．1933: Founded in Nanjing, China

．1938: Relocated to Chongcing, China

．1949: Relocated to Taipei, Taiwan

．1954: Reopened to the public at the Taipei Botanical Gardens

．1981: Began sponsorship of the Resource and Information Center for Chinese Studies

．1987: Resource and Information Center for Chinese Studies renamed as the Center for Chinese Studies

．1988: Opened the Information and Computing Library

．1996: The Organic Statute of the National Central Library promulgated

．1998: Established Reference Services Division, Research Division, Guidance Division, Information Division

．2003: 70th anniversary of the NCL

．2013: 80th anniversary of the NCL