京师大学堂藏书楼首任提调李昭炜行实考略

Life Story of Li Zhaowei, the First Chief Librarian of the Library of Imperial University of Peking

北京大学图书馆的建馆时间已经从过去认定的1902年上溯到1898年,但北京大学图书馆首任馆长李昭炜的生平事迹、年龄、任职等情况仍不知其详。本文从大量文献资料中搜索爬梳,查找到一些相关资料,对其进行较详细的分析考证,基本厘清李昭炜的生平概况、出生时间、任职奖赏等问题。并提出北京大学图书馆的创建纪念日应定于1898年7月20日。

It is now accepted that Library of Peking University was founded in 1898, not in1902. But little has been known about the life story, date of birth, and post of its first chief librarian Li Zhaowei. The present article searches massive literature for the related documents and, by making a detailed study of them, classifies the above information and concludes that the anniversary of Library of Peking University should be on July 20 th, 1898.