Taipei Public Library

1.Continuously ongoing book exchanges with public libraries in the international community 

• （1）The Library donated 30 volumes of children's literature to the Boston Public Library, U.S.A. and received 29 volumes of books in English from them.
• （2）Exchanged books with the San Francisco Public Library, U.S.A. This year, we donated 32 volumes of books to them.
• （3）Exchanged books with the Queens Public Library in New York City, U.S.A. This year, we donated 43 volumes of books to them.
• （4）Exchanged books with the Gyeonggi Provincial Central Library, Korea. This year, we donated 60 volumes of books to them, and received 42 volumes of books in Korean from them.
• （5）Exchanged books with the Incheon Metropolitan Bukgu Library, Korea. This year, we donated 70 volumes of books to them, and received 65 volumes of books in Korean from them.
• （6）Exchanged books with the Yokohama City Central Library, Japan. This year, we donated 36 volumes of books to them, and received 35 volumes of books in Japenese from them.
• （7）Exchanged books with the Gold Coast City Council, Australia. This year, we donated 39 volumes of books in children's picture books and junior fiction suitable for ages up to 12 to them.
• （8）Exchanged books with the Shanghai Library, China. This year, we donated 60 volumes of books to them.
• （9）Exchanged books with the Biblioteca Central de Macau. This year, we donated 19 volumes of books to them, and received 5 volumes of books in Chinese from them.
• （10）Exchanged books with the Capital library of China. This year, we donated 100 volumes of books to them, and received 115 volumes of books in Simplified Chinese from them.
• （11）Exchanged books with the Vancouver Public Library, Canada. This year, we donated 30 volumes of Taiwanese domestic novels for adults to them.
• （12）Exchanged books with the Toronto Public Library, Canada. This year, we donated 30 volumes of books in Chinese to them, and received 26 volumes of books in English from them.
• （13）Exchanged books with La Bibliotheque municipale de Lyon (the Lyon Municipal Library), France. This year, we donated 35 volumes of books to them, and received 30 volumes of books in French from them.
• （14）Exchanged books with the Centre national du livre pour enfants (the National Center of Books for Children), France. This year, we donated 30 volumes of books in children's literature to them, and received 6 volumes of books in French from them.

2.International visits of librarians

• （1）Mr. HE JIAN HAO, manager of Reference Services Section attended the 88th IFLA General Conference and Assembly from August 18 to 26 in Rotterdam, Netherlands and presented paper during the conference.
• （2）Ms. CHEN HUILI , manager of Circulation & Preservation Section visited the Shanghai Library for a period of service stay from September 18 to 24.

3.A continuously ongoing membership international library and information organizations.

• Taipei Public Library has been long-standing member of both the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), to provide literature and reading resources around the world to the citizens to extend their worldview, as well as enhance the image of Taipei Public Library.