Digital Library for the Blind" and "China Digital Library for the Disabled" to make use of National Library resources; We have actively launched distance cultural and educational services for special groups, and regularly organized training services for the elderly.
Social education services. The theme activities of the World Book Day, the selection of the Wenjin Book Award and other cultural activities were held to promote reading among the people; It offers lectures on "Minister-level Leaders' History and Culture", "Wenjin Forum", "National Map Forum" and "Chinese Classics and Culture", and holds more than 200 lectures every year, becoming a service brand; The establishment of "National Map open Course", using the Internet to provide quality course services; Dozens of important exhibitions are held every year, and large-scale public welfare exhibitions such as "National Library Fine Exhibition", "National Precious Ancient Books Special Exhibition" and "China Memory Intangible cultural Heritage Project Series Exhibition" are widely praised by readers; The National Map Art Center vigorously carries out art education popularization activities, and becomes a big classroom for the public to improve artistic accomplishment. [41]

Construction achievement

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Development result

  • Literature development
The National Library of China Publishing House published 319 titles in 2016, an increase of 28.11 percent over the same period in 2015. Among them: 245 new editions, an increase of 19.51% over the same period in 2015; 74 kinds of books were reprinted, an increase of 68.18% over the same period in 2015.
In 2016, published the" Chinese Library Yearbook 2016 It comprehensively reflects the development of China's library sector in 2015.
Published by the National Library of China Press in September 2016 National Library Yearbook 2016 The book totals 520,000 words, 169 pictures, and 30 statistical tables.
In September 2016, the books "My anti-Japanese Years - Oral History of soldiers of the Northeast anti-Japanese United Army", "The Most dangerous Moment - History of the Northeast anti-Japanese United Army" and "Please bury Me in the place where the battle was fought - Tracing the Distant anti-Japanese United Army" were published by the Chinese Library.
On February 8, 2023, the high-definition image database of Yongle Dadian and the knowledge base of the List of National Precious Ancient Books, developed by the National Library in collaboration with the Digital Humanities Research Center of Peking University, were officially released online in the National Library, and the public can log in from the official website of the National Library for free use. These two important national ancient books digitization projects aim to use digital means to completely preserve and disseminate precious ancient books and promote the excellent traditional Chinese culture. [32]
  • Scientific research project
Item category
Project name
applicant
Key projects of Social Science Fund
大陆藏汉文古籍藏书题跋整理与研究
Gianfred
Social Science Fund later funded projects
New China ancient book photocopy series
Nan Jiangtao
Science and technology innovation project of Ministry of Culture
Research on public cultural service system under the Internet of Things environment
Wang Yuge
Culture and technology promotion program of Ministry of Culture
Research on Chinese character number conversion technology
Li Xiaoming
Culture and technology promotion program of Ministry of Culture
Study on evaluation system of paper preservation life of documents
Tian Zhuling
Culture and technology promotion program of Ministry of Culture
Ancient book restoration knowledge network system
Fang Zijin
Pavilion level
Library competitive intelligence strategy service for industry users
Prunus fortunei
Pavilion level
Research on library marketing strategy and practice in omnimedia era
Wang Yanhang
Pavilion level
Research on the service model of digital reading platform of national public library based on interactive TV
Zhang Wei
Pavilion level
Research on information visualization construction based on National Library website
Sun Qian
Pavilion level
Research on data quality assurance strategies and methods for network resource archiving
Qu Yunpeng
Pavilion level
Research on user behavior analysis model of digital library mobile service under the background of big data
Song Shu
Pavilion level
Research on big data processing and application technology of digital library
Xue Yaoyu
Pavilion level
Research on resource service extension of digital library based on associated data
Wei Daxian
Pavilion level
Research on the quality model of library retrieval system
Yang Dongbo
Pavilion level
Study on the fading process of ink traces under different aging conditions by infrared spectroscopy
Zhang Ming
Pavilion level
The coming of Western books to China and the spread of Western learning to the East in the next quarter -- the collation and research of the collection of Jinni Court in the National Library
Peng Fuying
Pavilion level
Research on the promotion strategy of digital library based on user demand
Shao Yan
Pavilion level
Research on security co-construction and sharing technology of library digital resources
Lu Longhui
Pavilion level
Study on the status and application model of oral historical materials in library collection system
Field seedling
Pavilion level
Research on the construction plan of Building monitoring center of National Library
Zhang Dahua
Pavilion level
Research on network resource collection strategy and service mode
Maninning
Pavilion level
Study on the book collectors in eastern Zhejiang in the middle and late Ming Dynasty
Zhang Wei
Pavilion level
Study on the reconstruction scheme of the library of common rare books in Wenjin Street Pavilion area of National Library
Bear with
Pavilion level
Study on the feasibility of the renovation project of constant temperature and humidity system in North District of National Library
Shi Yuteng
Pavilion level
Research on the construction of continuing education system for librarians in China
Shi Jianqiao
Pavilion level
Research on integrated management of library mechanical and electrical equipment based on BIM technology
Zhang Qinghua
Pavilion level
Research and development of portable digital microform reader
Zhang Yang
Pavilion level
A comparative study of top humanities and social science journals such as Library Journal of China and Social Sciences of China
Yuan Hao
Pavilion level
Research on the application of standardized data in metadata warehousing
Salay
Pavilion level
Research on the application of modern microscopic techniques in the identification and restoration of ancient books
Song Hui
Pavilion level
Evaluation of library construction and reader demand analysis of open shelf reading room based on RFID data analysis
Chen Pan
Pavilion level
Study on reading behavior and service countermeasures of young readers (13-16 years old) in National Library
Lee Young-fei
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  • Academic achievement
As of December 2016, the staff of the National Library of China has been selected into 1 National Social Science Foundation results Library, and the officially published results include 26 works (including participation in compilation, etc.) and 330 papers.

