Zhejiang Library is open from Tuesday to Sunday at 9:00- 17:00. The periodical reading room and study room on the first floor are open all year round, from 9:00- 17:30. The library on the second floor can only be borrowed with a library card.
Brief introduction of Zhejiang library
Zhejiang Library, located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, is one of the earliest provincial public libraries established in China, the first batch of "national key protection units of ancient books", the "first-class library" evaluated by the Ministry of Culture, the Zhejiang Center of the National Cultural Information Resources Sharing Project, the Zhejiang Center of the National Library Joint Cataloguing Center, and the Yangtze River Delta Public Library Lecture Alliance.
Zhejiang Library was founded in 1900, formerly known as Hangzhou Library, and merged with Zhejiang official bookstore in 1909 to form Zhejiang Library. 195 1 received the library and books of Nanxun Jiayetang donated by bibliophile Liu Chenggan; 1953, decided to use "Zhejiang Library" as its name; In June 2000, the new Zhejiang Library was officially opened on the occasion of its centenary birthday.
By the end of 20 16, Zhejiang Library had a total construction area of 47,000 square meters, with 24 branches and 29 circulation stations in the province, with a collection of 6,734,400 books (pieces), of which 822,000 were ancient books, including 654,380,500 rare books. 907,700 newspapers and periodicals; There are 6.5438+0.5 million prints in the collection; Collection of electronic books 1.7482 million copies. The library has 1359 reading seats and 282 employees.