Jiangnan Library is located at No.9 Longpanli, Nanjing, at the foot of Liangqingshan Mountain in the west of Nanjing, and is now the Ancient Books Department of Nanjing Library.

1907, Duan Fang, Governor of Liangjiang, decided to establish Jiangnan Library in the former site of the Academy, with Miao as the general manager, and the address was Longpanli, the former site of the Academy. 1910 officially opened in August, which is the first public library in China. After 1927, it was changed to National Central University (Nanjing University) Sinology Library, and after 1929, it was changed to Jiangsu Guolixue Library, with Liu Yizhi as the curator. 1952, the National Studies Library and the former Central Library merged into the present Nanjing Library.

National Central University China Research Library

1927, because of the implementation of the university district system, it was renamed the National Fourth Sun Yat-sen University National Studies Library. 1May, 928, it was renamed the National Central University Library of Chinese Studies. Curator Liu.

Jiangsu Guo Li Research Library

1929 10, the university district system was abolished, and it was named as Jiangsu Guoli Science Library, which was directly under the Education Department of Jiangsu Province. This name was still used in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The Ministry of Culture of East China Military and Political Commission took the lead. 1952 10 was incorporated into the National Nanjing Library.

National Central Library

1In April, 933, the Ministry of Education of Nanjing National Government entrusted Gui to prepare, and the address was Chengxian Street. 1937 moved to Chongqing, 1946 returned to Nanjing. At the end of 1948, Jiang Fuyu and others were ordered to take130,000 rare books to Taiwan Province province. 1May, 949, it was taken over by Nanjing Military Management Committee.

Nanjing National Library

1950 March19, the Central Library was renamed as the National Nanjing Library by the order of the Central Ministry of Culture, led by the Cultural Relics Bureau of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Culture of the East China Military and Political Commission, with its curator He Changqun.

nanjing library

1954, the great administrative region was abolished, and Jiangsu Province was established, which required the provincial library. Therefore, in July, the Ministry of Culture renamed the National Nanjing Library as Nanjing Library, directly under the leadership of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Culture. Since 1955, Wang Changbing has been the deputy curator and curator since 17.

New Nanjing Library

The new Nanjing Library is located in the Daxing Palace area in the city center. Founded in 1998, it was started in 2002, completed and partially opened to the outside world in 2006, and fully opened in 2007. The new building covers an area of 25,200 square meters, with a construction area of 78,700 square meters and a construction investment of 400 million yuan. There are 3,000 reader seats and more than 4,000 information points in the museum.

The new Nanjing Library is fully open for free, with 365-day external service, which includes reading, borrowing, reference consultation, database retrieval, document delivery, interlibrary loan, mobile service, lectures, exhibitions, training and various reader activities.