Brief introduction of Guangzhou library
Guangzhou Library is a public welfare cultural and social education institution founded by Guangzhou Municipal Government. Based on the collection, arrangement and storage of paper documents, audio-visual products, digital resources and other knowledge and information records, Guangzhou Library provides resources lending and transmission, information consultation, exhibition and lectures, art appreciation, cultural display and digital network services, as well as public learning, research and communication spaces to carry out social reading promotion activities. 1 Old Guangzhou Library 1982 1.2 opened, located at No.42 Zhongshan 4th Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou. The old Guangzhou Library closed on April 20th131and was transformed into Guangzhou Children's Library. The new Guangzhou Library is located in flower city square, near the Pearl River, where the new central axis of Guangzhou city meets the landscape axis of the Pearl River. It is open for 72 hours every week, and it is open as usual on holidays. Guangzhou Library has a total construction area of 654.38+10,000 square meters, a total collection of 6.58 million books (pieces), 4,000 reading seats, 500 computers for readers, 4,000 wired network nodes and a wireless network coverage rate of 654.38+000%. Realize the integration of collection, borrowing, reading and inquiry; Make full use of radio frequency identification technology (RFID), automatic document sorting system and self-service equipment to realize efficient and accurate collection management and convenient service; Set up comprehensive service area, mass service area, object service area, theme service area, exchange service area, book collection area and other functional areas. It has a distinctive style of the times and a strong Lingnan humanistic meaning.