The largest and most beautiful cultural boutique project among the public welfare cultural facilities in mature cities.
The library is located in Shuyuan Street, which complements the cultural landscapes such as reading desk, Youwen Academy, Swallow Tomb, Museum and Weng Tonghe Memorial Hall, forming a beautiful landscape of a famous historical and cultural city. The new building fully embodies the modern leisure architectural style, incorporates brand-new design concepts and has a strong flavor of the times. It not only considers the Ming mountain, but also pays attention to the scenery of the mountain. There are water courtyard, tree courtyard and bamboo courtyard. Water and trees are introduced into the courtyard to create a natural landscape and optimize the reading environment.
The new museum fully embodies the purpose of openness, openness and great service, and incorporates the service concept of "people-oriented". By 20 13, the total collection of Changshu Library has reached 1.7 million volumes, including more than 200,000 ancient books, which were listed as the first batch of key protection units of ancient books in China by the State Council and the Ministry of Culture. 53 ancient books were listed in the national precious ancient books list, 78 ancient books were listed in the Jiangsu precious ancient books list, and the open-shelf books accounted for more than 50% of the total collection. There are adult and children's book lending, multimedia reading, document information retrieval, training, lectures, exhibitions and other services 16, 980 reading training seats and 650 computer information points. In addition to the traditional book lending service, you can also share resources through self-made CDs and characteristic databases.