Shaanxi Library
{{Short description|Public library of Shaanxi, China}}
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| established = August 1909{{cite news|url=http://sn.people.com.cn/n2/2020/0918/c380804-34303136.html|title=111th Anniversary of the Shaanxi Provincial Library|date=2020-09-18|website=People's Daily}}
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| location = No. 18, Chang'an North Road, Xi'an City
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| website =[http://www.sxlib.org.cn/ www.sxlib.org.cn]
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The Shaanxi Provincial Library ({{zh|s=陕西省图书馆|t=陝西省圖書館}}), also known as the Shaanxi 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 Xi'an-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=PT250|date=1 February 1994|publisher=National Academies Press|isbn=978-0-309-04932-0|pages=250–}} large scale public library,{{cite book|author="Xi'an Encyclopedia" Editorial Board|title=Xi'an Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ggVAQAAMAAJ |year=1993|publisher=Shaanxi People's Education Publishing House}} located at No. 18, Chang'an North Road, Xi'an City. It is the earliest public library established in China's Western Region.{{cite news|url=http://www.chinanews.com/cul/2011/03-30/2940822.shtml|title=Shaanxi Library Opens the Channel of "Returning Books without Liability"|date=2011-03-30|website=China News Service}}
History
Built in August 1909,{{cite book|title=Xi'an Statistical Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9K-yAAAAIAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Xi'an Bureau of Statistics}} the Shaanxi Provincial Library was one of the first public libraries established in China.{{cite book|author1=Sun Jinji|author2=Feng Yongqian|author3=Su Tianjun|author4=Editorial Committee of "Chinese Archaeological Integration"|title=Chinese Archaeological Integration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J4cLAQAAMAAJ|publisher=Beijing Publishing House}} On 30 September 2001, the New Hall of Shaanxi Provincial Library was officially opened to the public.{{cite news|url=http://travel.sina.com.cn/china/2015-01-07/1647294150_6.shtml|title=Shaanxi Provincial Library|date=2015-01-07|website=Sina.com.cn}}
See also
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Category:National first-grade libraries of China
Category:Public libraries in China
Category:Buildings and structures in Xi'an
Category:Libraries established in 1909
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