The trial operation of the Shanghai Library East has been over seven months, and the Library on Huaihai Road has reopened for nearly half a year. In order to continuously improve and better ensure services, and taking into account recent feedback from the general public, as well as the maintenance needs of library facilities and equipment, the library will adjust the opening hours starting from May 7, 2023. The new library opening hours are as follows:
Library on Huaihai Road
Services | Floor | Area | Opening Hours |
Reader 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 | Closed Stack Reading Room | Monday：13:30-17:00 Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-17:00 | |
1F | Learning Commons | Monday：13:30-20:30 Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-20:30 | |
1F | Comprehensive Service Desk | Monday-Sunday：9:00-17:00 | |
1F | Reference Books Reading Room | Monday-Sunday：9:00-17:00 | |
General Book Circulation | 2F | Social Science Reading Room | Monday：13:30-20:30 Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-20:30 |
2F | Science and Technology 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 | |
Periodicals Reading | 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/Closed Stack Newspapers & Periodicals Service
| Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-17:00 | |
Historical Documents Reading | 1F | Modern Period and Local Documents Reading Room | Monday：13:30-17:00 Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-17:00 |
2F | Ancient Books & Genealogy Reading Room | Monday：13:30-17:00 Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-17:00 |
BIBLIOTHECA ZI-KA-WEI
Monday-Saturday: 9:00-17:00
Shanghai Library East
Floor | Area | Opening Hours |
1F | Information Desk | Monday：13:30-18:00 Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-18:00 |
Children’s Area | Tuesday-Friday：13:00-19:00 Saturday, Sunday：10:00-19:00 Summer & Winter Vacations (Tuesday-Friday)：10:00-19:00) | |
Accessible Reading Room | Tuesday-Saturday：10:00-16:00 | |
2F | Newspapers & Periodicals Area | Monday：13:30-20:30 Tuesday-Sunday：9:00-20:30 |
3F | Reading Square | 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 |
Subject to specific library notices on national holidays
Shanghai Library (Shanghai Institute of Scientific and Technical Information)
May 6, 2023
