The library of Communication University of China (CUC) was completed and put into use in 2012, the main building consists of two parts: the main building and the secondary building, seven floors above ground and two floors below ground, with a total floor area of more than 43,000 square meters, and the units currently located in the city include the library, the media museum, and the archives (school history) hall. The first to the sixth floor is the library area, using an area of more than 26,000 square meters. 2022 July library for upgrading and transformation, October 28th full restoration of the opening of the library.
The library adheres to the management concept of openness and self-help, and implements the integrated management mode of borrowing, reading and collecting. The first floor of the main building is a library for scholars of CCTV, intensive audio-visual library, teachers' book bar, office area, and a lending and consulting office in the lobby; the second floor is a reading area for periodicals and newspapers, and there is a mute reading area on the west side; the third to the fifth floors are ordinary book lending areas, and there is a reading area for foreign language books and a deep self-study area on the fifth floor; and the sixth floor is a reading area for treasury books and an ancient book library, and there is an in-depth reading area. As of October 2022, the library has set up more than 4,200 reading seats of various types, 19 seminar rooms, 3 audio-visual rooms, 16 quiet cabins, 20 egg-shaped lounge chairs and a number of leisure sofa seats.
In recent years, with the strong support of the university, the library collection resources have been rapidly accumulated and structurally optimized. By the end of 2021, the library has accumulated more than 1.8 million paper books (including 80,000 original foreign language books and 43,000 ancient books), more than 2,000 newspapers and periodicals (including more than 100 foreign language journals), 44 databases (including 25 Chinese, 15 foreign language, and 4 self-built), and a total of 37,000 electronic journals (including 15,000 foreign language journals and 22,000 Chinese The total number of databases contains 37,000 electronic journals (including 15,000 foreign language journals and 22,000 Chinese language journals), more than 2.9 million e-books, more than 10 million dissertations in Chinese and foreign languages, and more than 30,000 audio-visual materials.
The comprehensive upgrading in 2022 has brought new opportunities for the development of the library. In the future, the library will be based on the development orientation of “four centers” (paper literature and data resources convergence center, intelligent ubiquitous shared learning center, discipline construction information service center, media and art education resources distribution center), and strive to build a distinctive resource, user service, intelligent discipline service, precise discipline service, technology guarantee and a new library. It strives to build a smart library with distinctive resources, intelligent user services, precise subject services, powerful technical guarantee, humanistic learning space and professional librarians, which is characteristic, data-oriented and intelligent, and matches with the construction of “Double First Class” of the university.