Zhejiang Library, founded in 1900, is one of the earliest provincial public libraries in China. University Road was built at 193 1. 1998 65438+On February 26th, the new Zhejiang Library was opened for trial. On June165438+1October 18, 2000, the new Zhejiang Library was officially opened. There are four buildings in Zhejiang Library, with a building area of 42,000 square meters. New Shuguang Road Library is the main library, as well as Huzhou Ye Jia Library, Gushan Road Ancient Books Department and University Road Library. There are 7 branches and 29 circulation stations in the province.
Zhejiang Library is the collection and service center of literature information in Zhejiang Province, which undertakes the collection and service functions of local literature in Zhejiang Province and is an important window for the whole world to know about Zhejiang. At present, it has more than 5 million books and massive digital literature information resources, with complete disciplines and languages involving China, Britain, Japan, Russia, Germany, France and other countries. The treasures in the collection are the Four Encyclopedias published by Ge, in addition to Dunhuang manuscripts, new woodcut prints, manuscripts approved by famous artists, inscriptions and postscripts, and foreign woodcut prints from Japan, Korea and Vietnam.
Zhejiang Library is open every day and provides users with 24-hour service on the Internet. The main services are: book borrowing, reference, network services, lectures, exhibitions, education and training, audio-visual education services, etc. Zhejiang Library keeps pace with the times, actively introduces and applies high-tech, and constantly promotes digitalization and networking construction. Is a member of "China Digital Library Project" alliance. At the same time, Zhejiang Library strives to share resources with peers, and jointly establishes "Zhejiang Literature Information Navigation Network" with Zhejiang University Library and Zhejiang Institute of Science and Technology Information to serve the construction of a strong province in science, technology, education and culture. Actively participate in the activities of building resources in the Yangtze River Delta region; Organized and implemented the open lending network of public libraries in Zhejiang Province. Zhejiang Library has the Zhejiang Branch of the National Library Joint Cataloguing Center, which realizes the sharing of bibliographic resources across regions and industries.
Zhejiang Library actively participates in international exchanges and cooperation. 65438-0994, joined IFLA as an institutional member, and participated in the Professional Committee of Rare Books of Ancient Books and the Asia-Pacific Regional Committee. 1998 12, established a sister library with Fukui prefectural library in Japan, and was approved as a United Nations depository library in 2000.
In 2000, Zhejiang Library was awarded the title of "Readers' Favorite Library" by the Ministry of Culture. 200 1 was awarded the title of "National Advanced Cultural Collective" by the Ministry of Culture; In 2002, it was awarded as the advanced collective of Zhejiang province for culture going to the countryside and culture entering the community; In 2004, it was rated as a first-class library by the Ministry of Culture.
You can borrow millions of books without spending money-from June 5438 to February 2007, Zhejiang Library took the lead in opening free of charge among national and provincial public libraries, and readers only need to pay a deposit to borrow books.
In recent years, the financial investment in Zhejiang Province has increased year by year, completely solving the daily expenses and realizing free opening. Previously, an ordinary library card in Zhetu required a deposit of 100 yuan, a handling fee of 20 yuan and an annual borrowing fee of 30 yuan. Zhetu's annual fee income is 6.5438+0.2 million yuan-6.5438+0.5 million yuan, most of which is used for daily expenses. From 65438+February, Zhejiang plans to cancel the 20 yuan fee and 30 yuan annual fee, and can also refund the deposit when borrowing the library card. Zhejiang Library, founded in 1900, is one of the earliest provincial public libraries in China. It has four buildings, more than 5 million books, and a large number of digital literature information resources. The first treasure in the collection is Si Ku Quan Shu by Wen Lan Ge.