Tibet Library Explained

Tibet Library
Type:Public library
Location:Lhasa[1]

The Tibet Library, or Xizang Library,[2] also known as the Tibet Autonomous Region Library,[3] is an autonomous region-level public library of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, located at No. 25, Norbulingka Road, Lhasa.

Tibet Library broke ground on May 6, 1991, [4] and was opened to the public in June 1996.[5] The library was set up at a cost of about 100 million yuan.[6] It has 590,000 books[7] and a floor space of 11000sqm.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tibet Autonomous Region Library reopens. 2020-04-23. Xinhuanet.com.
  2. Book: Ravindra N. Sharma. IFLA Headquarters. Libraries in the early 21st century, volume 1: An international perspective. 27 December 2011. Walter de Gruyter. 978-3-11-027063-1. 130–.
  3. Book: Chinese Library Journal. 1998. Bibliographic Literature Press.
  4. Book: Chinese Reading Dictionary. 1993. Nanjing University Press. 978-7-305-01568-7.
  5. Book: Mingxu Xu. Intrigues and Devoutness: The Origin and Development of the Tibet Riots. 2004. Joint Pub. (H.K.) Company. 978-962-04-2338-3.
  6. Web site: New Progress in Human Rights in the Tibet Autonomous Region. 13 February 1998. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China.
  7. Web site: Govt. White Papers - china.org.cn. 24 March 1998. China.org.cn.
  8. Book: National Support for Tibet. 2002. Tibet People's Publishing House.

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