History

April ,1950: CAS establishes the Division of Book Managementay for Scientific Information

February,1951: Formal naming, "Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences"(LCAS)

September, 1957: The Member of the First National Central Library Committee, approved by 57th Session of the State Council

November, 1985: Renaming to"Documentation and Information Center"with continued use of the name LCAS

June, 2000: LCAS Participates in the CAS knowledge Innovation Project

December, 2001: LCAS initiates the Chinese Science Digital Library(CSDL) Project

June, 2002: LCAS 's new building facilities become operational

March, 2006: National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences