Shanghai Library

{{Short description|Municipal public library in Shanghai, China}}

{{Expand language|topic=|langcode=zh|otherarticle=上海图书馆|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox library

| library_name = Shanghai Library
{{nobold|Shanghai Institute of Scientific and Technological Information}}

| native_name = 上海图书馆
（上海科学技术情报研究所）

| native_name_lang = zh

| library_logo =

| image = Shanghai Library.jpg

| city = Shanghai

| country = China

| established = 1952

| num_branches = 1

| collection_size = 58 million

| pop_served = Public

| website = {{Official URL}}

| parent_organization = Shanghai Municipal Committee

}}

{{Infobox Chinese

| s = {{linktext|上海|图书馆}}

| t = {{linktext|上海|圖書館}}

| p = Shànghǎi Túshūguǎn

| altname = Shanghai Institute of Scientific and Technological Information

| s2 = {{linktext|上海|科学|技术|情报|研究所}}

| t2 = {{linktext|上海|科學|技術|情報|研究所}}

| p2 = Shànghǎi Kēxué Jìshù Qíngbào Yánjiūsuǒ

}}Shanghai Library (with a second name as the Shanghai Institute of Scientific and Technological Information) is a municipal public library in Shanghai, China. It is owned by the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.{{Cite web |title=上海图书馆（上海科学技术情报研究所）公开招聘工作人员公告 Shanghai Library (Shanghai Institute of Scientific and Technical Information) Open Recruitment Announcement |url=https://rsj.sh.gov.cn/tzpgg_17408/20230914/t0035_1418337.html |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=上海市人力资源和社会保障局 Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau |archive-date=2024-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909192154/https://rsj.sh.gov.cn/tzpgg_17408/20230914/t0035_1418337.html |url-status=live }} The library is one of the largest libraries in the world. Its main building is in Xuhui, with a branch hall in Pudong.{{Cite web |title=上海图书馆_图书馆_上海市文化和旅游局 |url=https://whlyj.sh.gov.cn/tsg/20151102/0022-29107.html |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=whlyj.sh.gov.cn |archive-date=2024-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909192153/https://whlyj.sh.gov.cn/tsg/20151102/0022-29107.html |url-status=live }} As of 2024, it has a collection of 58 million volumes.

At 24 stories and 348 feet (106 m) tall, the library's main building is the second tallest library in the world after the National Library of Indonesia in Jakarta.{{cite web |url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=shanghailibrary-shanghai-china |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914154438/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=shanghailibrary-shanghai-china |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 14, 2012 |title=Shanghai Library at Emporis.com |access-date=2009-01-15}}