{{Short description|Municipal public library in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China}} {{Infobox library | name = Shenzhen Library | native_name = 深圳图书馆 | native_name_lang = Chinese | image = Shenzhen Library Overview.jpg | caption = Shenzhen Library main library | country = China | type = Public library | established = | location = Shenzhen, Guangdong | coordinates = {{Coord|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | num_branches = | website = {{URL|https://www.szlib.org.cn|szlib.org.cn}} }}
{{Chinese | s = 深圳图书馆 | t = 深圳圖書館 | order = st | p = Shēnzhèn Túshūguǎn | j = sam1 zan3 tou4 syu1 gun2 }} '''Shenzhen Library''' is the municipal public library of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The main library is a part of the Shenzhen Cultural Center in Futian.
The main library occupies a {{convert|49589|sqm|sqft|adj=on}} building on a {{convert|29612|sqm|sqft|adj=on}} plot .<ref name=Intro/>
==History== It was previously the '''Bao'an County''' '''Library'''.<ref name=Intro>"[https://www.szlib.org.cn/page/overview.html Overview]." Shenzhen Library. Retrieved on September 6, 2017.</ref> {{Asof|2016}}, Shenzhen had 627 public library facilities.<ref>"[https://www.szlib.org.cn/libraryNetwork/view/id-1.html City of Libraries]." Shenzhen Library. Retrieved on September 6, 2017.</ref> The previous facility opened in 1986 in Lychee Park's northwest area after construction began in 1983.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://szlib.gov.cn/englishweb/about/about.htm |title=Library Overview |publisher=Shenzhen Library |date=2002-12-19 |accessdate=2022-02-14 |quote= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021219145516/http://szlib.gov.cn/englishweb/about/about.htm |archive-date=19 December 2002 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2009, the city government began a library platform program called "City of Libraries" ("City of Library"{{sic}}).<ref>Fang, Conghui. ''Chinese Librarianship in the Digital Era''. Elsevier, June 30, 2013. {{ISBN|1780633734}}, 9781780633732. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=a2JEAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA69 69].</ref>
==See also== * Shenzhen Library North Hall * National first-class library * List of libraries in China
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==External links== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.szlib.org.cn/index.html?locale=en_US Shenzhen Library] * [http://www.szlib.org.cn/index.html?locale=zh_CN Shenzhen Library] {{in lang|zh-cn}} {{Futian District}} {{Education in Shenzhen}} {{Shenzhen}} {{Public libraries of China}}
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