# Jinling Library

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{{short description|1927 Nanjing Municipal Library}}
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{{Infobox library
| name = Jinling Library
| native_name = 金陵图书馆
| native_name_lang = Chinese
| image = Jinling Library.jpg
| caption = Jinling Library
| country = [China](/source/China)
| type = 
| established = 1927
| location = [Nanjing](/source/Nanjing), [Jiangsu](/source/Jiangsu)
| coordinates = {{coord|32.01287434337707|118.7183521011663}}
| website = http://www.jllib.org.cn/
}}

'''Jinling Library''' ({{zh|s=金陵图书馆 |t=金陵圖書館 |p=Jīnlíng Túshūguǎn}}) is a [Nanjing](/source/Nanjing) Municipal Library, founded in 1927, located at the former Pingjiangfu Chapel. Originally, it was called Nanjing Special (No.1) Popular Library. In 1928, it changed its name into Nanjing No.1 Municipal Library, and in 1930 to Nanjing Special Municipal Demotic Library. It was then moved to the [Pan Palace](/source/Pan_Palace). Jinling Library merged with the Domestic Science Museum in 1932 and was renamed as Nanjing Municipal Library the following year. On {{nowrap|[December 13, 1937](/source/Battle_of_Nanking)}}, after the Japanese troops took over Nanjing, the Pan Palace, together with the library, was badly damaged and most of the books were destroyed.<ref name="nanjinger">{{cite web |url=https://www.thenanjinger.com/magazine/capital-constructs/the-building-of-nanjing-4-jinling-library/ |title=The Building of Nanjing (4): Jinling Library |last=Hossack |first=Frank |date=March 16, 2022 |website=The Nanjinger |access-date=January 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108013315/https://www.thenanjinger.com/magazine/capital-constructs/the-building-of-nanjing-4-jinling-library/ |archive-date=January 8, 2023}}</ref> In 1952, Nanjing was demoted from the national capital to the capital of [Jiangsu](/source/Jiangsu) Province. Six years later, the Municipal Government decided to reestablish the library. In October 1980, the library was completed and open to the public at 262 Changjiang Road.<ref name="nanjinger" /> The new pavilion had been constructed since 2005 and was open for trial in 2009. Jinling Library, with a total of two million books, is now located at 158 Leshan Road, [Jianye District](/source/Jianye_District).

==Transportation==
The library is accessible within walking distance north west of [Olympic Stadium East Station](/source/Olympic_Stadium_East_Station) of [Nanjing Metro](/source/Nanjing_Metro).

==See also==
*[National first-class library](/source/National_first-class_library)
*[Nanjing Library](/source/Nanjing_Library)
*[Ningbo Library](/source/Ningbo_Library)
* [List of libraries in China](/source/List_of_libraries_in_China)

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Baidu Baike|title=Jinling Library|id=1009379}}

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Category:Libraries in Nanjing
Category:Education in Nanjing
Category:Libraries established in 1927
Category:Library buildings completed in 1980
Category:Library buildings completed in 2009
Category:National first-grade libraries of China
Category:1927 in Nanjing

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