National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is a state-level institution of scientific and technological documentation and information, which supports technological self-innovation, services of national innovation system, promotion of the spread of science and culture. It provides scientific and technological information service, research of library and information science, library and information science degree education, etc. In March 2006 the original four academy-level documentation and information centers (Documentation and Information Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Resources and Environmental Science Information Center, Chengdu Documentation and Information Center, Wuhan Documentation and Information Center) were merged into National Science Library. It constructs "National Science Digital Library" (CSDL) which embeds into Chinese Academy of Sciences research environment.

National Science Library has the degree-granting of "Library Science" and "information science" doctor and master's degree, all of the doctoral tutors and master tutors have good business practices, scientific research and teaching experience. The characteristic of graduate education is the close integration of theory and practice. National Science Library provides graduate assistant system for graduate students to participate in research, and sets up a special post-graduate teaching area, classrooms and a computer learning rooms. A variety of facilities and resources in the library are open to graduate students free of charge. It provides rich collections of library and information science, and has the most of foreign language prints and online professional literature in China. For encouraging the study and research of postgraduate, National Science Library sets up a variety of scholarships.
Those people who are interested in the field of library and information science are welcome!

Application section: National Science Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences Yanzhao Ban
Contact: Zhang Yanqiu, Zhang Zhang
Address: Zhongguancun Beisihuanxi Road No. 33 , Beijing.
Postal Code: 100190
Tel: 010-82626389 or 010-82626611 (switchboard) turn 6604
Fax: 010-82626389
E-mail: educa@mail.las.ac.cn