Ningbo Library

Professor
Zhu Suli
Professor Zhu Suli
朱苏力
Born	April 1, 1955 (age 69); Hefei, Anhui, China
Nationality	Chinese
Other names	Su Li
Occupation	University Teacher
Spouse	Zhou Yun
Academic background
Education	Peking University (LLB); McGeorge School of Law (LLM); Arizona State University (MA, PhD);
Thesis	A critique of social control in cross-cultural studies (PhD) (1992)
Academic work
Discipline	Jurist
Institutions	Peking University Law School
Main interests	Legal Theory, Law and economics, Sociology of Law, Legal System
Influenced	Richard Posner

The Ningbo Library (Chinese: 宁波图书馆; pinyin: Níngbō Túshūguǎn) is a municipal public library of Ningbo, China. The library was established in 1927, initially called Ningbo Municipal Library. It is now public, non-profit and governmental managed, which belongs to Ningbo Municipal People's Government and is under the administration of Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism. With over 2.78 million items and 2 locations, the Ningbo Library is the biggest library in Ningbo and certificated as national first-level library by Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China.

The library has two major branches and is the central library of Ningbo Municipal Public Library Service System. The Yongfeng Branch, also known as the old branch, which located in 135 Yongfeng Rd, Haishu District, was began to service the public on May 1, 1989. And the Fuqing Branch, also known as the new branch, which located in 2100 Ningchuan Rd, Yinzhou District, was began to service the public on December 28, 2018, and is now served as the main branch of Ningbo Library.

History

Founding

In 1884, Xue Fucheng, governor of Ningbo and Shaoxing in Zhejiang Province and one of the leaders of the Self-Strengthening Movement, built the Houleyuan Garden (后乐园, now located in Ningbo Zhongshan Park [zh]) in Ningbo Government Office in order to offer a place for education and enlightening progressive thoughts of the public, which included Lanxiutang Library (揽秀堂藏书楼). In 1894, his successor Wu Yinsun turned the Lanxiutang Library into Chongshi Academy Library (崇实书院藏书楼) and developed its collection by donation and purchasing. In 1905, Chongshi Academy became the Ningbo Education Society. In 1913, The six counties of Ningbo XXXXXX

In 1926, Siming Society Library (四明学会图书馆), Ningbo Teenager Library (宁波青年图书馆) and Common Publishing House (通俗书报社) had a meeting in Houleyuan Garden to discuss establishing the Ningbo Public Library. In 1928, while the National Revolutionary Army advanced to Ningbo in Northern Expedition, Ningbo is administrated by Nationalist government. Luo Huiqiao, the Mayor of Ningbo, decided to turn the Xue Buildings into Ningbo Municipal Library. The Ningbo Municipal Library finally serviced the public in September that year, which became the first public library in the history of Ningbo. And Zhang Ruzhao served as the first director. In 1931, with the merging of Ningbo City and Yin County, the Ningbo Municipal Library and the Yin County Library are combined as one called Yin County Library.

Development

In 1949, the People's Liberation Army arrived Ningbo, and established the Ningbo Municipal Military Control Commission (MCC) to administrate the city. The MCC Department of Culture and Education took the charge of the Yin County Library in June. At that time, the library had about 15 thousand items with half of which are ancient books. All the ancient books are handed over to Cultural Relics Institute of Tianyi Ge, while the rest of the items are turned over to the reading room of Ningbo People's Cultural Center (宁波市人民文化馆). During this period, the reading room served as the public library of Ningbo.

In 1953, the Ningbo Library was re-established on the former site in Zhongshan Park with a collection of 8946 books. Most of the books were handed back from Ningbo People's Cultural Center. On June 6, 1962, the library moved to the former site of Mercy Hall on Yaohang Street with a with an area of 1400 square meters. Before the Cultural Revolution, the library had developed a collection of 159249 books, about 73000 of which are ancient books.

At the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, in October 1969, the library building is occupied as May Seventh Cadre School. So the library had no choice but to shut down. On February 21, 1970, the library was conbined with Ningbo Cultural Relic Adminstration Committee as one institution until 1978.

In November 1988, the library moved to 135 Yongfeng Road, a 8187-square-meter new site facing Yao River [zh], which is sponsored by Yue-Kong Pao, a businessman of Ningbo origin. XXX

Divisions and their buildings

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Yongfeng Branch

Fuqing Branch

The Ningbo Library Fuqing Branch, also known as the new branch, is located in Ningbo East New Town along with the Ningbo municipal government. The contruction of the Fuqing Branch ...

Collections

Service and governance

Zhu Suli

Zhu Suli (simplified Chinese: 朱苏力; traditional Chinese: 朱蘇力; born 1 April 1955), also known as Su Li, is a Chinese jurist who was a professor

Early life and education

Zhu's ancestral home is in Dongtai, Jiangsu while Zhu was born on 1 April 1955 in Hefei, Anhui. He spent his childhood and received his primary and secondary education in Tunxi, Anhui. In 1970, he joined Chinese People's Liberation Army and served as a topographer in artillery for six years till 1976. After his retiring, he continued to work as a topographer between June 1976 to Semptember 1978.

In late 1977, Gaokao (officially known as National College Entrance Examination) is officially resumed the traditional examination based on academics. Zhu attended the Gaokao as a Veteran and was admitted by Peking University Law Department. He graduated in July 1982 with a LL.B. degree. Despite his admission by Peking University Graduate College and Law Department, he abandoned to pursue a master's degree and chose to served as as legal advisor of Guangdong Sub-Administration, General Administration of Customs in August 1982.

Study abroad

In 1984, after two-year's career of public servant, Zhu was admitted by Peking University Graduate College for the second time to pursue a master program. He majored in History of Chinese Legal Philosophy and was advised by Professor Zhang Guohua. However, with his study in Peking University unfinished, he was chose as a exchanged student to study in McGeorge School of Law in August 1985, and graduated with a LL.M. degree in Business and Taxation Law in May 1987. He then attended Arizona State University Political Science Department in August 1987, graduating in 1989 with a M.A. degree in American Legal System.