Academic journal

" Library journal of China Founded in 1957, it is a state-level professional journal of library and information science under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China and sponsored by the National Library of China and the Library Society of China. The Journal of Chinese Library Science has been designated as the national core journal and the phalanx Journal of Chinese Journal, and has won the One hundred Key Journals Award of the National Journal Award, and has been continuously rated as the national Excellent library science journal. By many famous international search journals such as" Ullich's Guide to International journals ", "Library Literature" and "Latest Continuous Publication Catalogue" and so on. [10]
National Library Journal is a library and information professional academic journal in China and abroad published by the Ministry of Culture and sponsored by the National Library of China, mainly for the library and information professionals in libraries, universities and scientific research institutions in China and abroad.
In 2016, a total of 6 issues of Literature were published, and 107 articles of various types were published. The column "Literature Research Results of Major Projects of the National Social Science Fund" was opened.

Honor received

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In 2016, it was awarded the advanced unit of cultural information work in 2015.
In 2016, it won the Best Award in the performance evaluation of the government website group of the Ministry of Culture in 2016.
In 2016, he won the Excellent Exhibition Award of China Library Exhibition in 2016.
In 2016, it won the Haidian District 2016 Traffic safety advanced Unit.
On November 12, 2019, the National Library of China was elected to the national level Intangible cultural heritage List of representative project protection units.
On November 18, 2020, it was selected into the recommended list of the first Beijing network celebrity Punch card in 2020. [11]
On November 20, 2020, it was selected into the list of advanced units of the Fifth National Minor Ideological and Moral Construction Work. [12]
On February 18, 2021, the Collection and Reading Department of the National Library of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism was publicized by the All-China Women's Federation as the "National March 8 Red Flag Bearer (collective)" to be commended Object. [21]
On September 18, 2021, it was recognized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism as the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects traditional book binding technology protection units. [23]
In November 2021, the Library of Ancient Books of the National Library was awarded the title of "Advanced Collective of National Culture and Tourism System". [24]
In January 2022, the Central Cyberspace Administration hosted, Network Communication Bureau of the Central Cyberspace Administration, China Internet Development Foundation Hosted by CCTV Network, China Positive Energy 2021" One hundred for five "Network boutique collection and selection exhibition activities [28] The National Library's microblog operation team was awarded" One hundred excellent network positive energy builders " [29] .

