The library is open to the public free of charge, and readers can go through the borrowing procedures with relevant certificates. Nanjing Library is the first batch of national key protection units of ancient books, a national first-class library, and a document information resource center in Jiangsu Province. The predecessor of Nanjing Library can be traced back to Jiangnan Library founded by 1907. Nanjing Library has a collection of all kinds of documents 1 1 10,000 volumes (pieces), ranking third in China after the National Library and Shanghai Library.

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China citizens who have reached the age of 16 shall apply for the reader's card of Nanjing Library with their original valid identity documents, while foreigners shall apply with their original valid passports. Children aged 7 ~ 15 can apply for Nanjing library children's reader card with their household registration book or original ID card.

Children aged 0 ~ 6 can apply for Nanjing Library children's reader card with the original household registration book or ID card and guardian's ID card. Visually impaired people apply for the reader's card of Nanjing Library with the original valid identity card (or household registration book) and the original proof of visual disability.

The reader's card is for my own use only. If fraudulent use or borrowing is found, the staff has the right to refuse to use it. Please keep your reader's card safe. If it cannot be used due to improper storage, it must be reissued at its own expense. After getting a new card, readers can immediately modify the initial password of the reader's card at the network terminal of our library or log on to the website of Nanjing Library to prevent the password from being stolen. Any operation through the network terminal with password is regarded as the effective behavior of the reader himself.

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