History

The library of South China University of Technology was established in 1952, with the Foreign Textbooks Centre directly under the State Ministry of Education and the Novelty Search Workstation at the ministerial level authorized by the State Ministry of Education, and is among one of the largest libraries of the key polytechnic universities. The library of SCUT currently consists of the North Campus Library and the South Campus Library, with a total floor space of 67,169 m2. The North Campus Library is situated on the left side of the main gate of the campus, with a total floor space of 24,269 m2, with 8 administrating departments including Administrative Office, Acquisition Department, Cataloguing Department, Circulation Department, Reading Department, Information Consultation Department,  Digital Document Department, Systems and Technology Department. The South Campus Library, lying in the Guangzhou University Town, has a total floor space of 42,300 m2 and 5 administrating departments including Administrating Office, Document Resources Development Department, Document Resources Service Department, Consultation Department and Information, and Technology Service Department. There are also 35 reference rooms under the school management in the university.