1, Shanghai Library was established in 1952, and Shanghai Institute of Science and Technology Information was established in 1958. 2 1995, Shanghai Library merged with Shanghai Institute of Science and Technology Information to become a comprehensive research-oriented public library and industry information center. At the same time, it is also the Shanghai Branch of the National Cultural Information Resource Sharing Project, the Public Culture Research Base of the Ministry of Culture, the Shanghai Central Library, the Shanghai Ancient Books Protection Center, the Shanghai Soft Science Research Base "Frontier Technology Development Research Center", the Postdoctoral Research Center and Shanghai.
3. Shanghai Library (Shanghai Institute of Science and Technology Information) now has more than 55 million volumes (pieces) of Chinese and foreign documents (by the end of 20 15), among which rare books of ancient books, inscriptions, manuscripts of celebrities, genealogical records, rare books of western languages, music scores of records, modern newspapers and periodicals, patent standards, etc. are particularly distinctive.