Cultural tradition

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Image logo

National Library of China image logo
The image logo of the National Library of China is the deformation design of the font of the "National Map", which not only reflects the name attribute of the National Library of China for short, but also resembles the effect of a seal, highlighting the connotation of traditional Chinese culture.

Purpose and vision

Purpose: Inherit civilization and serve society.
Vision: The library will be built into the "best in the country, the world's leading library".

Cultural activity

The 110th anniversary of the National Library
According to the information on the official website of the library in October 2018, the brand cultural activities carried out by the National Library of China are World Book Day Themed activities," Wenjin Book Award "Selection of cultural activities," Wenjin Pulpit ", "National Map Forum", "Chinese Classics and Culture"," National map open class "Wait.
On August 28, 2019, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism held a press conference and said that on September 9, the National Library will celebrate its 110th anniversary [13] . The opening ceremony of the International Academic seminar "Library · Walking with The Times" was held in the National Map Art Center. The conference will conduct in-depth and extensive academic exchanges on hot issues, research results, advanced ideas and cutting-edge technologies, and invite well-known experts and scholars at home and abroad to make keynote reports and special reports [14] .
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Organization leader

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Current leader

job
name
Director of the National Library, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Director of the National Center for the Protection of Ancient Books, director of the National Museum of Classical Books
Secretary of the Party Committee and Deputy Director of the National Library
Executive Deputy director of the National Library, deputy director of the National Ancient Books Protection Center
Deputy Director of the National Library
Zhang Jun, Huo Ruijuan
Reference material Source: [15] [22] 30 - [31]

Successive leaders

List of former directors of the National Library
Library period
curator
Term of office
Curator of the Beijing Library
May 1910 -1911
National capital curator
May 1912 - February 1913
1913-1918
January 1918 - December 1918
January 1919 - May 1921
August 1920 - July 1921
July 1921 - December 1921
December 1921 - June 1922
June 1922 - July 1922
October 1922 - December 1922
December 1922 - March 1924
April 1924 - October 1924
November 1924 - March 1925
March 1925 - August 1925
August 1925 - December 1925
December 1925 - June 1927
August 1927 - May 1928
April 1929 - August 1929
August 1929 - March 1940
Agent, 1940-1943
1943 - December 1948
From 1949 to 1952, he was deputy director
National Curators in Beijing
April 14, 1942 - February 3, 1943
Zhang Xinpei
February 3, 1943 -1943
1943-1945
March 13, 1945 - Japan surrenders
National Curators in Beijing
From 1949 to 1952
Librarian of Beijing Library
From 1949 to 1952, he was deputy director
April 1953 - September 1954
From 1954 to 1973
November 1973 - February 1981
Curator, National Library of China
May 1987 - January 2005
January 2005 - December 2009
December 2009 - January 2014
January 2014 - September 2018
From September 2018 to September 2021
September 2021 -
(Source of reference for table: [15 to 16] [22] )
List of former Deputy directors of the National Library
Deputy curator
Term of office
1910-1911.
1926.3—1927.8
1927.8—1928.5
1929.8-194.
The 1949-1952
1953.4-1963.11
Ding Zhigang
1954.7-1984.4
Wang Yifei
1955.7-1968.1
Zuo Gong
The 1955-1976
Ji Zhi
1961.8-1963.11
1964.11-1965.12
1965.11-1982.12
1972.12-1978.1
1973.11-1978.1
1973.11-1987.12
The 1975-1979
Li Jiarong
1978.8-1987.12
1980.5-1983.12
1980.12-1984.6
1983.5-1987.12
1983.5-1987.12
1984.4-1985.6
1987.12-1991.2
Duke
1987.12-1991.4
Shao Wenjie
1987.12-1992.3
1987.12-2000.3
1991.4-1994.4
1991.4-1994.7
1991.4-2001.11
1994.4-1996.7
1995.1-2001.11
Zhang Yanbo
2000.2-2005.9
2001.2-2015.12
2001.11-2003.9
2001.11-2009.5
Zhang Xiaoxing
2002.1-2004.7
2003.9-2005.1
Zhang Yuhui
2006.7-2009.12
2009.8-2013.8
2009.12-2014.1
Wang Jun
2010.11-2017.2
2013.7-2019.5
2014.5-2016.4
2015.12-2018.7
2016.3-2021.4
2009.6-2022.11
2009.6-- Now
2017.12-- Now
2018.11-2023.1
Zhang Jun
2020.4-- Now
2021.6-- Now
(Source of reference for table: [39] )

