The National Library of Public Information () is a public library in South District,

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History

The library was established in 1923 as Taichu Prefectural Library. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...

in 1945 and Taiwan became the

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of the republic, the library was named Taiwan Provincial Taichung Library from March 1946 until June 1999. In July 1999, it was renamed to National Taichung Library and it came under the jurisdiction of

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. In January 2013, it was renamed National Library of Public Information.

Architecture

The current building of the library consists of five stories above ground and two stories underground with a total floor area of 41,797 m².

Branches

The library has three branches, which are the Liming Branch, Jing Wu Branch and Zhongxing Branch.

Transportation

The library is accessible within walking distance south west from Taichung Station of Taiwan Railways.

Directors

National Library of Public Information

* Liu Zhong-cheng (September 2016 -) * Lu Chun-jiao (January 2013 - August 2016)

National Taichung Library

* Lu Chun-jiao (January 2010 - December 2012) * Su Zhong (July 2008 - January 2010) * Yang Xuan-qin (March 2007 - July 2008) * Hong Qing-feng (January 2007 - March 2007) * Xue Mao-song (January 2003 - January 2007) * Cheng Liang-xiong (July 1999 - January 2003)

Taiwan Provincial Taichung Library

* Cheng Liang-xiong (November 1991 - June 1999) * Chen Zu-rong (April 1987 - November 1991)

References

External links

* {{Libraries of Taiwan 1923 establishments in Taiwan Libraries established in 1923 Libraries in Taichung Public libraries in Taiwan