Notice on Services of Reference Books and Document Retrieval Reading Room

Collections: Chinese and foreign reference books and retrieved publications published in recent years (subject to bibliographical data).

Form of services: close-shelf reading and consultation about relevant documents.

Opening hours: Tuesday through Saturday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Closed on national holidays.

1.  Viewing requires no card.

2. You’re allowed to take up to three periodicals or five books at a time to allow more readers to have the opportunity to get access to document resources. When done, please put these periodicals and books to book cart; our staff will reshelve them.

3. Please take good care of all documents and public properties and respect and protect intellectual property. Please don’t annotate, tamper, fold, smear, cut or tear documents. Please don’t shoot documents or take documents outside the reading room without authorization, the violators will be handled in accordance with relevant regulations of our library.

4. If you want to photocopy a document, please go through registration procedures at service counter. Please return the document immediately after the photocopying. The procedures will not be processed 15 minutes before the room is closed.

5. Reading room advocates civilized behavior. Please keep a quiet, clean and neat environment for reading. No smoking, no spitting; please don’t take food or beverage to the reading room; please put your belongings on a locker, and put cap and rain gear on designated place to avoid damage to books; please set your cellphone on silent or vibrate mode, and leave the reading room to answer a call; please don’t occupy the seat for long rest or sleep; please put your rain gear on rain gear rack; discard waste paper or other rubbish on trash basket (can).

6. Please take good care of your belongings to prevent against unnecessary losses. Please keep your laptop, wallet, cellphone and other valuable belongings with you all the time. Please take your belongings away when you leave the reading room.

7. If you have any other need, please feel free to consult our staff. Zhejiang Library will serve you wholeheartedly.

This room’s service call: 87986169    Complaints and suggestions: 87987769/87988569