Dongguan library
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Dongguan Library (Chinese: 东莞图书馆; pinyin: Dōngguǎn Túshūguǎn) is a prefecture-level city public library in Dongguan, Guangdong province, People's Republic of China.
Dongguan Library was officially opened on September 28, 2005. It has an area of 44,654 square metres (53,406 sq yd) and ranks first in prefecture-level cities. There are ten libraries and over 20 service points in Dongguan Library, including the first Comic Library on Mainland China, the first domestic Self-Service Library, the Library of Daily Life, Dongguan Local Collections, Taiwan Local Collections, and others. Under the guidelines of developing together with regional libraries, Dongguan has implemented the center-branch library system. By June 2010, Dongguan had established one Central Library, 47 branches, 102 service stations, and 24/7 services in 32 towns in the city.
Self-Service Library[edit]
In September 2005, Dongguan launched a self-service library in China. It houses a self-checkout and a collection of around 10,000 volumes of books. The Self-Service Library provides 24-hour services every day and enables people to borrow, return, and read books, even when the main hall is closed.
In December 2007, they set up a library ATM (self-service book station) in Dongguan. Each library ATM device stores 500–1000 books, which readers can borrow and return automatically. By the end of 2009, seven library ATMs were placed in residential areas, hospitals, squares, and branch libraries.