Changsha Library
| Changsha Library | |
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| 长沙图书馆 | |
 Changsha Library | |
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| 28°14′51″N 112°59′09″E / 28.247462°N 112.985821°E | |
| Location | Beichen Delta, Kaifu District, Changsha, Hunan, China |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1960 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | 1 million items[1] |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
The Changsha Library (simplified Chinese: 长沙图书馆; traditional Chinese: 長沙圖書館; pinyin: Chángshā Túshūguǎn) is a public library located at Beichen Delta, in Kaifu District, Changsha, Hunan. Changsha Library has a collection of over 1 million items,[2] with 31 thousand newspapers, 42 thousand audiovisual literatures, 8,900 ancient books, and 13 thousand local documents.[3]
History
Changsha Library was formed in 1960 at Dingwangtai (定王台), in downtown Changsha.
In December 2015, the new building of Changsha Library was officially opened to the public. Covering an area of 31,300-square-metre (337,000 sq ft), it has five floors.[4]
References
- ^ 长沙图书馆成为全民阅读示范基地. hunan.voc.com.cn (in Chinese). 2016-09-07.
- ^ 长沙新图书馆开馆：5秒办好证 3秒把书还. Tencent (in Chinese). 2015-10-01.
- ^ 本馆简介. Changsha Library (in Chinese). 2017.
- ^ 长沙图书馆新馆正式开放 沿着湘江北上看“文脉”. 163.com (in Chinese). 2015-12-28.
External links
- Official website (in Chinese)
- Official website (in English)
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