| Locations | Service Contents | Delivery of Services | Hours |
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| Children’sService Area on the 1st floor | Children’s Literature Lending & Reading Service | No Library cards required for reading Library cards required for check-out | Tues.-Fri. 12:00-18:00 Sat.-Sun. 10:00-18:00 |
| First Floor Newspapers& Periodicals Service Area | Chinese Newspapers& Periodicals Reading Service E-newspapers& Periodicals Reading Service |
No Library cards required | Tues.-Sun. 9:00-21:00 |
| Chinese Newspapers & Periodicals Lending Service | Library cards required for Chinese periodicals within two years lending | ||
| Back Issues of Newspaper & Periodicals Reading Service | Library cards required for Chinese periodicals within two years lending | Tues.-Sun. 9:00-17:00 |
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| South Space (1/F) | Chinese& Overseas Items of ancient and modern classics Reading Service Organize various kinds of readers’activities |
Library cards required Free of charge | Mon.-Sun. 7:00-23:00 |
| Lecture & Reading Hall (1/F) | Self-study Provide various kinds of readers’activities |
No Library cards required | Mon.-Sun. 7:00-23:00 |
| the Reading Room for the Blind (1/F) | Braille Materials Lending & Reading Service | No Library cards required for reading Library cards required for check-out | Tues.-Sun. 9:00-17:00 |
| General Information Desk(2/F) | Library Card Affairs | Apply for a library card with valid certification | Tues.-Sun. 9:00-21:00 |
| Books Lending & Reading Service Area(2/F,3/F) | Chinese Books Lending & Reading Service | No Library cards required for reading Library cards required for check-out | |
| (2/F) | Overseas Books Lending & Reading Service | ||
| (4/F) | Audio-visual Materials Lending Service | Library cards required for check-out | Tues.-Sun. 9:00-21:00 |
| Digital Resources Study Space (4/F) | Database Retrieval Service Education and Training for Information Literacy Document Supply Service Multimedia Service |
Apply for a computer terminal via card of “City of Libraries” | |
| Network information Commons (4/F) | Internet Browsing Service E-resources Service Visual Display Enjoyment Photocopy& Printing Service |
Apply for a computer terminal via card of “City of Libraries” |
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| Service Counter (4/F) | Reference & Inquiry Service Document Supply Service SDI Service,Research Service Outside-libraryDigital Resources Service Training Programme for How to Use Digital Resource |
Based on the E-resources of Shenzhen Library Free of charge | |
| (5/F) | Special Subject Collection Reading Service (Law,Fashion,ASEAN and Business) |
No Library cards required for reading No circulation | Tues.-Sun. 9:00-17:00 |
| Foreign Languages Newspapers & Periodicals Service | |||
| Reference Book Reading Service | |||
| Service Counter (5/F) | Research Service Substitute Searches &Retrieval Service Document Supply Service |
Based on the special subjects collection of Shenzhen Library Free of charge | |
| (6/F) | Shenzhen Local Literature Reading Service | No Library cards required for reading No circulation | |
| Materials published in Hongkong, Macau and Taiwan | |||
| Preservation Books, Ancient Rare Books and Microfilm Reading Service | |||
| Inquiries service for the public government information | |||
| Service Counter (6/F) | Inter-library Loan Service Document Supply Service Inquires Service |
Document supply service Inter-library loan service Inquires & research service | |
| Urban Neighborhood Self-Service Library Network | Application for a reader's card,Borrowing/Returning books,Renewal,Reserve service,OPAC search and digital resource access | Self-service Free of charge | Mon.-Sun. 00:00-24:00 |
| Online Library | Service Guide, Resource retrieval, Reference&Inquiry, Readers’ Corner, Notifications, and My Library,etc.。 | Free of charge | Mon.-Sun. 24-hour |
| Phone-In System | 24-hour Phone-In System: 0755-(82841200-82841203) | ||
| Short Message Service | What’s new in the library, Renewal, Self-service payment, Reserved items checking out, Due date reminder, and Reference&Inquiry service,etc. | ||
| Readers’ Activities & Training Programmes | Various kinds of activities, Training programmes and Exhibitions in Lecture Hall(5/F),South Space,Lecture & Reading Hall(1/F) and Exhibition Areas | For further information please enquiry activities schedule |




