Zhejiang Library

Zhejiang Library

Zhejiang Library, located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, is one of the earliest Provincial Public Libraries in China. It is one of the first batch of "national key protection units of ancient books". It is the "first-class library" assessed by the former Ministry of culture of the people's Republic of China. It is the Zhejiang provincial sub center of the national cultural information resource sharing project, the Zhejiang provincial sub center of the National Library joint Cataloging Center, and the Yangtze River Delta public library Library lecture alliance.

Zhejiang Library was founded in 1900, formerly known as Hangzhou Library. In 1909, Zhejiang government book office merged into Zhejiang Library, and Zhejiang Library was established. In 1951, it received the Nanxun jiayetang library and books donated by Liu Chenggan. In 1953, it decided to use "Zhejiang Library" as its name. In November 2000, on the occasion of the centennial of Zhejiang Library, the new Zhejiang Library officially opened.

As of 2016, Zhejiang Library has a total construction area of 47000 square meters, with 24 branches and 29 circulation stations throughout the province, with a total collection of 6.7344 million volumes (pieces), including 822000 ancient books, including 150000 rare books; 907700 bound newspapers and periodicals; 150000 block printed books; and 1.7482 million e-books. The library has 1359 reading seats and 282 staff.

Historical evolution

Zhejiang Library, formerly known as Hangzhou Library, was founded in 1900;

In 1903, Hangzhou Library was expanded and rebuilt into Zhejiang Library;

In 1909, Zhejiang government book company was merged into Zhejiang Library;

In 1911, he took over the management of Wenlan Pavilion and Siku Quanshu;

In 1912, the white building of Gushan road library was completed, which was one of the earliest public library buildings in China. It was opened as the general library in 1913;

In 1931, the university road was completed;

In 1932, it was officially opened and designated as the general library;

In 1937, when the Anti Japanese war broke out, the general library moved to Nantian town (now Wencheng County, Wenzhou City), and Wenlan pavilion's Siku Quanshu moved to dimudong, Guizhou Province;

At the end of 1945, he moved back to the museum and took Gushan library as the main library;

In 1951, he received a donation from the famous bibliophile Liu Chenggan to the Nanxun jiayetang Library (now Nanxun District, Huzhou City) and the library;

In 1953, Zhejiang Library was chosen as the name of the library;

In December 1998, the new Zhejiang Library was opened;

In November 2000, on the occasion of the centennial of Zhejiang Library, the new library of Zhejiang Library was officially opened;

In 2008, the brand of "Zhejiang ancient books protection center" was added;

In 2015, according to the constitution of Zhejiang Library, the first board of directors was established to implement the management system with the board as the highest decision-making and supervision level.

Collection strength

Collection resources

As of 2016, Zhejiang Library has 6.7344 million volumes (pieces) of literature, which is characterized by rich precious ancient books and complete local literature. Among them, there are 822000 ancient books, including 150000 rare books, 4.8925 million ordinary books, 907700 bound newspapers and periodicals, and more than 8100 kinds of newspapers and periodicals. It has a collection of 150000 engravings. The library has 1.7482 million e-books and more than 170 databases, including 27 self built databases with the theme of Zhejiang genealogy, local chronicles and other characteristic resources.

Precious ancient books

As of 2016, there are 822000 ancient books in Zhejiang Library, including 150000 rare books. There are 109 kinds of Tibetan ancient books, of which 15 are included in the national precious ancient books list, including wenlange Sikuquanshu, Dunhuang Tibetan writing volume of the Tang Dynasty Mahayana wuliangshouzongyaojing, three color manuscripts of the early Qing Dynasty Dazangjing (Ganzhuer part), wood block printed edition of the 15th year of Kangxi (1676) and No The fifth Dalai Lama's book "pharmacist's classic" and the Ming Dynasty's hand copied copy "San Bao Nian Yao Jing" etc.

Journals of the Republic of China

According to the information on the library's official website in August 2018, Zhejiang Library has collected journals of the Republic of China from the beginning of the last century to the 1940s for digital processing, and has initially built "journal database of the Republic of China" and "newspaper database of collection 1937-1954", covering philosophy, politics, economy, military, law, literature, history, education and other categories, with a total of more than 204 kinds of newspapers and periodicals.

