MAY 28 through June 3 falls on the “2012 Shanghai Public Library Service Promotional Week” entitled “Empower the Nation through Culture – Responsibility and Mission of the Library”. A series of events including exhibitions, lectures and thematic activities will be held:
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Exhibitions
1. Selected Literatures of “Shen Bao” in Commemoration of the 140th Anniversary of its Founding
8.30am~5.00pm, April 28, 2011~July 30, 2012
Lobby, the ‘Modern Document Reading Area’, First floor
Details of the exhibition are found here.

2. The Gramophone Record – from physical to digital
8.30am~5.00pm, May 28, 2011~July 30, 2012
Catalogue Hall, First floor
The exhibition features old music records selected from Shanghai Library’s 200,000+ gramophone records and reviews the digitization efforts in the recent years as well as the donated items from all walks of life.

3. 2012 Shanghai Citizen Digital Reading Campaign –Library Digital Resources & New Digital Tech Demonstrations
8.30am~5.00pm, May 28, 2011~July 30, 2012
Catalogue Hall, First floor; New Tech Demo Center, third floor;
Web portal: http://e.library.sh.cn
Aiming to foster citizens’ digital reading habits, this Campaign features an integrated access called “Integrated Digital Reading Site” (see the URL above) to the various digital resources held by Shanghai Library – that is, 1 million e-books, 10,000 e-magazines, nearly 1,000 e-newspapers, and a variety of thematic and disciplinary databases -- as well as an array of online services including e-lending, online book reservation, virtual reference Q&A, mobile web APP, virtual exhibitions, online lecture VOD and micro-blogging service.

The web portal of the Campaign was unveiled on May 28. On the opening ceremony Shanghai Library entered into memorandum of understanding for cooperation with the Shanda Literature to make its online digital literature resources available to the library users. Meanwhile, the e-lending service with e-reading devices and contents was officially launched in joint efforts with five district and county public libraries.

The web portal integrates adequate digital resources including e-books, e-magazines and e-newspapers, and is compatible with almost all mobile devices including e-readers, tablets, mobile phones or PDAs.

4. Calligraphic and Photographic Works by Mr. YANG Taiwei
9.00am~5.00pm, May 26, 2011~May 31, 2012
Exhibition Hall No.1, First floor, West Wing
A one-man show featuring 60 artistic works by Mr. YANG Taiwei, a veteran calligrapher, photographer and curator and a Shanghai Library staff. 

 Lectures
1. The Mental Qualities Requisite for an Entrepreneur
9.30 am, Sunday May 27, 2012
Multifunctional Hall, fourth floor
Lecturer: Professor HU Yi, East Normal University
*tickets are available at the reception on the first floor at least two days ahead;

2. The Smart City Series: How Smart Cell Phones are Changing Our Life
2.00 pm, Sunday May 27, 2012
Multifunctional Hall, fourth floor
Lecturer: XU Longjiang, CEO, Shanghai Gsuo Infomation Technology Co., Ltd (DDMap)
*tickets are available at the reception on the first floor at least two days ahead;
The lecture shares with the audience about how smart cell phones are used as a versatile steward and a virtual guide for a trip by booking air tickets and hotel rooms and restaurants, retrieving travelogues searching maps.

3. The Smart City Series: The Vibrant and Vigorous E-Commerce in China
9.30 am, Saturday June 2, 2012
Multifunctional Hall, fourth floor
Lecturer: Dr. YANG Jian, Professor of School of Management, University of Shanghai for Science & Technology
*tickets are available at the reception on the first floor at least eight days ahead;
A general review of e-commerce in China involving online shopping, SNS, groupon and how e-commerce is influencing peoples consuming habits and even life patterns.

4. The Beauty of Delicateness and Elegance – the Art of “Sheng” (the main male role) of Kunqu Opera
2.00 pm, Sunday June 3, 2012
Multifunctional Hall, fourth floor
Lecturer: LI An, the famous Kunqu Opera artist as “Xiao Sheng”
*tickets are available at the reception on the first floor at least nine days ahead;

5. Regulations on Dog Domestication
9.30 am, Sunday June 3, 2012
New Tech Demo Center, third floor
Lecturer: XU Beibei, Reference Librarian, Shanghai Library

○ Thematic Event – ILS Promotion Month
Organised by: Shanghai Library, CALIS (China Academic Library and Information System)
Duration: May 1 through May 31