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Shanghai Library

One Of The World's Ten Largest Libraries

1555 Huai Hai Zhong Road
Shanghai,
200031

Neighborhood: Xuhui District

Nearest Train: Huai Hai Zhong Road Station

Phone: +86 21 6445 5555
Fax: +86 21 6445 5006
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This fairly new library is ranked among the ten largest in the world. It seats 3,000 readers and houses over 13 million books, newspapers, journals, rare Western books, family trees, correspondences, and stone inscriptions. It is also honored as one of the ten symbolic cultural buildings in Shanghai. Technologically innovative, the library is the first in China to have an advanced information management system where coverage, cataloging, circulation, continual publication and inquiry are done by computers. The library also provides online service for surfing the Internet or checking e-mail. Other facilities include multi-functional auditoriums for lecturing and exhibition halls.

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It is a wonderful experience to visit the Shanghai Library.It is like another wonder. Being a Librar...
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