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Year 2020

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 32 volumes of books in English in return.
  2. Exchanged books with the San Francisco Public Library, U.S.A. This year, we donated 30 volumes of books to them.
  3. Exchanged books with the Gyeonggi Provincial Central Library, Korea. This year, we donated 38 volumes of books to them, and received 43 volumes of books in Korean from them.
  4. Exchanged books with the Incheon Metropolitan Bukgu Library, Korea. This year, we donated 85 volumes of books to them, and received 61 volumes of books in Korean from them.
  5. Exchanged books with the Yokohama City Central Library, Japan. This year, we donated 45 volumes of books to them.
  6. Exchanged books with the Gold Coast City Council, Australia. This year, we donated 35 volumes of books in children's picture books and junior fiction suitable for ages up to 12 to them, and received 29 volumes of books in English from them.
  7. Exchanged books with the Shanghai Library, China. This year, we donated 85 volumes of books to them.
  8. Exchanged books with the Biblioteca Central de Macau. This year, we donated 15 volumes of books to them, and received 20 volumes of books in Chinese from them.
  9. Exchanged books with the Capital library of China. This year, we donated 75 volumes of books to them, and received 142 volumes of books in Chinese from them.
  10. Exchanged books with the Vancouver Public Library, Canada. This year, we donated 37 volumes of Taiwanese domestic novels for adults to them, and received 29 volumes of books in English from them.
  11. Exchanged books with the Toronto Public Library, Canada. This year, we donated 30 volumes of books in Chinese to them, and received 25 volumes of books in English from them.
  12. Exchanged books with La Bibliotheque municipale de Lyon (the Lyon Municipal Library), France. This year, we donated 35 volumes of books in children's literature to them.
  13. Exchanged books with the Centre national du livre pour enfants (the National Center of Books for Children), France. This year, we donated 30 books in children's literature to them, and received 5 volumes of books in French from them.
  1. 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.