Peking University Library

E243867

academic library research library university library

Peking University Library is one of China’s largest and most prestigious academic libraries, renowned for its extensive collections in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Peking University library	2
Imperial University of Peking Library	1
Peking University Library canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2213227 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Peking University Library
Context triple: [Peking University, hasLibrary, Peking University Library]

A. Fudan University Library
Fudan University Library is the main academic library system of Fudan University in Shanghai, China, providing extensive scholarly resources and research support to students and faculty.
B. Peking University
Peking University is a leading Chinese research university in Beijing, renowned for its academic excellence, historical significance, and global influence.
C. East China Normal University
East China Normal University is a leading comprehensive research university in Shanghai, China, renowned for its strengths in teacher education, the humanities, and the social sciences.
D. Harvard-Yenching Library
The Harvard-Yenching Library is Harvard University's primary research library for East Asian studies, renowned for its extensive collections of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other East Asian materials.
E. Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University is a leading research-intensive university in Beijing, China, renowned for its strong engineering, science, and technology programs and its significant influence in Chinese higher education and innovation.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Peking University Library
Target entity description: Peking University Library is one of China’s largest and most prestigious academic libraries, renowned for its extensive collections in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

A. Fudan University Library
Fudan University Library is the main academic library system of Fudan University in Shanghai, China, providing extensive scholarly resources and research support to students and faculty.
B. Peking University
Peking University is a leading Chinese research university in Beijing, renowned for its academic excellence, historical significance, and global influence.
C. East China Normal University
East China Normal University is a leading comprehensive research university in Shanghai, China, renowned for its strengths in teacher education, the humanities, and the social sciences.
D. Harvard-Yenching Library
The Harvard-Yenching Library is Harvard University's primary research library for East Asian studies, renowned for its extensive collections of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other East Asian materials.
E. Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University is a leading research-intensive university in Beijing, China, renowned for its strong engineering, science, and technology programs and its significant influence in Chinese higher education and innovation.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic library ⓘ research library ⓘ university library ⓘ
affiliation	Peking University ⓘ
buildingType	library building ⓘ
collectionSize	over 10 million volumes ⓘ
collectionType	ancient Chinese books ⓘ databases ⓘ dissertations and theses ⓘ electronic resources ⓘ humanities ⓘ natural sciences ⓘ periodicals ⓘ rare books ⓘ social sciences ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
established	1902 ⓘ
hasDepartment	circulation department ⓘ digital resources department ⓘ reference department ⓘ special collections department ⓘ
hasOnlineCatalog	yes ⓘ
hasReadingRooms	yes ⓘ
languageOfName	Chinese ⓘ
locatedIn	Peking University ⓘ
locatedInCampus	Peking University main campus ⓘ
locatedInCity	Beijing ⓘ
locatedInDistrict	Haidian District ⓘ
nativeName	北京大学图书馆 ⓘ
notableFor	Chinese rare book collections ⓘ comprehensive academic resources ⓘ large humanities collections ⓘ prestige among Chinese academic libraries ⓘ
offersService	circulation services ⓘ digital library services ⓘ information literacy instruction ⓘ interlibrary loan ⓘ reference services ⓘ
partOf	Peking University ⓘ
predecessor	Peking University Library self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Imperial University of Peking Library
rankedAmong	largest academic libraries in China ⓘ most prestigious academic libraries in China ⓘ
regionServed	Peking University community ⓘ
serves	Peking University faculty ⓘ Peking University researchers ⓘ Peking University students ⓘ
shortName	PKU Library ⓘ
website	https://www.lib.pku.edu.cn ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peking University → hasLibrary → Peking University Library ⓘ

Peking University Library → predecessor → Peking University Library self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial University of Peking Library

Boyata (Boya Pagoda) → near → Peking University Library ⓘ

subject surface form: Boyata

this entity surface form: Peking University library

Weiming Lake → adjacentTo → Peking University Library ⓘ