Tsinghua University Library


Tsinghua University Library is the library of Tsinghua University, in Beijing. It was founded in 1916. Tsinghua University Library has a collection of over 5.027 million items, 220,000 books in thread-bound ancient books, 587,000 copies of the journals, and 8.553 million copies of ebooks.

History

In 1912, Tsinghua School founded a reading room named "Tsinghua School Reading Room". The library was started in 1916 and completed in 1919. It was renamed "Tsinghua School Library". It was enlarged in 1931. The eastern part of the library was designed by Henry Murphy and built by Tailai Foreign Bank. Its building area is. The library's central-western and eastern-rear rooms was designed by alumnus Yang Tingbao. Construction began in March 1930 and was completed in November 1931. The building area is. In the center of the eaves of the library is a plaque, on which there are the words "Library". In 2001, the old Tsinghua Library, as a part of the "Early Architecture of Tsinghua University", has been designated as a "Major National Historical and Cultural Site in Beijing" by the State Council of China. In 2016 it was listed as the "First Batch of 20th Century Chinese Architectural Heritage".
The Tsinghua University Main Library consists of 3 buildings: the Old Library building, Run Run Shaw Library building and Mochtar Riady Library building.