Shanghai Library

Shanghai Library
Shanghai Institute of Scientific and Technological Information
上海图书馆
(上海科学技术情报研究所)
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LocationShanghai, China
Established1952
Branches1
Collection
Size58 million
Access and use
Population servedPublic
Other information
Parent organizationShanghai Municipal Committee
Websitelibrary.sh.cn Edit this at Wikidata
Shanghai Library
Traditional Chinese上海圖書館
Simplified Chinese上海图书馆
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShànghǎi Túshūguǎn
Shanghai Institute of Scientific and Technological Information
Traditional Chinese上海科學技術情報研究所
Simplified Chinese上海科学技术情报研究所
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShànghǎi Kēxué Jìshù Qíngbào Yánjiūsuǒ

Shanghai Library (with a second name as the Shanghai Institute of Scientific and Technological Information) is a municipal public library in Shanghai, China. It is owned by the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1] The library is one of the largest libraries in the world. Its main building is in Xuhui, with a branch hall in Pudong.[2] As of 2024, it has a collection of 58 million volumes.[3]

At 24 stories and 348 feet (106 m) tall, the library's main building is the second tallest library in the world after the National Library of Indonesia in Jakarta.[4]

  1. ^ "上海图书馆(上海科学技术情报研究所)公开招聘工作人员公告 Shanghai Library (Shanghai Institute of Scientific and Technical Information) Open Recruitment Announcement". 上海市人力资源和社会保障局 Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau. Archived from the original on 2024-09-09. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  2. ^ "上海图书馆_图书馆_上海市文化和旅游局". whlyj.sh.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 2024-09-09. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Shanghai Library at Emporis.com". Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved 2009-01-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)