SMU Library

Overview

Shanghai Maritime University (SMU) Library was originated at the Shipping major's library room of the Shanghai Industrial College of the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs in 1909, which was found by Tang Wenzhi in the Qing Dynasty. After several changes, the flourishing age is coming. In 2007, SMU library removed to Shanghai Lingang New City.

Up to the end of 2024, the Library holds under its roof a collection of more than 1.41 million books, 279 kinds of domestic and foreign newspapers and periodicals, 11 Reading rooms and 3,200 Reading Seats. Also to the satisfaction of readers is the massive acquisition of digital resources from the library and abroad, 48 digital resource platforms, 5 particular self-built databases.

Furthermore, the Library currently also hosts the following organizations: SMU library establishes Shanghai international Maritime information center (SIMIC), Sci-tech novelty retrieval workstation of the China Education Ministry (G12), Intellectual Property Information Service Center of Shanghai Maritime University, World Intellectual Property Organization Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC), and becomes the virtual reference service member library of CALIS and the member library of CASHL.