Local Literature

As of December 2016, Zhejiang Library has collected 2126 kinds of documents and materials about Zhejiang since the founding of the people's Republic of China, including newly compiled local Yearbook, local chronicles, local history, local overview, genealogy, maps, CPPCC literature and history materials, various monographs, various newspapers and periodicals, including 48 archives of former CPPCC Chairman Mao Qihua, including 1213 old photos, There are 1230 contract documents in Qingyuan and Fujian, 584 works of Zhejiang people, and 830 volumes.

Digital resources

As of December 2016, the total amount of digital resources of Zhejiang Library has reached 111tb; more than 170 databases have been published, including 103 purchased resources and 27 self built databases with the theme of Zhejiang genealogy, local chronicles and other characteristic resources.

Support and guarantee

Zhejiang Library takes the lead in setting up a service alliance for lectures, exhibitions, information, network technology and visual impairment of Zhejiang provincial public libraries, and organizing the implementation of Zhejiang Provincial Public Library through reading and borrowing network. In 2000, he became a member of "China Digital Library Project" alliance. In 2005, Zhejiang University Library and Zhejiang science and Technology Information Research Institute jointly set up "Zhejiang joint knowledge navigation network" and joined the Zhejiang science and technology literature co construction and sharing platform.

Up to 216 years, Zhejiang Library has maintained book exchange relations with 12 libraries in the United States, Japan, Australia, South Korea, Russia, India, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other countries and regions.

As of 2016, Zhejiang Library has 24 branches and 29 circulation stations throughout the province. It has realized the "all in one card" loan and return service in the main city, and opened the world digital library, 24-hour self-service library, book mobile service vehicle, RFID self-service loan and return system, digital cloud reading experience room and other modern services.

Organization system

Team building

By the end of 2016, there were 282 staff in Zhejiang Library, including 15% with master degree or above, 77% with college degree or above, 65 with senior professional title, 127 with intermediate professional title and 24 with junior professional title.

Institutional sector

As of 2016, Zhejiang Library has set up office (business management department), personnel management department, finance department, property management department, security department, state-owned assets management department, acquisition and editing department, library and literature service department, newspaper and literature service department, Digital Resource Center (Sharing Project Office), Local Literature Department, ancient books department, reader activity promotion department, information technology application department, information technology department There are 17 departments including information service center, jiayetang library management department and library research and work department.

Research and development

Development achievements

Document development

In 2005, Zhejiang genealogy compendium, a large-scale reference book, was exclusively published by Zhejiang Library. It describes more than 12000 genealogies of genealogical books in Zhejiang Province, of which about half are collected in Zhejiang Province, half are collected from other provinces and overseas, and about 500 genealogies of genealogical books collected in Zhejiang Province and from other provinces and cities. Besides the Han nationality, there are also the surnames of Hui, she and other ethnic minorities.

 

In 2011, Zhejiang Library and National Library Press jointly photocopied the rare local chronicles series of Zhejiang Library, a total of 62 volumes, selected 43 kinds of rare local chronicles of Zhejiang Library, most of which are printed, manuscripts and transcripts of provincial, government, state, department and county chronicles with less collection units, and high-value local chronicles, among which the joint catalogue of Chinese Local Chronicles is the only one, There are 6 kinds that are not recorded.

 

In 2012, Zhejiang Library compiled, edited by Zhao Daxiong and programmed by CHEN Ye, the database of seals of Chinese ancient characters was published by Zhejiang electronic audio visual publishing house. The database contains 2192 Chinese ancient characters with 35601 seals, and contains the collections of seal of Chinese Calligraphers and painters, seal of Chinese collector, seal of Chinese collector and seal of famous ancient Chinese painters There are more than 100 kinds of comprehensive and private seals, such as "modern Yinren Zhuan", "Qibaishi yinpu" and "seal cutting four masters yinpu". Each person has a brief introduction, and is equipped with a portrait as far as possible. Each seal is attached with an explanation, indicating the source. It is scanned by 600 pixels according to the original size, and the schema is divided into two sizes.

 

Academic journals

Zhejiang Library has published 12 journals in the construction of Library Science, among which Wenlan journal, Zhejiang Provincial Library Journal and Book prospect are the "core journals" of China in the 1930s and 1940s. These journals

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