Changchun Library is an old library with a long history. Its historical origin can be traced back to 19 10 at the beginning of last century. It has gone through four historical periods: Manchukuo, before liberation, after liberation and reform and opening up, and has gone through more than 90 years of stormy course. 1992 The new building that was completed and put into use is located in Changchun Cultural District (Tongzhi Street 1956). The new building consists of a main building, a comprehensive service building and a 25,000-square-meter courtyard and green space. Its architectural style integrates modernization, nationalization and gardening. Its unique architectural style and unique cultural connotation have become one of the important cultural landscapes in Changchun.

Changchun Library has inherited the accumulation of nearly a hundred years. By the end of 2003, the total collection of domestic and foreign documents and materials was more than 654.38+500,000 copies, including Chinese books, Chinese newspapers and periodicals, rare books of ancient books, foreign documents, electronic documents, audio-visual materials and special treasures. , especially the puppet Manchuria local documents and cultural revolution materials. Changchun Library has a dedicated and skilled staff, with senior titles accounting for more than 60% of the total staff, and college degree or above accounting for more than 87% of the total staff. In terms of automation and network construction, ILAS version is adopted to realize the business management automation and office automation of the whole library, and the comprehensive network wiring of the whole library is completed. There are 655 information points in the whole library, which are connected to 10 megabit optical fiber broadband, providing fast network services for readers. At the same time, a 6TB disk array is set up to provide electronic literature service for readers inside and outside the library. Through the construction of automation and networking, we will provide readers with 24-hour network services to meet the needs of domestic and foreign readers for all-weather online query and retrieval.

With China's reform and opening up, especially since the new library was built, Changchun Library, with the support of the municipal government, has achieved leap-forward development, which has been recognized by the society and praised by readers. 1994 was awarded the "National Civilized Library" by the Ministry of Culture. Since 1995, it has been continuously rated as "advanced unit of spiritual civilization in provinces and cities"; 1998 was appraised by the national expert group organized by the Ministry of Culture and was designated as a national first-class museum; In 2000, it was awarded "National Advanced Collective of Cultural Work" by the State Personnel Bureau and the Ministry of Culture. In 2000, recommended by readers, it was recognized by the Ministry of Culture as a "national public library loved by readers".

Changchun Library implements full-open service, which not only meets the readers' demand for borrowing and retrieving documents, but also has a multimedia network center, a document information consulting service center, a social education and training school, an octagonal bookstore, an academician pavilion, an exhibition center, an electronic studio and a document digitization processing center, which can provide readers with "one-stop" services such as inquiry, reading and book purchase, as well as services such as tracking, reference, information development, online browsing and CD-ROM. At the same time, readers' activities in the form of reports, lectures and exhibitions are held regularly or irregularly.