北京图书馆是中华人民共和国国家图书馆,始建于1909年,1912年正式开馆,至今已有八十年的历史。北图现有中外文图书一千五百多万册,并以每年六十多万册的增长速度在不断增加。系统收集国内外出版物,编辑与出版国家书目、回溯性书目和联合目录,是北图作为国家图书馆的重要职能之一。 Beijing Library is the People’s Republic of China National Library, was founded in 1909, officially opened in 1912, has been eighty years of history. There are more than 15 million Chinese and foreign language books in North Pole, and the annual growth rate of more than 600,000 volumes is on the rise. The collection of national and international publications, the compilation and publication of national bibliographies, retrospective bibliographies and joint catalogs are one of the important functions of the National Library of the North.