Jingzhou City was founded in July, 1956, formerly known as Shashi Library, and its site is located in the shady thatched cottage of Zhongshan Park. When it was first built, there were only 8 staff members and only 6,000 books. 1957, the city library moved to Xinmin Street, Beijing Road (now No.91Beijing Road), and its collection increased to 20,000 volumes, with an area of 150 square meters. 196 1 under the policy of "adjustment, consolidation, enrichment and improvement", the library was merged into the city cultural center (book group was established). 1972, the book group of the Municipal Cultural Center resumed lending. 1in may, 978, with the approval of the provincial department of culture and the municipal government, the organizational system of the municipal library was restored and moved back to No.91Beijing Road. During this period, the city library has a collection of 6,543,800+055,000 books and a staff of 654,38+04, covering an area of 500 square meters. In order to develop the library in our city, the municipal government invested 2.52 million yuan to build a new library in 1985, and listed this project as one of the ten practical things for the citizens in that year. 1987 Project completed, 1, 1988 In May, the former dean Li Xiannian wrote the name of the new museum, 1988 September 4, the new museum was officially opened to the public. After the merger of Jingsha from 65438 to 0994, with the change of administrative divisions, the library was renamed Jingsha Library and Jingzhou Library in turn. From June 5438 to October 2005, the libraries of three municipalities directly under the Central Government merged.