Shandong Provincial Library

Shandong Provincial Library

After nearly a century of painstaking efforts, hard work, and dedicated collection by several generations, the library's collection has grown increasingly vast and distinctive. By the end of 2011, the new building of the Shandong Provincial Library housed over 6.7 million volumes (items), forming a systematic and uniquely characterized collection system. Collections in categories such as light industry, medicine, and philosophy have reached research-grade levels, while specialized collections such as Qilu local gazetteers, Haiyuan Pavilion collection, I Ching collection, and Shandong revolutionary literature are among the best in China. Of the approximately 600 extant types of Qilu local gazetteers nationwide, the library holds 528 types, including 58 rare editions, with the “Yanzhou Prefecture Annals (Wanli Era)” being the only surviving copy in the world. The Haiyuan Pavilion collection includes 2,280 types and 32,000 volumes, accounting for about one-third of the entire Haiyuan Pavilion collection, along with numerous autographs from notable figures such as Lin Zexu, Weng Tongshu, Wu Shifen, Qian Yiji, and Xu Han. The library’s collection of I Ching texts includes 1,317 types, totaling 2,205 editions and nearly 10,000 volumes. In addition, treasures in the collection include the “Tang Dynasty Manuscript Sutra Scrolls,” the butterfly-bound Song Dynasty edition of “Wen Xuan,” the portable Song Dynasty edition of “Ten Thousand Volumes of Essence,” the manuscript of Pu Songling’s “Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio,” and the annotated draft of Wang Shizhen’s “Kunlun Mountain House Collection.” The periodical collection spans various disciplines, forming a comprehensive and distinctive newspaper and periodical system. Notably valuable materials include the “Qilu Gazette,” the official organ of the Shandong Independence Alliance during the 1911 Revolution, the “Bohai Daily” of the former Chinese Communist Party Bohai District Committee, and the “Masses Shandong Provincial Library Newspaper” of the Jiaodong District Committee. The foreign language book and periodical collection features strengths in light industry, chemical engineering, electronics, environmental protection, and medical sciences. For example, the American “Chemical Abstracts” has been collected since 1907, the “Japanese Patent Gazette” since the early 1960s, and other highly valuable resources for research and development such as the “U.S. Patent Abstracts,” “World Patent Index,” and “U.S. Engineering Index.” As a national comprehensive public library, the Shandong Provincial Library is an important part of the country’s socialist scientific, educational, and cultural endeavors, serving as an academic institution that provides the public with book lending and information consulting services. Guided by the principle of “everything for the readers,” the library utilizes its rich collection to serve readers through reading, lending, subject retrieval, consultation, information services, translation, exhibitions, lectures, and more. It currently has 44 public service windows, is open 66.5 hours per week, issues 12 types of library cards, and receives nearly 5,000 visitors daily on average. The library has also established document exchange relationships with countries and regions such as Japan, North Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong.

Travel Tips

- Guide

1. Eligibility: Chinese citizens and foreigners with valid identification documents (ID card, military ID, household registration, driver’s license, passport, etc.).

2. Procedures: Present a valid ID, fill out the “Reader Card Application Registration Form,” and the card will be issued. Note: No photo is required.

3. Hours: Daily from 8:30 AM to 7:00 PM, open all year round.

4. Phone: 0531-85590781

5. Notes

1. Reader cards are valid for one year (from the date of issue). Renewal is required upon expiration. Failure to renew will result in suspension of borrowing privileges.

2. In case of loss, report it at the library or by phone. A replacement card can be processed one week later with your ID.

3. Readers who need to return their card for any reason must first return all borrowed items, then present their ID and the intact reader card to process a refund of the deposit.

Bus Guide: Take bus K93, 46, 70, BRT Line 4, BRT Line 4, BRT Line 5, 46, K93, or BRT Line 5, and get off at Shandong Provincial Library.

Scenic Spot Website

http://www.sdlib.com/

Transportation Guide

Bus Guide: Take bus K93, 46, 70, BRT Line 4, BRT Line 4, BRT Line 5, 46, K93, or BRT Line 5, and get off at Shandong Provincial Library.