Basic Overview of Bao'an Library

As of the end of 2010, the library has a paper collection of 690,000 volumes [including more than 520,000 volumes in district libraries and more than 160,000 volumes in branches directly under the laborers] and more than 88,000 volumes of e-books, and the total existing collection is more than 778,000 volumes; 215 types of newspapers and 1,360 types of periodicals are subscribed to (of which there are 63 Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan periodicals, and 6 foreign periodicals); 1,000 electronic periodicals were purchased, and 18 topical databases (including 5 self-built topical databases). In 2010, the library received more than 1.3 million readers, lent out more than 500,000 books and documents, and published 23 issues of Information Reference (a bimonthly magazine) and 3 kinds of thematic materials. The existing business of the whole library all implement computer network management, and with the Shenzhen Municipal and district libraries to open the "borrowing and returning" service, at the same time in each street and part of the community to set up branch libraries, the main and branch libraries to implement the full implementation of the joint interviews between the on-line cataloging and card borrowing and other resources **** enjoyment of services. In addition to traditional lending and information services, the library also provides free digital library information services for the majority of readers, public interest cultural lectures, local literature collection and other special services, and the services to the streets, communities, enterprises and industrial areas.

Digital library construction: the library has formed a digital library collection system integrating books, newspapers and magazines, and thematic databases. The library's website was officially opened in December 2001, with more than 310,000 annual website hits, 18 thematic databases, 88,000 e-books and 1,000 types of electronic periodicals and newspapers.

Reader's activities: Every year, the library successfully organizes a number of major thematic activities, such as "4.23" World Book Day, Cultural Festival for Migrant Youth Workers, Shenzhen Reading Month, and Citizen's Cultural Lecture Hall, etc. It also insists on organizing the "Baotu Weekly Lecture" on a weekly basis, It also insists on organizing weekly "Baotu Weekly Lecture", "Baotu English Salon" and other brand-name readers' activities, which are very popular among the readers.

Local Literature Collection and Development: The library has more than 4,000 volumes of local literature, mainly in the categories of law and politics, literature, economy, art, history and geography. Has edited and published "Baoan literature (Volume I)", "Baoan literature (Volume II)" and "Baoan sculpture and geography", the collection of local literature authors and their writings are introduced, a comprehensive display of Shenzhen City, Baoan District, the great changes that have taken place since the reform and opening up and the fruitful results achieved.

Public **** library service system construction: the region has a municipal-level public **** library, 16 Shenzhen street-level libraries, up to 124 community libraries, mobile libraries 102, has formed a district library as the center, street libraries as the backbone, community and mobile libraries as the nodes of the more complete public **** library service network. The region's total public **** library collection of 4,124,000 books, the total number of reading room seats 7,082, the average annual reception of readers about 3.87 million times. 2010 9 laborers directly under the branch library **** reception of readers 760,000 times, reception of readers e-reading more than 180,000 times, for a valid library card 5,451, borrowing books 119,000 times, readers held 56 activities, more than 4,000 people in person to participate in the library, and more than 4,000 people in person to participate in the library. More than 4,000 people personally participated in the readers' activities.