/kloc-in the autumn of 0/952, the city library launched the "Library Service Publicity Week", and the county government set up a cultural center with a book unit, which was divided into two rooms: books and reading. 1974 in may, the book unit was separated from the cultural center and the county library was established, with a collection of more than 40,000 books. 1978, the library moved to its current site, with three groups and three rooms: cultural relics, editing, counseling, borrowing books, reading and materials. 1983 Add a children's reading room. 1985, maps and museums are separated, and cultural relics are separated. 1989, Rizhao was upgraded to a prefecture-level city, and became the library of Rizhao, a department-level institution.

The existing building area of Rizhao Library is 1 104.33 square meters. All buildings before 1986 are invested by local finance. 1978 has 20 buildings (bungalows) with an area of 450 square meters. 1983, the county government allocated funds to build a "children's reading room", and eight libraries were added, 144 square meters; 1985 Rizhao's cultural system concentrated on building office buildings (cultural complexes), and the library added 10 building of 200 square meters; By the end of 1986, all buildings of Rizhao Library were only 650 square meters. 199265438+In February, according to the requirements of the municipal party committee and the overall planning of urban construction, with the strong support of relevant departments, through extensive contacts, contacts and negotiations with all walks of life, nearly one million yuan of foreign capital was introduced to carry out cooperative reconstruction of the original site of the municipal library. Because the construction area can't meet the standard requirements of the municipal library, it is reported to the municipal government for approval, and the library expansion project is regarded as the construction project of the municipal children's library in the new city. 1993, 165438+ 10, the children's library building with a construction area of1560m2 was completed and put into use (because it is a joint venture, the actual use area of the library is 864m2). After the completion of the new library, the construction area of the library increased from 650 square meters to 1 104.33 square meters.

The staff of the ancient books department of our library is accepting readers' consultation. Rizhao Library has a collection of 6,543,800+books, including 60,000 social science books, 30,000 natural science books and 6,543,800 bound newspapers and periodicals. All kinds of reference books are relatively complete. There are more than 300 national, provincial and municipal newspapers and periodicals in the library. Popular Daily, the organ newspaper of Shandong Provincial Party Committee, has been completely included since its publication. Ancient books 17 1 species 138 1 volume, 9 rare books 3 1 volume. The ancient books with the most local characteristics are the Manuscript of Wangkui Building by Ding Kaizeng, a scholar of the Qing Dynasty in Rizhao City, and the Collection of Mountain Houses by Ding Shoucun. Han Xu, a landscape scholar in Qing Dynasty, has become the only copy at home and abroad.

With the in-depth development of the activity of "building a civilized city and building a harmonious society", Rizhao Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have given strong support in terms of policies and funds, which has gradually accelerated the collection construction of Rizhao Library. The collection has also increased greatly. Before 1978, the original Rizhao County Library had a total of more than 40,000 books according to the property ledger, including more than 8,000 books and materials left by the County People's Education Center and the County Library19 1937, all of which were collected when the book lending room of the County Cultural Center was established in 1950. During the Cultural Revolution, it reached more than 40,000 copies, but from 1970 to 1974, more than half of them were lost due to chaotic management, and the actual collection of 1976 was only 20,000 copies. After 1978, with the increasing attention of the party and the state to the cause of science, education and culture, the investment of local governments in libraries has increased year by year.

In terms of collection construction, Rizhao Library has formulated a long-term collection development plan based on urban development planning, urban characteristics and readers' reading needs, and is committed to establishing a scientific collection system with local characteristics in accordance with the principle of "emphasizing key points and ensuring generality". According to the development of regional economy, science and technology, culture and the basic needs of readers, the proportion of literature in different disciplines and levels is determined, and an information-based literature collection system with prominent focus and characteristics is formed. It provides literature guarantee for the economic construction and social development of Rizhao city.