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Nanjing Library

Nanjing Library is the third-largest library in China with over 10 million items. It houses important scientific, cultural and arts literature relating to Jiangsu province and other national historical records such as ancient Chinese and foreign publications. As located in the ancient capital Nanjing, the library contains 1.6 million ancient books and 100,000 volumes of books, documents and manuscripts dating from the Tang dynasty to the Ming dynasty.

History
Nanjing Library was established in 1907 as Jiangnan Library. Over time, the library has undergone several organisational changes. The library endured through Qing dynasty, Republic of China, and the People's Republic of China. It witnessed greatest changes that took place in modern China and by itself gives clear records to the one-century history of modern China. Resources of books: Most of books were collected in 1949 (The year of establishment of People's Republic of China), including both printed and written document literature. Currently, the number of collection books in Nanjing Library is 2.3 million. One feature of Nanjing Library is ancient documents which is 1.6 million. Jiangnan Library In 1907 Duanfang, Viceroy of Liangjiang, established Jiangnan Library on the site of Xiyin Academy at Nanjing in order to preserve ancient books and scrolls of Song dynasty, Yuan dynasty, Ming dynasty, and Qing dynasty. Miao Quansun () was appointed to be the librarian. The Jiangnan Library was the first modern public library in China. ==Departmental structure==
Departmental structure
The Nanjing Library is organized in the following structure. • Office of the Chinese Communist Party Committee of NL • Chief Librarian's Office • Hu Resources Department • Labor Union • Office of General Affairs • Security Office • Department of Acquisition and Cataloging • Reader Service Department • Department of Information Resources Development • Department of Information Technology Application • Historical Archive Department • Research and Training Department • Editing House of 21st Century Library ==Reciprocal library exchange program==
Reciprocal library exchange program
Nanjing Library has partnered with the State Library of Victoria (Australia) for reciprocal exchange since 1985. This includes staff visits and exchange of publications between the libraries. ==Location==
Location
The Nanjing Library is located at Main Library 66 Chengxian Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210018, People's Republic of China ==Transportation==
Transportation
The library is accessible from of Nanjing Metro. ==See also==
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