China Geological Library is a public service
enterprise directly under the the Ministry of Land Resources.
Its mission is to provide top-quality information services to
the public about the geological sciences. As the national repository
of geoscience literature, CGL has a built up a rich collection
of nearly 700 000 publications from the last 200 years, 10 000
geological maps from around the world, and 5 large publication
databases with over 10 million records. The library has established
interlibrary loan relations with over 400 geological institutions
in more than 60 countries. CGL is a member of the Commission for
the Management and Application of Geoscience Information of the
International Union of Geological Sciences and a council member
of the China Library Association and the China Society for Scientific
and Technical Information. The library presently has a staff of
one hundred.
Mission of CGL
， To collect and catalog geological literature.
， To provide the public with access to geological knowledge and
research services.
， To provide resources for the secure storage of information on
national work in land resources and geology.
， To encourage development and innovation in the geological sciences
by promoting the scientific spirit and disseminating scientific
knowledge.
Responsibilities of CGL
， To collect and catalog domestic and foreign geoscience literature;
to construct a secure electronic repository for national geological
publications; to construct a digital geological library.
， To manage and disseminate domestic and foreign geoscience literature;
to provide specialist geological literature services for national
geological and land resources work.
， To provide lending and reference services to the public.
， To popularize geology and disseminate geological knowledge to
the general public in the interests of national economic and social
development.
， To develop research into information systems that will enable
fast distribution of geoscience information, based on the needs
of the current state and future direction of the geological sciences;
to develop technology and standards for managing such information.
， To develop contact and co-operation
with relevant domestic and foreign industries and organizations.
