Good news! Shanghai Minhang District Library was rated as:National first-class public library
According to the requirements of the Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Carrying out the Seventh National Evaluation and Grading of Public Libraries at or above the County Level, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism organized the seventh national evaluation and grading of public libraries at or above the county level. After evaluation, a total of 2,723 upper-level public libraries are planned to be identified in the country, including 1,302 first-class public libraries, 680 second-level public libraries, and 741 first-class public libraries. Let'sMinhang District Library is on the list.
Minhang District Library
At present, it is a national first-class library at the prefectural (municipal) level and a Minhang branch of Shanghai Central Library. Minhang District Library covers an area of 2,695 square meters, with a construction area of 15,500 square meters, 1,300 reading seats and more than 1,000 information points. The library is equipped with a newspaper and periodical reading room, a children's reading room, a book reading room, a comprehensive reading room, a special reading room, a visually impaired reading room, a public electronic reading room, as well as training classrooms, conference rooms, lecture halls, etc. Since joining the Shanghai Central Library in May 2003, Mintu has strengthened the construction of the public library service system, built a branch library covering 14 towns, streets and Xinzhuang Industrial Zone in the whole district, and achieved the goal of sharing cultural information resources for literature borrowing. As of November 2023, the library has 1642536 books, nearly 1,400 newspapers and periodicals, more than 8,000 audio-visual materials, and orders e-books such as Chaoxing, EBM foreign language e-books, and children's picture books for readers to read, and provides periodical databases such as CNKI, Chongqing VIP, and Longyuan.
In April 2023, Minhang District was awarded the first batch of "National Reading Promotion Cities" in China, and Shanghai Minhang District Library was awarded the title of "Top 20 National Reading Libraries". In December, Minhang District Library won the title of Advanced Collective of Shanghai Central Library and the Youth Service Award.
Minhang District Library
Address:No. 85 Mingdu Road.
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