Hainan Provincial Library was officially listed on February 2, 2007. It is the youngest provincial public library in China and an important public cultural facility in Hainan Province. Hainan Provincial Library is located in Guoxing Avenue Cultural Park, qiongshan district, Haikou City, Hainan Province, with elegant environment. Construction started in June, 5438+February, 65438+March, 2003, with a five-story frame and a building area of 28,000 square meters. After the upgrade and expansion of 20 12 space, the construction area reaches 35,000 square meters. It was officially opened to the public on October 28th, 2007. There are offices, business management departments, editing departments, borrowing and collecting departments, newspapers and periodicals departments, network departments, local literature and ancient books departments, information consulting departments, children's departments, Hainan Branch of the National Cultural Information Resources Sharing Project, Hainan Ancient Books Protection Center, Hainan Provincial Library Association and Hainan Provincial Library Joint Cataloguing Center. Set up general service area, social science library area, self-study library area, literature library area, comprehensive library area, newspaper area, local literature area, ancient books reading area, children's lending room, children's public electronic reading room, public information inquiry center, visually impaired reading room, children's situational experience area, children's environment DIY room, children's art training activity room, computer classroom, 24. Reading area 1.4 million square meters. There are more than 4.8 million kinds of books and articles, including paper books 1.23 million kinds, more than 3,000 kinds of paper newspapers, more than 3,500 kinds of audio-visual documents, more than 3.7 million kinds of electronic books and more than 700 kinds of electronic periodicals 1.700 kinds. There are more than 700 ordinary reading seats 1, more than 90 computers 1, a large number of digital documents, advanced network systems and modern service equipment, and complete supporting facilities such as lecture hall, exhibition hall, reader service department and large parking lot.