Shanghai Library
| Shanghai Library Shanghai Institute of Scientific and Technological Information | |
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| 上海图书馆 （上海科学技术情报研究所） | |
| Location | Shanghai, China |
| Established | 1952 |
| Branches | 1 |
| Collection | |
| Size | 58 million |
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| Population served | Public |
| Other information | |
| Parent organization | Shanghai Municipal Committee |
| Website | www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 上海圖書館 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 上海图书馆 | ||||||
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| Shanghai Institute of Scientific and Technological Information | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 上海科學技術情報研究所 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 上海科学技术情报研究所 | ||||||
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Shanghai Library (with a second name as the Shanghai Institute of Scientific and Technological Information) is a municipal public library in Shanghai, China. It is owned by the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. The library is one of the largest libraries in the world. Its main building is in Xuhui, with a branch hall in Pudong. As of 2024, it has a collection of 58 million volumes.
At 24 stories and 348 feet (106 m) tall, the library's main building is the second tallest library in the world after the National Library of Indonesia in Jakarta.