City New Library is located at No.6 Fuxi Road, Chengnan New District, covering an area of 27 mu, with a construction area of 30,000 square meters and a construction investment of 250 million yuan. The design collection is 2 million volumes, 6,543,800 copies (pieces) of various documents, nearly 300,000 kinds of electronic books, 6,543,800 kinds of audio-visual documents and more than 30,000 ancient books. In the design, construction, use and management, the new library highlights the concepts of modernization, humanism, digitalization and intelligence, which mainly reflects the functional layout. The functional facilities of the new library are more perfect. In addition to the traditional functions of document editing and storage, book borrowing, network information consultation, lectures and exhibitions, knowledge training and social education, and self-study for readers, the new library has also added functions such as document digitization, audio-visual production, parent-child reading, visually impaired reading, self-help borrowing and returning, and mobile phone library. Internal functions include children's library (independently listed), office, reader service department, ancient books collection department, literature collection department, information technology application department, information resources development department, social work department, research counseling department, property management department, translation company and other internal institutions.
The completion and opening of the new building in the south of the city, with its unique shape, open space, intelligent building, digital service, perfect advanced facilities and distinctive local characteristics, has become another beautiful scenery in Yancheng. The new library will always adhere to the purpose of reader first, innovate the concept of running the library, expand the service function and improve the service level, and make the new library a public study and a home for readers.