Henan Provincial Library

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| established = 1909{{cite news|url=http://www.nlc.cn/newhxjy/wjsy/wjls/wjqcsy/d30q/d30qgjbhgzbg/201011/P020101124484139797893.pdf|title=Report on the conservation of ancient books and antiquities in Henan Provincial Library|date=2010-11-24|website=National Library of China}}

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| location = 76 Songshan S Road, Zhengzhou, Henan Province{{cite news|url=https://govt.chinadaily.com.cn/s/201812/18/WS5c18a6ea498ee2f0291e3fd6/henan-provincial-library.html|title=Henan Provincial Library|date=Dec 18, 2018|website=China Daily}}

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The Henan Provincial Library ({{zh|s=河南省图书馆|t=河南省圖書館}}), also known as the Henan Library, is a Zhengzhou-based{{cite book|author=Taylor & Francis Group|title=The Europa World of Learning 2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LwwRAQAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-85743-458-3}} provincial-level public library,{{cite book|author=Bai Zhuangyu|title=Reading Records|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GdpMAQAAIAAJ|year=2009|publisher=Petroleum Industry Press|isbn=978-7-5021-7105-6}} located at 150 South Songshan Road, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. It is the largest public library in Henan, with a total cumulative collection of 3.1 million books (pieces).{{cite news|url=https://www.mct.gov.cn/whzx/qgwhxxlb/hn/201112/t20111227_788322.htm|title=Henan Digital Library opens|date=2011-12-27|website=MCT}}

Henan Provincial Library was officially opened to the public in February 1909{{cite book|title=Reader's Handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=86nIAAAAIAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Hebei People's Publishing House}} and is one of the earlier provincial public libraries in China.{{cite book|title=China Literature and Art Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ip0QAAAAYAAJ|publisher=Cultural Art Publishing House}}

History

Henan Provincial Library was officially opened in a family Ancestral Hall in Kaifeng{{cite book|author=Kuang-Pei Tu|title=Transformation and Dissemination of Western Knowledge and Values: The Shaping of Library Services in Early Twentieth Century China|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vRDhAAAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=University of California, Los Angeles}} on the eighth day of February in the lunar calendar of the first year of the Xuantong (i.e. 27 February 1909 AD).{{cite news|url=https://www.henanlib.com/webs/show/notice/597/1277.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520073150/https://www.henanlib.com/webs/show/notice/597/1277.html|title=Introduction to Henan Provincial Library|url-status=live|accessdate=2021-05-20|archive-date=2021-05-20|work=Henan Library}}

References

Category:National first-grade libraries of China

Category:Public libraries in China

Category:Buildings and structures in Zhengzhou

Category:Libraries established in 1909