Ground was broken in early 2002 and completed in September 2003;

February 28, 2003, 65438+, open to readers.

In 2005, the project won the Luban Prize.

The library covers an area of 57,700 square meters (86.5 mu), with a building area of 28,287 square meters and an investment of 65.438+0.4 billion yuan. The library is a five-story building, with a designed collection of 6.5438+0.2 million volumes, more than 2,000 reading seats and more than 654.38+0.200 computer network information points. There is a children's department in the museum.

It is a library invested and built by Ningbo Education Bureau, and it is a unit directly under Ningbo Education Bureau.