Reader service

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Reader's guide

  • Instructions for admission
The National Library of China is composed of the library of Ancient books located in Wenjin Street, the south section and the North section of the General library located in Baishi Bridge, forming a three-in-one building layout. The library of Ancient books mainly provides ordinary ancient books, foreign rare books, local Chronicles and genealogy literature services and temporary theme exhibition services; The south section of the main museum provides professional services for foreign language literature, Chinese and foreign language special collections of literature and exhibition services of the National Classics Museum; The north section of the main library provides public services, mainly Chinese general literature lending, electronic literature, audio and video resource services and children and adolescents services.
1. The open-shelf lending area of the library is open to readers over the age of 13. Readers between the ages of 13 and 15 must present their National Library Reader card for admission, and other readers must present their National Library Reader card or second-generation resident ID card for admission.
2. The closed circulation area of the Library is open to readers who are at least 16 years old and hold a National Library Reader card
3, Children's hall for children 15 years old and below, with the reader card entry. Preschoolers must be accompanied by a guardian, and the accompanying guardian (limited to one) can enter with a valid ID.
4, please take good care of personal belongings, large size bags (larger than 18.4cm×13cm) and other items unrelated to borrowing must be stored at the deposit desk free of charge with a valid reader card or ID card.
5, Please do not bring personal books, periodicals, newspapers (including books borrowed from the library) into the reading area for self-study.
6. Please do not engage in activities unrelated to the services provided by the National Library
7. Please do not bring food or liquid items into the museum.
8. Smoking and the use of open flame in the museum area must be checked in accordance with regulations. Flammable, explosive, toxic and other dangerous goods are prohibited.
9. Please pay attention to your appearance, dress neatly and appropriately, and speak and behave in a civilized manner
10, please abide by the public order and the relevant management regulations of the National Library, obey the management of the staff, and consciously maintain the order of visits and a good reading environment. [17]
  • Opening hours
South Section of the Main Museum (including the National Museum of Classics) : Tuesday to Sunday 9:00-17:00
Science and Technology Research Center/Science and Technology Consulting Room, Social Science Consulting Room: Tuesday to Friday 9:00-17:00
Headquarters North: Tuesday to Sunday 9:00-17:00
Children's Hall: Tuesday to Sunday 9:00-17:00
Library of Ancient Books: Tuesday to Saturday 9:00-17:00 [34]
  • Service facility
Region name
Service content
Service item
Reference area
Wenjinge Siku Encyclopaedia (Photocopy), Wenyuange Siku Encyclopaedia (Photocopy) and related books (on the first floor of the Central Hall), foreign language encyclopedias of the world's major languages, dictionaries of words and phrases, biographical materials, bibliographic indexes and other foreign language reference books (on the first floor of the Central Hall), Various Chinese encyclopedias, word (ci) books and some Chinese reference books published in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan (the second floor of the Central Hall) have a collection of more than 30,000 (pieces). Some foreign reference books and American Chemical Abstracts (CA) stored in the first phase of the main library are available for closed-shelf reading.
Open shelf reading, consulting guide, etc.
Chinese books area
In recent years, some Chinese social science and natural science books, as well as the accompanying CD-ROM of some books, have been published more than 400,000 volumes (pieces); There are 138 computers for digital resource service and 6 machines for reading optical discs.
Book open shelf reading, CD closed shelf reading, digital resource services, consulting guide, Document reproduction Research services, etc.
Classics section
Famous award winning books; A famous novel; Chinese classics; Books that have had a significant impact on human thought, the history of science and technology, and life; More influential series currently published; Classics mentioned in the academic history of various disciplines have a collection of more than 10,000 volumes.
Book open shelf reading, CD closed shelf reading, electronic resource services, consulting guide, literature copy, etc.
Self-replicating office
Provide readers with self-replication services. The elderly (with the elderly certificate or over 65 years old), the disabled (with the disabled certificate), and pregnant women can be copied by their respective assistant reproduction office.
