In order to provide the top-ranking public library with integrated resources service to readers all over the world via Internet, tap the rich collection of Shanghai Library to serve the public, nine parts of digital resources has been established in this project, including  "Chinese newspaper & periodical", "Shanghai photo memory", "Year Book of Shanghai ", "Chinese rare book", "Opera of southeast china", "Chinese book before 1949 (1911-1949)" and "Popular science education program" etc. The library (http://www.diglib.sh.cn), which has total data of 200GB, has been open to the public.

Shanghai Center Library is one of the significant civilization projects of  Shanghai during the 10th Five-Year Plan. With Shanghai Library as its center, the suburb libraries, libraries in universities & colleges and research organizations will be linked in a circle. Now it is already available for eight libraries to share the resources, covering the libraries of Jing'an District, Huangpu District, Nanhui County, Songjiang District, Chongming County, the libraries of Shanghai Conservatoire of Music, Shanghai JiaoTong University and East China Normal University. It will connect the city of Shanghai from all directions to form a document information resources network and allow libraries to share their collection.

This project is an emphasis national project with total investment of more than 20 million yuan. The system adapts new technologies such as storage area network (SAN), shelved web servers centralized management, data warehouse, internet image searching, full-text retrieving, virtual illustration, VOD and fingerprint ID identification. Through integration of variety of technologies for multimedia data flows acquisition, storage, organization, creation, management and application, a huge multimedia database was established and a bright museum website are brought forth to provide retrieving and management based on the content. The 1^st phase of this project was completed within 100 days and accepted by the specialists' group, which is headed by 4 academicians of CAS and CAE on April 4, 2001. The 2^nd phase of the project is in process. And by the completion of this phase, Shanghai Museum would become an entire digital museum where the collection guiding changed from physical to informational. The strategic value of Shanghai Museum would embody more obviously, the Museum would provide wider services of high quality to society and step into the world's advanced museum on information management. For more information, please refer to the website http://www.shanghaimuseum.net.

The project introduced the advanced computer technologies, automation technologies, communication technologies, multimedia technologies and information processing technologies to provide the international top-ranking modern teaching environment, modern management environment and modern life and service environment.
      The system consists of the infrastructure management automation system, campus computer network and running platform, E-teaching equipments and its control system, VOD system, simultaneous interpretation and electro-meeting system, teaching management, property management as well as information service management system.
      After 8 months of striving for construction, the 1^st phase of the project has been completed, and the first batch of students entered the Institute successfully in the fall of 2001.