Taoyuan Public Library Longgang Branch Explained

Taoyuan Public Library Longgang Branch 桃園市立圖書館龍岡分館
Type:	Public library
Established:	2015
Location:	Zhongli, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Items Collected:	100,000

Taoyuan Public Library Longgang Branch (Longgang is spelled variously as Lunggang sometimes) is a branch of Taoyuan Public Library, located within Zhongli, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. The library was opened in December 2015,^[1] it is the first public library in area and the third in Zhongli district.

Architecture

Longgang branch was designed by CTLU Architect & Associates. On the outside, the library looks like a bookshelf, and it has a large number of wooden elements and wooden tables and chairs.^{[1] [2]}

Collection

Besides Chinese books, there's new immigrants area with multicultural elements such as books for new immigrants from Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Myanmar.^[3]

Notes and References

1. News: LONGGANG BRANCH LIBRARY TAIWAN'S 'MOST BEAUTIFUL' LIBRARY 原木打造.多元文化 龍岡圖書館獲讚賞 . 10 June 2021 . . 2016-11-12.
2. Web site: Zhongli Third Library (Taoyuan Public Library Longgang Branch) . Archinect Firms . 10 June 2021.
3. Web site: 龍岡圖書分館啟用　提供東南亞7國藏書 . 2016-04-05 . 2016-04-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160427063100/http://history.n.yam.com/taiwanhot/place/20151210/20151211445183.html .