Beibei Library

Beibei Library
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TypePublic library
Established1928
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Websitecqbblib.org.cn

The Beibei Library (simplified Chinese: 北碚图书馆; traditional Chinese: 北碚圖書館) is a Chongqing-based public library of the People's Republic of China, located at No. 26 Park Village, Beibei District, Chongqing City. It was originally named the Gorge District Library,[1] founded by Lu Zuofu on May 27, 1928.[2] At its inception, it had an area of 499.5 square meters and a collection of more than four hundred books.[3] It is the most complete collection of newspapers and magazines published during the Republic of China period in the whole of China.[4]

Beibei Library is a national first-level library[5] and a national key unit for the protection of ancient books in China.[6]

History

After the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Beibei Library received a gift of nearly 10,000 volumes of news weeklies from the United States Information Agency.[7]

In November 1945, Lu Zuofu merged Minsheng Company Library, Public Library of Beibei Administration, and Library of the West China Academy of Sciences to form the "Beibei Library".[8]

References

  1. ^ Southwest Tourism. Sichuan People's Publishing House. 1990.
  2. ^ Sichuan Library Business History. Sichuan University Press. 1993. ISBN 978-7-5614-1007-3.
  3. ^ "Overview of Beibei Library". Beibei Library. 2013-04-30. Archived from the original on 2013-08-13.
  4. ^ Yang Yan; Xu Chengbing (2009). A History of the Development of Official Cinema in the Period of Republic of China. Communication University of China Press. pp. 1-. ISBN 978-7-81127-387-8.
  5. ^ "Remembering Mr. Lu Zuofu and Beibei Park". Enlightenment Daily. 2020-04-14.
  6. ^ "Beibei Library's 90th Anniversary Celebration Held at Beibei Library Lecture Hall". Sina. 2018-05-28.
  7. ^ "Lu Zuofu's life-long relationship with the library". Enlightenment Daily. 2020-02-12.
  8. ^ Liu Chonglai (2007). Pioneers of Rural Construction in Western China: A Study of Lu Zuofu and Rural Construction in the Republic of China. People's Publishing House. ISBN 978-7-01-006070-5.


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