Guangdong Provincial Zhongshan Library, founded in 19 12, is a provincial comprehensive public library and a national first-class library. It is also the location of Guangdong Branch of Cultural Information Resources Sharing Project, Guangdong Ancient Books Protection Center and Guangdong Branch of National Library Joint Cataloguing Center. The main library is located in Wen Ming Road, Guangzhou, and the adjacent Wende Branch Library is located at No.81Wende Road, Guangzhou. At 1986, Comrade Deng Xiaoping inscribed the name of the museum.
In the past century, the collection of Zhongshan Library in Guangdong Province has increased from tens of thousands of volumes before liberation to more than six million volumes at present. From traditional manual card retrieval to computer network and digital management, it has gradually formed distinct characteristics of running a library: first, it has a rich collection of books, featuring local documents; Second, high-quality reader service, characterized by free opening, to meet the needs of readers to the greatest extent; Third, advanced technical means to achieve the goal of sharing digital information resources; Fourth, actively develop literature, taking the establishment of regional literature information center as the direction; 5. Innovative service mode, focusing on Guangdong Mobile Library and joint online reference service; Six, in-depth protection of ancient books, in order to promote the protection and utilization of ancient books in the province for the purpose.
Zhongshan Library in Guangdong Province has successively won the titles of "National Civilized Library", "National Advanced Collective of Cultural System", "Window of Guangdong Civilization" and "Readers' Favorite Library". The "Guangdong Mobile Library" and "Joint Online Reference Service" organized and implemented by Zhongshan Library of Guangdong Province won the 14th National Stars Award, the 1st Innovation Award and the 2nd Innovation Award of the Ministry of Culture.
In 2003, the reconstruction and expansion project of Zhongshan Library in Guangdong Province was officially approved by the Guangdong provincial government, and it was built in two phases, with a total investment of 500 million yuan and a construction area of nearly100000 square meters. 20 10 10 On February 30th, the first phase of the reconstruction and expansion project of Zhongshan Library in Guangdong Province was completed and opened to the public. The new library has launched a "reader card" and self-service lending and returning service, and introduced a touch-screen newspaper reading system, a 3d featured collection resource display system, a handheld library and other service means to welcome readers to enjoy the new achievements of Guangdong cultural construction free of charge with a brand-new service look.