Shanghai Library

　　Shanghai Library is a research-oriented public library, built in 1952. The Shanghai Institute of Scientific and Technical Information is a comprehensive information research and documentation service organization, founded in 1958. In October 1995, Shanghai Library and the Shanghai Institute of Scientific and Technical Information merged to become the first provincial (municipal)-level library and information consortium in China, covering an area of 3.1 hectares with a building area of 83,000 square meters.

　　The library boasts well-equipped reading rooms, exhibition halls, academic activity rooms, as well as lecture halls, multi-function halls, and music appreciation rooms. It has introduced advanced technology and equipment, successively launching modern digital services such as digital mobile readers for lending, mobile library, electronic newspaper kiosks, online book request services, e-Shanghai Library remote electronic resources, and the “My Library” (one-card pass) for free reader access.

　　The library houses nearly 52 million volumes (items) of books, periodicals, and scientific materials, as well as over 150,000 non-book items such as vintage records. It holds 3.7 million volumes of historical documents and more than 18,000 genealogies from 342 surnames, making it the library with the largest collection of Chinese genealogies in the world.

　　The library offers free admission and adheres to the principle of “Open to all professions, 365 days a year.” Shanghai Library explores diverse forms of modern library services and has developed over 10 influential modern service brands including the “One Card” system of the Shanghai Central Library, the Shanghai Public Information Service Platform, “Shanghai Library Lectures,” “Shanghai Library Express,” “Window of Shanghai,” the Online Joint Knowledge Navigation Station, the National Periodical Index database, “Shanghai Years,” and the Annual Exhibition of Fine Collection Items.

　　Address: No. 1555 Middle Huaihai Road, Xuhui District

　　Postal Code: 200031

　　Tel: 64455555

　　Fax: 64455001

　　Website: http://www.library.sh.cn

　　Opening Hours: 8:30–20:30, Monday to Sunday

　　Public Transport: Bus routes 26, 911, 926, 945, 920, 830, 96, 93, 15, 548, etc., get off at Gao’an Road or Shanghai Library station; Metro Line 10, Shanghai Library station; Metro Line 1, Hengshan Road station

　　Admission

　　10.00 RMB

　　Tips:

　　The 10.00 RMB fee is for temporary reader pass application, which requires an ID card. Application stops after 17:00.