The Ningbo Library and Information Center is a library in the
Yinzhou District, located in the
Ningbo University
Ningbo University (NBU; ) is located in Jiangbei District, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. It is a provincially governed key university in Zhejiang Province. It is a Chinese state Double First Class University Plan university, identified by the Mini ...
Zone (South). It is a shared library, serving several universities in
Ningbo
Ningbo (; Ningbonese: ''gnin² poq⁷'' , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly romanized as Ningpo, is a major sub-provincial city in northeast Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises 6 urban districts, 2 sate ...
.
History
Construction of the
Ningbo Library
Ningbo Library is a public library located in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of the Ningbo Municipal People's Government,, Ningbo Municipal People's Government, under the administration of the Ningbo Municipal Bureau ...
and Information Center began in early 2002. After a state-wide search in April 2002, the Department of Education of Ningbo appointed Yan Wulin the first chief. Construction was completed in September 2003, with the grand opening on 28 December 2003. It cost 120 million Yuan to build the center.
In 2004, the library won the Lu Ban Prize (the best state engineering). On 1 June 2004, the library of Yinzhou District merged with the Ningbo Library. On 7 August 2005, the number of visitors reached 10,053.
Since 1 July 2011, people are able to borrow books without bond.
As of 2015, the library contains 30,000 books, which are all made in China.
Architecture
The library was designed by the architect
Cheng Taining
Cheng Taining (; born 9 December 1935) is a Chinese architect. He is Director of the Design and Theoretical Research Center of Southeast University and Chief Architect of .
Biography
Cheng was born 9 December 1935 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. ...
. The library makes use of natural daylight in interior spaces, as well as natural ventilation and it occupies an area of .
See also
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National first-class library
The national first-class, first-level or first-grade libraries (in ) are state-level libraries that have been deliberated and decided upon by the State Council of the People's Republic of China. The seventh evaluation was conducted in 2023.
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Libraries in Ningbo
Academic libraries in China
Yinzhou District, Ningbo
Public libraries in Zhejiang
Libraries established in 2003