Jinan Library is set up by the Jinan Municipal Government, which provides public welfare information services and is also a social education institution. It is open all year round. Everyone can have a library card without production cost. The Jinan Library provides the all round and open services for readers, which includes library document lending and delivery, information consultation, subject service, exhibitions and lectures, training and guidance, digital resources reading and so on, implementing the integrated service mode of the collecting, circulating and reading.
Jinan Library was established in 1953, which is located in Jing San Road NO.150 Huai Yin District, covering an area of ten thousand square meters. In October 2013, our new library was opened, which is located in Provincial Cultural Center Huai Yin District. The 4, 1000-square-metre new Jinan Library has 3000 seats for reading and a rich collection of 5 million 530 thousand volumes, including 3.5 million copies of Chinese books, ancient books, newspaper bound volumes and audiovisual literature, 8 million copies of outsourcing electronic literature and more than 14 volumes ancient books, over 1,000 kinds of more than 10,000 rare copies included.
Jinan library provides free service for 365 days a year. The specific opening hours are as follows:
New library: 9:00—17:30（9:00—19:00 in newspaper reading room）
Old library: 8:30—17:00（9:00—20:30 in newspaper reading room and studying room）
Note: any changes about the opening hours will be posted on the bulletin board of the main page.
General information desk in Central Library in Provincial Cultural Center: 81279601 81279602.
Information desk in branch Library in Jingsan Road: 83181501.
Renewing your books: 81279699 81279688.
Central Library in Provincial Cultural Center:
Address: the Crossing of East Lashanhe Road and Weihai Road
By Bus: take 133, K133, K156 to Provincial Capital Culture and Art Center stop or take BRT1, K167 to Qingdao Road East Lashanhe Road stop, walk 1km south to the library
By Self-Driving: Turn off the Beiyuan viaduct at its west exit, then drive to the crossing of East Lashahe Road and Weihai Road. (JNL is equipped with an underground parking lot.)
Branch Library in Jingsan Road
Address: Jinan, Jingsan Road, No. 150 (20 meters west of Zhongshan Park)
By bus: take 9 ,13, 77, 101, K58, K59 to Jinan Hotel station, northwest corner in Zhongshan Park, or take 74 to Jingsanweiqi station, walk 300 meters east from the station, or take 1 to Jingerweiwu station, walk 200 meters south from the station.
Jinan Library is set up by the Jinan Municipal Government, which provides public welfare information services and is also a social education institution. It is open all year round. Everyone can have a library card without production cost. The Jinan Library provides the all round and open services for readers, which includes library document lending and delivery, information consultation, subject service, exhibitions and lectures, training and guidance, digital resources reading and so on, implementing the integrated service mode of the collecting, circulating and reading.
