People often say that "libraries are the heart of universities." Indeed, the university's libraries are closely related to teachers and students, so they are often one of the construction projects that universities invest the most and pay the most attentively. Today's university libraries are so rich that while satisfying the collection of books, they have become more often a place where teachers and students communicate, share information, and collide with ideas. In the Nankai University , this "985 Project" and "211 Project" construction university that has gone through a century of development, the majestic and solemn library has also witnessed the past century.
years, the "changing world" circulates
. It was a legendary year - the "May 4th" patriotic movement engraved a brilliant stroke in the long scroll of history. In Tianjin in the same year, China's earliest private university library rose from the ground, and this was the "previous life" of Nankai University Library. In 1927, Mr. Lu Muzhai, who was in his seventies, donated 100,000 silver dollars to build the Nankai University Library. A year later, the library was completed, and he donated all the more than 100,000 volumes of books he purchased to the new library. Zhang Boling , who was then the president of Nankai University, therefore named the library "Muzhai Library".
Dome European architectural style "Muzhai Library" covers an area of 920 square meters and can accommodate more than 300 readers. It is both beautiful, practical and sturdy. was praised by Mr. Liu Yazi's poem: "A hundred cities in the south and west foot to discuss their merits, and the hall is majestic and powerful. Ten taels of golden books and ten thousand scrolls are what make people remember Mr. Muzhai forever." At that time, no one would have thought that this majestic "Muzhai Library" would become an eternal painful memory for Nankai people in the future. It was in 1937. The Japanese invaders savagely bombed the "Muzhai Library", and the majestic library dissipated in history.
until Nankai University formed Southwest United University with Peking University and Tsinghua University to establish the United University Library, and rebuilt the library after Nankai University reopened in 1946. 958, Wenzhong Library was completed; in 1990, Yifu Library was completed; in 2015, Jinnan Campus Central Library was completed; in addition, there is the Economics Branch... After more than a hundred years of development, Nankai University Library has achieved its current glory.
Over the past few years, "craftsmanship" has inherited
from the "Muzhai Library" more than a hundred years ago to the spectacular covering an area of 71,610 square meters and has a collection of 3.208 million books. The development of the Nankai University Library over the past century is inseparable from the loving donations and selfless dedication of the majority of alumni and social wise men. Among them are old directors such as Feng Wenqian, Lai Xinxia and Feng Chengbai who have made outstanding contributions to the development of the library; there are also famous alumni such as Zhou Zhongzheng and Yuan Cheng who are full of Nankai sentiment.
After the founding of New China, Professor Feng Wenqian served as the director of the Nankai University Library and the director of the Tianjin History Museum. He advocated that in addition to books that are directly related to teaching and research, other valuable books should also be included, so that the collections of Nankai University will continue to be enriched. Professor Feng Wenqian's son, Professor Feng Chengbai, was appointed director of Nankai University's library from 1990 to 1997. During his tenure as director of Nankai University's library from 1990 to 1997, he streamlined the institutions, strengthened the construction of bibliographic databases, and updated the library facilities, so that the automation construction of Nankai University's library was fully launched.
On October 23, 2020, former director of the National Library Han Yongjin donated more than 500 copies of the "Basic Chinese Classics Book Series" to the school library to express their deep affection for their alma mater Nankai. This donated series is a series created by the National Ancient Book Protection Center and the National Library Press since 2016. It has selected 100 ancient classic works and is divided into four collections of classics, history, and literature. All of them use the existing names of the Song and Yuan dynasties and the fine engravings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties as the original texts, striving to maintain the style of the original book.
In November 2020, Mr. Bian Xiaochun, a pioneer in the online game industry, and Cheng Donghong , the former deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the China Association for Science and Technology, came to the Nankai University Library and donated more than 400 national books in its collection to the library., this batch of precious family letters, leaves many vivid and rare fragments of life and history, reflecting the ideological and practical development process of an intellectual young man in the 1920s and 1930s, is a window to explore his social trajectory, and also reflects some of the interaction details and group appearance of special marriages and families, with both family history and social history significance.
The dedication and donation of old directors and alumni have made the Nankai University Library increasingly rich in books. In addition, the century-old library has a precious gift given by nearly 300,000 ancient books line-bound books, making the Nankai University Library a national key ancient book protection unit. "Ancient books, as an important carrier of Chinese civilization and traditional culture, are the precious spiritual wealth of the Chinese nation and the basis for cultural heritage and development." The development of Nankai University Library has always been closely related to ancient books.
