However, you need to get a card for reading and borrowing books. There are two kinds of library cards: temporary and ordinary. I got an ordinary card. Of the 25 yuan, I will pay a one-year deposit 100, and then I will return the card.
Once, there was a Chinese newspaper reading room on the first floor, which was completely free. You can go in and read the newspaper without any documents. It was later cancelled. I don't know why.
There is indeed a bookstore on the first floor, which specializes in selling books and is still open! Of course, you can go in without any identification.
There are two kinds of cards in Shanghai Library. One can only read books, called a reading card. There are several different types. The difference lies in the type of barrier-free reading room.
The other one can borrow books. But my ordinary library card can also be used to read books in some reading rooms.
If you want to apply for an ordinary loan card, you only need to provide your city's ID card, but you can't get it that day.
An ordinary library card allows you to borrow four ordinary books for 28 days. If you don't return it when it is due, you will have to pay 10 cents per book every day.
Therefore, at present, Shanghai Library, except the bookstore in the library, requires certificates to enter.