Taoyuan Main Public Library

Taoyuan Main Public Library
桃園市立圖書館
New building of Taoyuan Main Public Library
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25°01′04″N 121°18′00″E / 25.01778°N 121.30000°E / 25.01778; 121.30000
LocationTaoyuan District, Taoyuan, Taiwan
TypePublic library
Established1983
Branches38 branch, 4 reading rooms[1]
Collection
Items collected1,000,000 (2022 estimated)[2]
Other information
DirectorTang Liang-Cheng
Websitehttps://www.typl.gov.tw

Taoyuan Main Public Library (Chinese: 桃園市立圖書館; pinyin: Táoyuán Shìlì Túshūguǎn) is the central library of Taoyuan, Taiwan. It is located on Nanping Road, Taoyuan District, and it is a part of Taoyuan Zhongzheng Arts and Cultural Business District. The main library was estimated to be completed by the end of 2021,[3] and it began trial operation on December 17, 2022.[4] It is the largest local public library and the fourth largest public library in Taiwan by total area, after National Central Library, National Taiwan Library and National Library of Public Information.

Architecture

Old building

The former building of Taoyuan Main Public Library was located in the Department of Cultural Affairs building of Taoyuan City Government. It was opened in 1983, comprises 5 above-ground floors and one below. It was changed to "Library of Cultural Affairs Bureau" after the opening of the new main library.[5]

New building

The interior of the library features a cone-shaped "Eco Tube."
Tsutaya Bookstore (1F)

The new building of Taoyuan Main Public Library consists of two buildings above the ground, the library and the cinema, which will be connected by a balcony on the second floor.[6] The library comprises 8 above-ground floors and two below, in addition to the library, there are facilities such as cinemas, cultural and creative plazas, and theme restaurants. The design competition was held on April 12, 2017. T.C.K. Architect Engineer Planner and Azusa Sekkei [ja] (Japan) won the first place with the green building theme of "Tree of Life".[7] The design concept of the "Tree of Life" is composed of five elements: "Eco Tube", "Knowledge Spiral", "Bookshelf Structure", "Green Spiral" and "Eco Skin".[8]

Floor Plan

Floor Use[9]
8 General Affairs, Mail Room, Bidding Announcement Room, Meeting Room
7 Audio-Visual Area, On-Air Studio, Language Learning Area, Promotional Activities Area, Group Rooms, Information Searching Area, Meeting Room
6 General Collections (900), Multicultural Zone, Reference, Local Collections, Taoyuan District Resource Center
5 General Collections (500-800), New Arrivals
4 General Collections (000-400), Teen Reading Area, Group Rooms, Maker Space
3 Family Reading Area, Display Area, Parent-Child Study Room, Story Theater, Foreign Language Children's Books
2 Information, Self-Checkout Area, Visual Impairment Service, Senior Reading Area, Periodicals/Newspapers, Copy Area
1 Public Lobby, Lecture Hall, Studying Room, Bookstore/Shopping Mall, Security
B1 Automobile Parking, Motorcycle Parking
B2 Automobile Parking

Taoyuan Main Public Library

  • RFID Self-Checkout Machine, Children's Area (3F)
    RFID Self-Checkout Machine, Children's Area (3F)
  • Comics Area (4F)
    Comics Area (4F)
  • Book Collections Area (5F)
    Book Collections Area (5F)
  • Book Collections Area (6F)
    Book Collections Area (6F)
  • Foreign Language Collections Area (6F)
    Foreign Language Collections Area (6F)
  • Simplified Chinese Collections Area (6F)
    Simplified Chinese Collections Area (6F)
  • Audio-Visual Area (7F)
    Audio-Visual Area (7F)

References

  1. ^ Taoyuan Public Library. "桃園市政府各館分佈". Taoyuan Public Library. Archived from the original on 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2015-03-06.
  2. ^ 公共圖書館統計系統-桃園市立圖書館
  3. ^ 甘嘉雯 (2016-01-23). "桃園市圖總館 落腳藝文園區". China Times. China Times. Archived from the original on 2017-04-12. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  4. ^ 彭慧婉 (2022-12-17). "桃市圖新總館生命樹正式亮相 形成獨特地標與打卡景點". 台灣好報. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  5. ^ "Library of Cultural Affairs Bureau, Taoyuan County". Taoyuan Public Library.
  6. ^ Chiang, Stephanie (2022-09-22). "Taiwan's new 'green library' features 'tree of life' design concept". The Taiwan News. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  7. ^ "New Taoyuan City Main Public Library, Taiwan". competitions.org. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  8. ^ 王進坤 (2017-04-14). "郭自強建築師+日本梓設計─聯手打造「桃園總圖」新風情". Xin Media. Archived from the original on 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
  9. ^ "New Main Library Taoyuan Public Library". Taoyuan Public Library.
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