In October 2020, "National Ancient Book Repair Skills Education Center Nankai University Training Center" was unveiled at Nankai University. This is the first ancient book restoration skills training center in Tianjin universities and one of the five training centers in universities across the country. Training Institute will adopt the traditional form of master-apprentice inheritance and oral-palm teaching, and teach related theories and techniques such as ancient book sorting skills, ancient book restoration skills, document binding art, document versioning, etc. Starting this year, students will learn 9 professional restoration skills for ancient books in 200 hours within 3 years.
In addition, in order to inherit the culture of ancient books and promote the restoration of ancient books, Nankai University Library has also launched three new exhibitions - "Lu Su Nian: A Brief History of the Restoration of Ancient Books in Nankai University Library", "Overview of the graduation thesis of the Nankai Institute of Economics during the Republic of China" "Auspicious Logistics: The Nankai Story in the Special Collection of Ancient Books".
On October 30, 2020, the sixth batch of "National List of Rare Ancient Books" was officially announced. A total of 6 ancient books were selected in the Nankai University Library, and So far, 46 ancient books have been selected in the school library. This selection is not only a witness to the profound cultural heritage and inheritance of Nankai University after its founding for a hundred years, but also the result of Nankai University Library's long-term digging, protecting, revealing and promoting traditional culture.
Generation after generation of Nankai Library people continue to sing and pass on from generation to generation, making indelible contributions to the development of Nankai University. In the past decade, library employees have published more than 180 papers in various academic journals, and the scientific research funding has increased year by year. The library takes teaching and scientific research services as its purpose, nourishing generations of Nankai scholars and helping them climb the academic peak. To this day, libraries not only witness and carry the history and development of Nankai, but have also become a cultural symbol in the hearts of Nankai people.
When it was amazing, the "expand sea of books" was unforgettable.
Nankai University Library provides students with a warm and comfortable learning environment and a complete supporting service system, allowing students to enjoy the sea of books, bloom their youth here, and appreciate the down-to-earth and rigorous academic atmosphere of Nankai Park. At the same time, this is also a place for study by generations of Nankai masters, covering the collection of documents of humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, applied technology, etc., with as many as 3.208 million .
Wenzhong Library , built in 1958, comes with a "retro filter". Ancient items such as electric fans, bookshelf, door plaques, desk lamps, wooden document boxes, etc. are presented one by one, and time seems to be settled here; the Liberal Arts Library, also known as Yifu Pavilion , was invested and donated by the famous Hong Kong entrepreneur Mr. Run Run Shaw . It has a simple and unpretentious shape and a simple and generous facade. Whether in the severe winter or the scorching heat, you can always see students from Nankai who are striving for the Tao in the library... It is worth mentioning that the library also holds a variety of cultural activities every year, such as book festivals, service months, book drifting, lectures, trainings, exhibitions, film and television appreciation, etc., to truly realize "reading Nankai" and allow every student to travel through the ocean of books with interest.
In addition, there is also the "landmark" of Jinnan Campus - Jinnan Campus Central Library , with a construction area of 46,418 square meters and a total of 9 floors on the ground. The building complex mainly consists of libraries and has won the "Lu Ban Award" , the highest award in China's construction industry. The museum adopts the font-shaped layout of the old campus building complex, while the architectural form uses architectural elements from the new era to achieve spiritual inheritance. The special library combines the space set under the roof eaves and is equipped with 24-hour constant temperature and humidity facilities; an indoor staircase running through the three-story reading space, promoting communication between people; there are also 36 personal training rooms and 30 multi-person seminars, equipped with tables and chairs, power sockets, wired networks and wireless WiFi. The multi-person training room is also equipped with 55-inch and 70-inch multi-point touch all-in-one machine, ultra-short-focus projector and electronic whiteboard, to truly realize "zero distance" interaction.
For more than a hundred years, the development process of Nankai University Library has been bumpy and brilliant. Nankai people have bravely climbed the academic peak, and Nankai students have absorbed knowledge and accumulated strength to form a colorful picture, which also embodies the spirit of unremitting pursuit, hard work and silent dedication of Nankai University Library people. Looking to the future, the library will continue to dig deep into the collection resources, provide solid documentary support and high-quality resource services for the construction of Nankai disciplines, and help the school to build "Double First-Class".
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