Monday to Friday 9: 00-2 1: 00, Saturday to Sunday 9: 00- 17: 00. It is not closed on legal holidays.
1. Introduction:
The National Library of China is located at No.33, Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, adjacent to the Gaoliang River in Baishiqiao and Zizhuyuan Park in Haidian District. The National Library of China covers an area of 7.24 hectares with a building area of 6,543,800 square meters. The main building is a high-rise building with twin towers, double eaves, glazed tile roof with empty sparrow column, light cream tile exterior wall, stone steps on granite pedestal and white marble railing. The whole building is blue, which means beware of fire and water.
The National Library of China is divided into the south library of the main library, the north library of the main library and the ancient books library, with a collection of 3 1 19000 volumes, including more than 2 million rare books of ancient books. In 2008, the National Library of China, with a building area of 280,000 square meters, was the largest library in Asia and ranked third in the world.
2. Collect resources:
The National Library of China has a rich collection of books, complete categories, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, and a collection of essence. As a national collection institution, the National Library of China receives sample books from Chinese mainland Publishing House according to law, and also collects unofficial publications from Chinese mainland.
For example, doctoral dissertations of universities are among the collections of the National Library of China. It is the centralized collection place of library science professional materials and the national yearbook data collection center. Judging from the number of books and librarians, the National Library of China (formerly Beijing Library) is the largest library in Asia, one of the largest national libraries in the world and a world-famous national library.