Guizhou Provincial Library

{{Short description|Library in Guiyang, China}}

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| location = 130 Beijing Road, Guiyang, Guizhou{{cite news|url=https://govt.chinadaily.com.cn/s/201812/18/WS5c18a6ed498ee2f0291e3fd9/guizhou-library.html|title=Guizhou Library|date=Dec 18, 2018|website=China Daily}}

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The Guizhou Provincial Library ({{zh|s=贵州省图书馆|t=貴州省圖書館}}), also known as the Guizhou Library,{{cite news|url=https://libguides.brown.edu/eastasian/libraries|title=A Visitor Guide to East Asian Libraries|date=Feb 26, 2021|website=Libguides.brown.edu}} is a Guiyang-based{{cite book|author1=Social Science Research Council|author2=National Academy of Sciences|author3=American Council of Learned Societies|author4=Committee on Scholarly Communication with China, Linda A. Reed, Karen Turner-Gottschang, Anne F. Thurston|title=China Bound, Revised: A Guide to Academic Life and Work in the PRC|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rpCPfilTmVMC&pg=PT252|date=1 February 1994|publisher=National Academies Press|isbn=978-0-309-04932-0|pages=252–}} comprehensive provincial-level public library, located on Beijing Road in Guiyang City, Guizhou Province.{{cite book|title=Chinese reading dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qBy8AAAAIAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Nanjing University Press|isbn=978-7-305-01568-7}}

History

The predecessor of the Guizhou Provincial Library was the Guizhou Province-established Library, {{cite news|url=http://www.gzlib.com.cn/about.asp?id=179|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209055803/http://www.gzlib.com.cn/about.asp?id=179|title=About Guizhou Provincial Library|url-status=dead|accessdate=2021-05-19|archive-date=2020-02-09|work=Guizhou Library}} which was founded in May 1937.{{cite book|title=Chinese History Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F0gwAAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Life, Reading, Xinzhi Sanlian Bookstore}}

On 31 December 2020, the Guizhou Provincial Library (North Hall) opened for trial operation, {{cite news|url=http://www.gz.xinhuanet.com/2021-01/01/c_1126935790.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101064535/http://www.gz.xinhuanet.com/2021-01/01/c_1126935790.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 1, 2021|title=Guizhou Provincial Library (North Hall) and Guiyang Children's and Youth Library open for trial run|date=2021-01-01|website=Xinhuanet.com}} which is the New Hall of Guizhou Provincial Library.{{cite news|url=http://gz.people.com.cn/n2/2021/0115/c358161-34529706.html|title=New Hall of Guizhou Provincial Library Suspended|date=2021-01-15|website=People's Daily}}

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