Dear readers
During the 2026 Qingming Festival period (April 4-8), the opening hours of the Shanghai Library (Shanghai Institute of Scientific and Technical Information) are as follows:
| Library on Huaihai Road (1555 Mid- Huaihai Road) | Library East (300 Hehuan Road) | BIBLIOTHECA ZI-KA-WEI (80 North Caoxi Road) | Genealogy Library （746 Changle Road） |
Date | ||||
April 4 (Saturday) | Please refer to the normal opening hours on Saturday, click for details | 1st Floor Exhibition Hall 9:00-17:00 Other areas closed | ||
April 5 (Sunday, National Holiday) | 9:00-16:00 (Reference Materials Request) 9:00-15:30 (Historical Documents Request) 9:00-11:00,13:00-15:00 | 9:00-16:00 (Children’s Area) 10:00-16:00 | 1st Floor Exhibition Hall 9:00-16:00 Other areas closed | |
April 6 (Monday) | Closed for three days due to maintenance | Please refer to the normal opening hours on Monday, click for details | 1st Floor Exhibition Hall 9:00-17:00 Other areas closed | |
April 7-8 (Tuesday- Wednesday) | Normal opening hours, click for details | |||
The opening hours of each branch and service point of the Shanghai Central Library during the 2026 Qingming Festival period are subject to their own announcement.
Please inform each other.
Shanghai Library
(Shanghai Institute of Scientific and Technical Information)
March 27, 2026
Opening Hours
Library on Huaihai Road:
Services | Floor | Area | Opening Hours |
Registration | 1F | Registration Desk | Monday：13:30-17:00 Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-17:00 |
Reference Services | 1F | Comprehensive Reading Room | Monday：13:30-20:30 Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-20:30 |
1F | Reading Room for the Closed Stack | Monday：13:30-17:00 Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-17:00 | |
1F | Group Study Room | Monday：13:30-20:30 Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-20:30 | |
1F | Closed Stack Service Desk | Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-17:00 | |
1F | Reference Books Reading Room | Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-17:00 | |
General Reading Service | 2F | Social Science Books Reading Room | Monday：13:30-20:30 Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-20:30 |
2F | Science and Technology Books Reading Room | Monday：13:30-20:30 Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-20:30 | |
2F | Newspapers and Magazines Reading Room | Monday：13:30-20:30 Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-20:30 | |
3F | Chinese Social Science Periodicals Reading Room | Monday：13:30-17:00 Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-17:00 | |
3F | Chinese Science & Technology Periodicals Reading Room | Monday：13:30-17:00 Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-17:00 | |
3F | Foreign Language Social Science Periodicals Reading Room | Monday：13:30-17:00 Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-17:00 | |
3F | Foreign Language Science & Technology Periodicals Reading Room | Monday：13:30-17:00 Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-17:00 | |
3F | Special Documents Service Desk | Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-17:00 | |
3F | Closed Stack Newspapers and Periodicals Service Desk | Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-17:00 | |
Historical Documents Reading Service | 1F | Modern Period and Local Documents Reading Room | Monday：13:30-17:00 Tuesday-Saturday：9:00-17:00 |
2F | Ancient Books and Genealogy Reading Room | Monday：13:30-17:00 Tuesday-Saturday：9:00-17:00 |
BIBLIOTHECA ZI-KA-WEI: Closed for the moment (in maintenance)
Library East:
Floor | Opening Area | Opening Hours |
1F | Information Service Desk | Monday：13:30-18:00 Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-18:00 |
Children’s Library | Tuesday-Sunday：10:00-19:00 | |
Barrier-Free Reading | Tuesday-Saturday：10:00-16:00 | |
2F | Newspapers and Periodicals Reading Room | Monday：13:30-20:30 Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-20:30 |
3F | Reading Plaza | Monday：13:30-20:30 Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-20:30 |
4F-5F | Theme Libraries | Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-17:00 |
6F | Social Science Library | Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-17:00 |
7F | Treasured Collections Library | Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-17:00 |
Opening hours on national holidays to be announced.
Shanghai Library
(Shanghai Institute of Scientific and Technical Information)
May 6, 2023
