Abstract: Chen Xunci is a famous librarian, publisher, educator and historian in modern China. He used
to be the director of the Zhejiang Provincial Library. He is committed to specifying library’s roles and
improving library facilities to promote academic progress and to improve the quality of people. Taking into
account the special times of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China period, this paper sorts
out the life of Chen Xunci and reveals his contributions to the improvement of library and to the education
of people from four aspects: library management, library resource development, library service, library
science research and the development of associations.

Key words: Chen Xunci, Library resource development, Library service