Self-service copy process: Confirm that there is enough money in the card → Swipe the card → enter the password (default is 6 digits of birthday - day of month and month) → Copy (place the original manuscript according to the size marked on the panel, select the required paper, press the start button to start) → Confirm the consumption amount → swipe the card again to exit.
Integrated information desk
Provide comprehensive business consultation for visiting and non-visiting readers (telephone service), answer readers' general inquiries, and help find the collection.
Card issuing office
Handle the lending function of the National Library reader card or the second generation ID card, and handle the card loss, replacement, return, increase or decrease function, annual registration, card recharge, refund and other related businesses.
Directory query area
Provide online public catalog query system (OPAC), to realize the library's collection of bibliography retrieval, renewal, reservation and other services.
Foreign literature reading room
Western books in the last year (including some Western books in the original Law Reading Room and Overseas Chinese Studies Literature Center), with a collection of about 12,000 volumes; Closed shelves for Western books after 1975 (including 1975); The latest 1-2 years of Western, Japanese, Russian periodicals (including the original law reading room and overseas Chinese studies literature Center), nearly 5,700 titles; There are 34 computers for digital resource service and 2 machines for reading optical discs.
Open shelf reading, closed shelf reading, CD closed shelf reading, digital resource services, consulting guide, literature copy, etc.
Japan Publications Library Reading Room
In the latest year, the Japanese publication library has about 10,000 books.
Open shelf reading, CD closed shelf reading, digital resource services, consulting guide, literature copy, etc.
Chinese newspaper area
In the past two years (including the current year), there are 280 Chinese newspapers in provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions and prefecture-level cities.
Open and closed reading, consulting guide, wireless network electronic resource services, literature copy, etc.
Chinese periodical area
近两年(含当年)中国大陆出版的中文期刊近11000余种,其中开架近6000余种,闭架近5000余种。
Journals open and closed reading, consulting guide, wireless network electronic resource services, literature reproduction, etc.
Basic Chinese book reading room
Provide Chinese books collected in the base library after 2003 (including 2003); 1 machine for reading CD.
Closed shelf reading, CD closed shelf reading, consultation guide, etc.
Keep copies of the reading room
Preservation refers to the permanent preservation of Chinese documents collected for the purpose of fulfilling the responsibility of building the national general library. This reading room provides Chinese books, periodicals from three years ago and periodicals from Taiwan and Hong Kong from three years ago for readers to read.
Closed reading.
Chinese yearbook Reading room
Provide Chinese yearbook (paper, CD-ROM, full-text database) reading services, as well as free yearbook full-text resources navigation services on the Internet. Readers can timely learn about the monthly new book list of the China Yearbook Reading Room and the content introduction of the newly published yearbook through the website of the National Library and the publicity bar in the reading room. There are more than 20,000 books (pieces) in the room, 4 reading CD machines, 4 online public directory query system (OPAC) machines, and 32 reading seats.
The preserved documents can be read by the reader's card of the National Library.
Microform document reading room
Foreign doctoral theses, Chinese newspapers and periodicals, books of the Republic of China, publications of the Jiangxi Soviet regime from 1931 to 1934, Japanese government publications, declassified materials of the British and American governments, and collections of early missionaries in China, as well as books about China published in the West before 1850, dictionaries of foreign languages and biographies of people in different countries and other films or plain films. Among them, the foreign language data can be traced back to 1498, and the Chinese data can be traced back to 1862, which is the precious data for domestic and foreign scholars to study.
Microdocumentary closed reading, consultation guide, etc.
Dissertation reading room
The museum has a collection of more than 200,000 doctoral dissertations.
Closed reading, consultation guide, literature copy, etc.
Digital shared space
More than 180 Chinese and foreign language databases and more than 100,000 CDS; 236 computers for digital resource service.
Digital resources and Internet services, multimedia resource reading, handheld reader borrowing services, special services for the disabled, national cultural information sharing project resource experience, user information literacy training, etc.
Manual service
Provide scanning, printing, photography, binding and other services.
(Source of reference for table: [18] )

