Library of baotou is a non-profit cultural service organization invested by Baotou Municipal People's Government, which was established in 1956 and 65438+February. It has the function of collecting, sorting, storing, developing and serving literature resources, undertakes the task of providing books, newspapers, audio-visual and electronic network literature services and disseminating cultural information for the people of the city, and also undertakes the task of guiding and coordinating the construction and development of the city's libraries. It is a knowledge and information distribution center in Baotou and even the western part of Inner Mongolia, a lifelong education school for citizens, a treasure house of local documents in Baotou, an elegant cultural and leisure place and the center (central library) of the city's libraries.

Library of baotou is a member of the National Cultural Information Resources Sharing Project and the Digital Library Promotion Project. The library has introduced new modern facilities and realized a brand-new intelligent service mode. It has the management service system of "Tuchuang" cluster library, "Afadi" radio frequency identification technology equipment and "all-in-one card" management service equipment, which realizes the automation and intelligence of self-service borrowing, consulting and querying of documents. Adding a 24-hour self-service book return machine can meet the needs of readers to return books 24 hours a day; The intelligent operation from book retrieval to book borrowing and returning a card in hand has been realized, which has laid a foundation for promoting the circulation of libraries in the city.

The library focuses on increasing investment in Mongolian and local literature, increasing the collection of literature, and striving for local valuable books, audio-visual materials and other resources to provide services for readers. At the same time, the children's department will be built into a reading world full of innocence, childlike interest and fairy tales.