Sichuan Provincial Library

{{Short description|Provincial public library in Chengdu, Sichuan, China}}

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| name = Sichuan Provincial Library

| native_name = 四川省图书馆

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| country = China

| type = Public library

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| established = 1912

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| location = 4 Renmin West Road, Qingyang, Chengdu, Sichuan{{cite news|url=https://govt.chinadaily.com.cn/s/201812/18/WS5c18a62b498ee2f0291e3fc9/sichuan-provincial-library.html|title=Sichuan Provincial Library|date=Dec 18, 2018|website=China Daily}}

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Sichuan Provincial Library is the provincial public library of Sichuan, China, located in Qingyang, Chengdu.{{cite book |author=Carolyn Farquhar Ulrich |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bEs1AQAAIAAJ |title=Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory |publisher=Bowker |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-8352-4230-1 |access-date=2021-05-20 |archive-date=2021-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520054708/https://books.google.com/books?id=bEs1AQAAIAAJ |url-status=live }}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sqyFAAAAIAAJ |title=Contemporary Chinese Encyclopedic Dictionary |publisher=Archive Publishing House |year=1991 |isbn=978-7-80019-286 -9 |access-date=2021-05-20 |archive-date=2021-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520054709/https://books.google.com/books?id=sqyFAAAAIAAJ |url-status=live }} It is largest library in Western China and one of ten largest libraries in China.{{Cite web |title=四川省图书馆搬新址 百年图书馆留存一脉书香 – 新华网 |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2015-12/25/c_128567456.htm |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=Xinhua News Agency}}{{Cite web |title=四川省图书馆网络阅览室正式开通 |url=https://www.gov.cn/ztzl/fwzk20/content_235821.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240909200552/https://www.gov.cn/ztzl/fwzk20/content_235821.htm |archive-date=2024-09-09 |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China}} It was institutionally established in October 1912, being as the second earliest public libraries established in the country.{{cite news |date=2015-12-25 |title=Relocation of Sichuan Provincial Library |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2015-12/25/c_128567456.htm |work=Xinhua News Agency |access-date=2021-05-20 |archive-date=2021-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520060814/http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2015-12/25/c_128567456.htm |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=About the Sichuan Provincial Library |url=http://www.sclib.org/imap/index/detail_template?id=111&IDF=%B4%A8%CD%BC%B8%C5%BF%F6&Flag=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207072352/http://www.sclib.org/imap/index/detail_template?id=111&IDF=%B4%A8%CD%BC%B8%C5%BF%F6&Flag=1 |archive-date=2012-02-07 |accessdate=2021-05-20 |work=Sichuan Library}} The library building is currently adjacent to Tianfu Square, the geographic center of Chengdu City.{{cite news |date=2021-05-18 |title=It is difficult to estimate the amount of Zhang Xianzhong's treasure |url=http://sc.people.com.cn/n2/2021/0518/c345459-34731019.html |website=People's Daily |access-date=2021-05-20 |archive-date=2024-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909195425/http://sc.people.com.cn/n2/2021/0518/c345459-34731019.html |url-status=live }}