On April 23, 2023, World Book Day, Shanghai Library held the sixth "Shanghai Library Night" since 2018, which was also the first "Shanghai Library Night" after the opening of the Shanghai Library East. Offline, nearly 100 readers, who registered through the official account, gathered on the first floor of the Shanghai Library East, put on headphones, and joined three routes with different starting points to start an immersive "book dream exploration" journey. Online, "Shanghai Library Night" has two modes of live broadcast, VR and normal, so that readers watching the live broadcast can also "immerse" in the scene.

    This year's "Shanghai Library Night" not only officially opened the 2023-2024 Shanghai Library Reading Season, but also unveiled the "Big Reading Experience Center" cooperated by Shanghai Library and SMG. Director Chen Chao said that the Reading Season will be themed "Book Dream set Sail, Reading Scope get Infinity", including six units to create a richer and more diversified reading milieu.