Lending guide

  • Certificate handling instructions
1, I hold valid identity documents (ID card, household register, passport, Mainland travel permit for Hong Kong and Macao residents, Mainland travel permit for Taiwan residents, permanent residence ID card for foreigners) original and photocopy, fill in the National Library Reader Card Application form. Do not provide any form of off-site processing, other agents, the first time the cost of processing is exempted.
2. Chinese citizens and foreigners over the age of 16.
3, reader card, children's library reader card loss must be reported to the corresponding card office. If you find the original card again, you can report the loss to the corresponding office with your valid ID card. Did not find the original reader card, with my valid ID card to pay the cost of a new card, the original reader card is invalid at the same time. The deposit is still valid.
4, each person is limited to one reader card, children's library reader card.
5, Reader card, children's library reader card is only for my use, please do not lend.
6. Processing time and place: North of the Headquarters: North of the second floor of the North.
Monday to Friday 09:00-21:00 - Saturday and Sunday 09:00-17:00 (Manual service for reader card and add and subtract function time: Monday to Sunday 09:00-16:30). [19]
  • Lending system
1, with my reader card/second-generation ID card to read books and periodicals in each reading room, in the reading room, the loan area of the verification office through the card reader to confirm the function of the ID card is valid, you can enter.
2. The books and periodicals in the reading room are for indoor reading only.
3. Read open shelf books, limited to four books each time; Read open shelves of newspapers, each time to take 1 kinds /1 year, after reading the designated place, do not return to the shelf.
4, read closed books and periodicals information, must fill in the request form, by the staff to pick up, after reading and return, do not leave it at will
5, to read the library's online public catalog query system (OPAC) (or card catalog) to retrieve the bibliography and send a request (or submit a request list), by the staff to extract the book materials. Those who do not pick up the books on the day they arrive at the desk must pay a penalty of RMB0.30 per volume. Base library books and periodicals must be returned on the same day, overdue return shall pay a penalty of 5 yuan/book/day.
6. To copy books and periodicals, you must fill in the copy application form and promise to abide by the copyright law, handle the copy procedure at the designated place, and return it immediately after copying
7. Books and periodicals in the reading room are not allowed to be taken out of the room without permission. Those who take books and periodicals out of the room without permission will be punished as theft. [20]

Open and close information

Starting from May 3, 2022 (Tuesday), the museum will be closed in accordance with the requirements of the epidemic prevention and control work in Beijing. The library will suspend the reader service (including 24-hour book return service), exhibitions, performances, lectures and other activities. The specific opening time will be announced separately according to the actual situation. [25]
On June 6, 2022, the National Library issued an announcement on the orderly resumption of the opening of the library, opening appointments on June 6, and resuming the opening of the library from June 7. [26]

Cooperation and exchange

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On December 5, 2023, the National Library of China participated in the fifth Meeting of Experts in the field of Library and Information between China and Arab States. [43]