Library is a scientific, cultural and educational institution that collects, sorts out and preserves documents and materials and provides them for readers to use. The word English library comes from Latin librarium, which means a place to collect books. All kinds of libraries in ancient China were called library buildings by later generations, and the word library appeared at the end of 19. Library is a civilized product of the development of human society to a certain stage, which serves and is restricted by the politics, economy and culture of a certain society.
Basic information
Chinese name: library
English name: Library
Definition: collection and arrangement
international standard
1974, the international organization for standardization promulgated the chapter "library classification" in the international library statistical standard of ISO2784- 1974(E), which divided libraries into six categories: national library, university library and other major non-professional libraries (Loki Hope Library, etc. ), school libraries, professional libraries, public libraries.
Top ten libraries in the world
1. Library of Congress-Library of Congress in Washington.
2. Russian National Library-Moscow
3. National Library of China-Beijing
4. Russian National Library-St. Petersburg
5. British Library in London
6. Harvard University Library-Massachusetts
7. National Library of France, Paris
8. Leipzig Library (under the German National Library)-Leipzig
9. Tokyo Library, Japan
10. Frankfurt Library (under the German National Library)-Frankfurt
Top Ten Libraries in China
1. National Library of China-Beijing
2. Shanghai Library-Shanghai Shanghai Library
3. Nanjing Library-Nanjing
4. China Academy of Sciences Library-Beijing
5. Peking University Library-Beijing
6. Chongqing Library-Chongqing
7. Shandong Provincial Library-Jinan
8. Sichuan Provincial Library-Chengdu
9. Tianjin People's Library-Tianjin
10. Guangdong Zhongshan Library-Guangzhou