Hunan Library
{{Short description|Public library in Changsha City, China}}
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| established = March 1904{{cite book|title=History of Chinese and Foreign Book Exchange|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Go8sAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Hunan Education Press|isbn=978-7-5355-2456-0}}
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The Hunan Library ({{zh|s=湖南图书馆|t=湖南圖書館}}) is a provincial comprehensive public library{{cite web |url=http://www.changsha.gov.cn/xfzs/lswhmc_128272/whzs/zsgs/dswh/201907/t20190724_9071462.html|title=Introduction to Hunan Library|author=|date=2019-07-24|accessdate=|work=www.changsha.gov.cn}} located at North Shaoshan Road, Changsha City, Hunan Province.{{cite web |url=http://hunan.sina.com.cn/news/m/2017-12-28/detail-ifypyuve0140929.shtml|title=The new building of Hunan Library settled in Xiangjiang New District|author=|date=2017-12-28|accessdate=|work=Sina}} The Library is the first provincial-level public library named after "library" in China.{{cite book|title=Hunan Statistical Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a1flAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=China Statistical Publishing House}} It is a National Key Protection Unit for Ancient Books in China.{{cite web |url=http://news.cctv.com/china/20080325/104998.shtml|title=The State Council approved the announcement of the first batch of "National List of Precious Ancient Books" and "National Key Protection Units of Ancient Books"|author=|date=2008-03-25|accessdate=|work=CCTV.com}}
History
Hunan Library, formerly known as the Hunan Library and Education Museum,{{cite book|title=History of Hunan Province|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XYLAQAAMAAJ|year=1959|publisher=Hunan People's Publishing House|isbn=978-7-5438-0278-0}} was built in March 1904{{cite book|author=Gao Lujia|title=A Brief History of the Gao Surname|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Vp_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT214|date=1 September 2015|publisher=Jiangxi People's Publishing House|isbn=978-7-210-07786-2|pages=214-}} in Changsha.{{cite book|author=Sharon Chien Lin|title=Libraries and Librarianship in China|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nVPalcvlLJ0C&pg=PA78|year=1998|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-28937-8|pages=78–}}
On December 28, 2017, the New Hall of Hunan Library officially laid the foundation in Meixi Lake, Xiangjiang New Area, Changsha City.{{cite web |url=http://m.xinhuanet.com/hn/2017-12/29/c_1122183990.htm|title=The foundation stone of the new Hunan Library was laid today in Meixi Lake, Changsha|author=|date=2017-12-29|accessdate=|work=Xinhua News Agency}}
See also
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Category:National first-grade libraries of China
Category:Public libraries in China
Category:Buildings and structures in Changsha
Category:Libraries established in 1904
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