Guangxi Library
| Guangxi Library | |
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| 广西壮族自治区图书馆 | |
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| 22°48′53″N 108°20′20″E / 22.81479616848576°N 108.33897925766281°E | |
| Location | Nanning[1], China |
| Type | Public library |
| Established | 1924 |
| Other information | |
| Website | www.gxlib.org.cn |
The Guangxi Library (simplified Chinese: 广西图书馆; traditional Chinese: 廣西圖書館), also known as the Library of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,[2] is an autonomous region-level public library[3] of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, located at No. 61, Minzu Avenue, Nanning City.[4] It is the largest comprehensive provincial-level public library in Guangxi.[5]
History[edit]
The predecessor of the Guangxi Library was the Xuanhua Library built in 1924,[6] renamed the Guangxi Provincial Second Library in 1931, the Second Library of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in 1958,[7] and the present name in 1980.[8]
Notable holdings[edit]
In 1987, a collection of Bai Chongxi's speeches during his time in Guangxi in the 1930s, his correspondence with his colleagues and friends, as well as Mainland newspapers and periodicals before 1949, were discovered in the Guangxi Library.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ College Library Work. Hunan University Press. 2007.
- ^ "Introduction of Guangxi Library". Guangxi Library. Archived from the original on 2006-02-09. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- ^ "Guangxi libraries create a reassuring reading environment for readers". Xinhua News Agency. 2020-04-15. Archived from the original on 2020-04-16.
- ^ Guangxi Statistical Yearbook. China Statistics Press. 2000.
- ^ "Library of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region". wlt.gxzf.gov.cn. 2020-09-18.
- ^ Encyclopedia of China: Biology. Encyclopedia of China Publishing House. 1992.
- ^ The Complete Directory of Chinese Libraries and Intelligence Agencies. Northeastern University Press. 1995. ISBN 978-7-81006-938-0.
- ^ Documentary Resources Building and Library Collections Workbook. Bibliographic Literature Press. 1993.
- ^ "Bai Xiangyong: Father Bai Chongxi not only anti-Jiang but also anti-Communist". Duowei News. 2016-08-08.
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