Anhui Library opens at 8:00 a.m. in summer and 8:30 a.m. in winter, and closes at 18:00 in the afternoon. But there are basically no seats during holidays. Many people put a book there to occupy a seat for a long time even if they are not there. And because there are so many people, it is very boring. It is also very noisy. I go there every day.
The self-study room is on the 3rd floor of the east building, and books can be borrowed from the west building.
Anyone can enter. If you want to stay longer, you need to buy a card for the self-study room at the card office of the west building, which costs 15 yuan. , 30 times. Just go there once a day, the seats are tight, and the library does not sell self-study certificates during holidays.
Introduction to Anhui Provincial Library:
Anhui Provincial Library was built in 1913 , is also one of the earliest public libraries established in China. The library is located at No. 74 Wuhu Road, Hefei, with a collection of 2.4 million books. It is a comprehensive provincial-level public library organized by the state and a public welfare social and cultural information service institution. It is located on the banks of the beautiful Bao River in Hefei City. It is a key cultural project in Anhui Province and a landmark cultural building.
Historical evolution editor
Facade of the main building of Anhui Provincial Library
Anhui Provincial Library was founded in February 1913, formerly known as Anhui Provincial Library, and later Due to wars, it moved several times. After the founding of New China, the Anhui Provincial Library was officially established in April 1953 on the basis of the original Hefei Library in Wanbei District (the library is located on the west side of Xiaoyaojin Park, Hefei), with a construction area of ??about 1,100 square meters. In December 1962, it moved to the west side of Baohe Park, Hefei City, with a construction area of ??6,345 square meters. In 1981, a seven-story library building was built, with the construction area increased to 13,900 square meters. In October 1998, a large-scale expansion was carried out on the original site. In October 2001, the 23,000-square-meter new hall expansion project was completed. In December 2002, the renovation project of the original main building was completed. After the expansion, the total construction area reaches 36,900 square meters, with more than 1,400 designed reading seats, which can meet the collection capacity of 4.2 million volumes (pieces). The new museum is equipped with advanced computer service management systems, satellite communication receiving systems, security and other supporting service systems. The integrated wiring system ensures high-speed network transmission and makes network configuration flexible and convenient. The multi-machine processing and centralized data management mode realizes the full sharing of data resources. The LAN connects more than 1,100 information points in the museum and is connected to major domestic and foreign information networks. , readers outside the library can access the Anhui Provincial Library webpage through the Internet to conduct bibliographic document inquiries and related website links and other information services. [1]
Collection features editor
Side view of the main building of Anhui Provincial Library
In its more than 90 years of operation, Anhui Provincial Library has collected a large number of precious The collection of historical and cultural classics, especially Huizhou literature collection, is unique, forming a collection with strong regional culture characteristics. There are currently 2.97 million volumes of documents in the collection, nearly 350,000 thread-bound volumes of ancient books, 3,121 kinds of rare books, and more than 30,700 volumes. The earliest engraved editions of the documents in the collection are the Yuan Dynasty's "The Great Revision of Xuanhe Bogu Illustrated Records" and several other types, among which there are quite a few engraved editions from the Ming Dynasty. The more precious ones include the Yuan Dynasty edition of "Zengguang Annotated Phonetics and the Collection of Mr. Liu of the Tang Dynasty" and the Ming Dynasty Wanli Seventh Year Edition of "Four Books on Characters", etc. In addition, there is also a systematic collection of the Anhui sages' works from the Anhui culture that was formed during the Ming and Qing dynasties and played an important role in the history of Chinese cultural development, as well as Anhui local documents. After 90 years of accumulation, the library has preserved a rich collection of subject categories.
Service content editing
The main service methods of Anhui Provincial Library include: document lending, information consultation, special services, education and training, academic lectures and exhibitions, etc. The new library has 17 external service windows, implements an open management model - integrating document shelving and borrowing, and enables new service contents and methods such as electronic document retrieval, audio-visual services, online borrowing, online engine navigation, and multi-functional reporting The hall is equipped with a simultaneous interpretation system. In addition, there are exhibition halls, audio-visual rooms that can hold various cultural and educational activities, and study rooms and research rooms that suit the needs of various readers. The modern and multi-functional library will meet the various spiritual and cultural needs of all members of society for reading, seeking knowledge and leisure.