• 2013-04-23

In order to celebrate the 80th anniversary of National Central Library (NCL) and for all people to understand the contribution the NCL has made to preserve the knowledge of Chinese culture in the great age of history, the creative literary communication between international libraries, and the major media of carrying human knowledge in 2000 years--the creation and changing of books for expanding knowledge service with a purpose of allowing domestic and foreign counterparts and friends, who know the beauty of library, love reading, support the role the NCL plays in Taiwan knowledge education and cultural dissemination, the NCL has particularly planned “A Series of Special Exhibition for Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of National Central Library” that include three exhibitions going on, with the following themes: 1) National Libraries around the World, which displays information on all important national libraries throughout the world; it highlights the progressive image of these libraries, so that the Taiwan public can reference them in planning new our new facilities. 2) The Amazing Journey of Knowledge: The History of Books, which outlines the evolution of books throughout history, and shows developments in Eastern and Western printing; on display are books from the Library’s collection representative of developments in history, done in a unique way to help visitors better understand ancient books. 3) Refining: An Exhibition of National Central Library’s 80 Years of History, which shows important historical documents from when the Library was first founded as a preparatory office in 1933 to the present. Items from its early days are displayed, such as a wooden inscribed sign that used to hang in the old facilities and an antique typewriter with movable lead type. In addition, audio and video files from the Library’s history will also be on display.