At present, the materials of library bookshelves are mainly steel bookshelves and wooden bookshelves. In fact, these two materials meet the requirements of book storage, but the steel bookshelf is better in cost performance and is also the material used in library bookshelves at present.

Material requirements for library bookshelves:

1. Cheap price

2. Strong bearing capacity

3. Fire prevention, insect prevention and moisture prevention

4. Environmental protection, no odor

Advantages of steel bookshelves in libraries;

1. Cheap steel bookshelves are mainly made of cold-rolled steel plates, which are reusable resources, so the price is only about one-third of that of wooden bookshelves.

2. Sturdy and durable, with strong bearing capacity. At present, the mainstream steel bookshelves are designed to bear 40kg per card holder, so it is no problem to fill books in time. If the use environment is good, the life of a steel bookshelf will be at least 20 years.

3. Assembled structure, easy to move. Steel bookshelves are made up of pieces of accessories, which can be disassembled if needed to be moved, and the accessories can be guaranteed not to be damaged. Unlike wooden bookshelves, which are disassembled more than twice, they cannot be assembled together.

4. Fireproof, moisture-proof and insect-proof, which is incomparable to wooden bookshelves. The steel bookshelf itself will not burn, and the coating on its surface has long-term moisture-proof ability. Even if it is covered by water droplets in time, it can be guaranteed not to be infected.

Therefore, from the current trend, large libraries use steel bookshelves, and only small libraries use wooden books for beauty.