Today's Hours:
Eastern Section
Floor Service Location Introduction Hours of Operation
L1
South Side Building
Reserve in Advance, Activities will be Announced Separately
Monday to Sunday 8:00-22:00
North Side Building
Reserve in Advance, Activities will be Announced Separately
Monday to Sunday 8:00-22:00
North side of East Wing Ground Floor
“Adorable China Books – History of China Books Exhibition”, Permanent Exhibition, Requires Identity Verification.
Monday to Sunday 8:00-22:00
Southside of East Wing Ground Floor D110
Latest Chinese book collection and open-shelf reading
Monday to Sunday 8:00-22:00
General Service Desk

Southeast Door Hall
Enquiry service for library catalog, literature search, library rules and regulations, and He Sheng Ting Hall reservation.
Monday to Sunday 8:00-22:00
Enquiry Service Desk
East Door Hall
Customer service, FAQs, and records of feedback
Monday to Friday 8:00-17:00
Card Service Desk
East Door
Library card management and reader data maintenance; Handles procedures such as compensation letters and payments; Alumni and Off-campus Reader Reception
Monday to Friday 8:00-11:30 13:00-17:00
Literature Donation Office

Thesis Office
D111-T1
Accepts literature donations; Collection of master's and doctoral dissertations and their electronic versions
Monday to Friday 8:00-11:30 13:00-17:00
User Relations Office
D109
Organization and coordination of volunteer services and user participation, collect and respond to feedbacks from users
Monday to Friday 8:00-11:30 13:00-17:00
L2
General Service Desk
East Wing Second Floor Centre Hall
Enquiry services for library catalog, literature search, library rules, regulations. Book borrowing and returning, self-service equipment services.
Monday to Sunday 8:00-22:00
Natural Science Reading Hall
East Wing Second Floor
Collection of new and commonly used Chinese and foreign language books, current publications, and reference books published in recent years (classified as B84/N/O/P/Q/R/S/T/U/V/X), and self-borrowing service.
Monday to Sunday 6:30-22:30
L3
General Service Desk
East Wing Third Floor Centre Hall
Enquiry services for library catalog, literature search, library rules, regulations. Book borrowing and returning, self-service equipment services.
Monday to Sunday 8:00-22:00
Social Science Reading Hall
East Wing Third Floor
Collection of new and commonly used books in both Chinese and foreign languages published in recent years, as well as current and reference books (classified as C/D/E/K9/F/G in the Chinese Library Classification), and self-borrowing service.
Monday to Sunday 6:30-22:30
L4
Famous Scholars Reading Room
D402
Collect and preserve the works and collections of renowned Peking University scholars, as well as various academic works of other Peking University teachers, students, and alumni, as well as other literature related to Peking University, for reading within the library.
Monday to Friday 8:00-17:00 (11:30-13:00, The reading room is open and does not provide closed shelf book retrieval services)
Special Collection
In D402
Collection of academic dissertations and personal gifts from individuals such as Su Bai, Duan Baolin, Fang Zhitong, Hou Simeng, Han Suyin, Annan, etc., collection of Yu Dawei, Western Oriental literature before 1980, books of the Yenching University during Republic of China, old collections of the Sino-German Society and Sino-French University, European Union literature, large micro collections of Western languages, rare and secondary rare editions of Western languages, all of which are for indoor closed shelf reading.
Monday to Friday 8:00-17:00 (11:30-13:00, The reading room is open and does not provide closed shelf book retrieval services)
B1
He Sheng Ting Room
South Side Building Basement
Equipments with specialized audiovisual equipment, such as visual aids (including 3D), listening to music, reading aloud, editing audio and video, and presenting of PPTs.
Monday to Sunday 8:00-22:00
Western Section
Floor Service Location Introduction Hours of Operation
L1
Accounting Office
131
Fines and Fees
Monday-Friday 8:00-11:30 13:00-17:00
Accounting Office
131
Fines and Fees
Monday-Friday 8:00-11:30 13:00-17:00
Closed Shelf Loan Desk
109
Loan Service(closed stacks)
Monday-Sunday 8:00-17:00
Inter-Library Loan
109
Inter-Library Loan Service
Monday-Friday 8:00-11:30 13:00-17:00
General Circulation Desk
109
Book borrowing, return, and hold services
Monday-Sunday 8:00-22:00
L2
Philosophy Reading Room
201
Collect philosophical and religious books (classified as B in the Chinese Library Classification) and open shelves for borrowing.
Monday-Sunday 8:00-22:00
Historical Literature Reading Room (Chinese)
223
Chinese history books and comprehensive books (classified as Z in the Chinese Library Classification), available for open shelf borrowing
周一至周日 8:00-22:00
Art Reading Room
209
Collect art books in both Chinese and foreign languages, open shelves for borrowing
周一至周日 8:00-22:00
L3
Historical Literature Reading Room (Foreign Language)
318
Collect foreign historical literature and open shelves for borrowing
Monday-Sunday 8:00-22:00
Language and Literature Reading Room
309
Linguistics Chinese and Foreign Language Books (classified as H in the Chinese Library Classification
Monday-Sunday 8:00-22:00
Literature Borrowing Room (Foreign Language)
306
Collect foreign literature books, with the classification number I in the Chinese Library Classification
Monday-Sunday 8:00-22:00
Literature Borrowing Room (Chinese)
301
Collect Chinese literary books with the classification number I in the Chinese Library Classification
Monday-Sunday 8:00-22:00
L4
Peking University Digitization and Data Center
401
Digitization Service
Monday-Friday 8:00-11:30 13:00-17:00
Taiwan Literature Center
409
Books published in Taiwan, closed shelf reading
Monday-Friday 8:00-17:00
Hong Kong and Taiwan Periodicals and Newspapers
409
Hong Kong and Taiwan Periodicals and Newspapers Service
Monday-Sunday 8:00-22:00(17:00-22:00 Reading room open, stack not open)
The Rare Book Library
Ancient Book Collections
1st Floor of Rare Book Library
Chinese rare books, manuscripts, rubbings, and ancient maps;
Published photocopies, microfilms, compact discs, databases and other e-resourses of Chinese rare books;
Reference books relating to Chinese rare book studies. (not for circulation)
Monday-Friday 8:00-11:30 13:00-17:00
The Depository Library
General Circulation Desk 109
On campus depository Library
Old Chinese and foreign language books
Monday-Sunday 8:00-22:00
General Circulation Desk 109
Changping District
The Depository Library Service
Monday-Sunday, Submitting the Applications Tuesday and Friday, 8:00 - 11:30, Documents Lending
Eastern Section
Western Section
Online VR Tour