Services
Grouped by service centre, adapted from the official site's "Service Items" page. For opening hours for each area, see Visit.
Print Document Service Centre
Floor 1 · Parent–child reading room (0–8)
A dedicated early-childhood and shared-reading space, alongside the general service desk for enquiries, cards, and photocopying (phone: 8956035 / 8222543 ext. 821).
Floor 2 · General & social-science lending
Open-shelf lending for social-science and general titles, with a reference desk.
Floor 8 · Young-adult reading room (8–18)
A dedicated space for primary and secondary students. Phone: 8956035 / 8222543 ext. 821.
Floor 8 · Self-study room
A quiet self-study space, with extended hours on weekends and public holidays. Phone: 8956035 / 8222543 ext. 813.
Floor 9 · Special Collections
Local and special-collection materials, viewable by appointment.
Floor 11 · Periodicals
Current and back issues, plus a Sanming municipal government information point.
Floor 12 · Natural sciences
Open-shelf lending for natural-science titles.
Floors 1–2 · "You Pick, We Pay"
Found a title you want? Ask at the front desk or the Floor 2 lending counter — the library will purchase it for the collection and let you borrow it first.
Digital Resource Service Centre
Floor 1 · Interactive picture-book reader
Touchscreen digital picture books for children.
Floor 7 · Electronic reading room
Local mirrored databases (46 web-based, 31 mobile/WeChat-based) plus a National Library and Fujian Provincial Library digital-resource access point.
Floor 7 · Visually-Impaired Reading Space
Run with the China Library for the Blind's Sanming branch — audio reading devices, tactile maps, and braille books.
Reading Promotion Service Centre
Floor 7 · Multimedia hall
Parent workshops, community art classes, kindergarten-transition programs.
Floor 8 · Salon hall / Picture-book hall
Bilingual and psychology salons, plus storytelling sessions and EQ art classes.
Citywide · Sanming Weekend Forum
An ongoing public lecture series — Sanming's own cultural classroom.
Citywide · "Home · Reading" Service Alliance
Brings community organisations into public cultural service, extended by 69 self-service kiosks across the city.
Getting a library card
Bring valid ID (a second-generation ID card, social-security card, household register, or military ID; foreign nationals may use a permanent-residence permit or passport) to the Floor 1 service desk. Registration itself is free. A refundable deposit sets how much you can borrow at once:
| Deposit | Borrowing limit | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ¥100 | 4 books | Plus 2 current or 1 bound back-issue periodical; 21-day loan, renewable once (21 days) |
| ¥150 | 6 books | — |
| ¥200 | 8 books | — |
Deposits are refundable, and books can be borrowed from and returned to any of the network's 11 member libraries.
To renew by phone, call 8956035 and give the staff your card number — no need to come in.