Shanghai Library (with a
second name as the Shanghai Institute of Scientific and Technological Information) is a municipal public library in
Shanghai
Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...
, China. It is owned by the
Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. The library is
one of the largest libraries in the world. Its main building is in
Xuhui, with a branch hall in
Pudong
Pudong is a list of administrative divisions of Shanghai, district of Shanghai located east of the Huangpu River, Huangpu, the river which flows through central Shanghai. The name ''Pudong'' was originally applied to the Huangpu's east bank (g ...
. As of 2024, it has a collection of 58 million volumes.
At 24 stories and 348 feet (106 m) tall, the library's main building is the second
tallest library in the world after the
National Library of Indonesia
The National Library of the Republic of Indonesia (Perpusnas, ) is the legal deposit library of Indonesia. It is located at Gambir, on the south side of Merdeka Square, Jakarta. It serves primarily as a humanities library alongside several other ...
in
Jakarta
Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...
.
History
Shanghai Library was originally established in 1952.
In 1958, Shanghai Library merged with Shanghai Science and Technology Library (formerly Mingfu Library), Shanghai Newspaper Library (formerly Hongying Library), and Shanghai Historical Documents Library (formerly United Library), which were all of considerable size at the time, to become the second largest public library in the country after the
National Library of China
The National Library of China (NLC) is the national library of China, located in Haidian, Beijing, and is one of the largest libraries in the world. It contains over 41 million items as of December 2020. It holds the largest collection of Chine ...
.
In November 1958, the Shanghai Institute of Scientific and Technical Information was established. In October 1995, Shanghai Library merged with the Shanghai Institute of Scientific and Technical Information to become a research-oriented public library and a comprehensive information research center.
See also
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National first-class library
The national first-class, first-level or first-grade libraries (in ) are state-level libraries that have been deliberated and decided upon by the State Council of the People's Republic of China. The seventh evaluation was conducted in 2023.
Requ ...
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Libraries in the People's Republic of China
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National Library of China
The National Library of China (NLC) is the national library of China, located in Haidian, Beijing, and is one of the largest libraries in the world. It contains over 41 million items as of December 2020. It holds the largest collection of Chine ...
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Chinese Library Classification
The Chinese Library Classification (CLC; ), also known as Classification for Chinese Libraries (CCL), is effectively the national library classification scheme in the People's Republic of China. It is used in almost all primary and secondary schoo ...
(CLC)
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Archives in the People's Republic of China
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Pudong Library
References
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Libraries in Shanghai
Library buildings completed in 1996
Public libraries in China
Xuhui District
Libraries established in 1952
National first-grade libraries of China
1952 in Shanghai