In the past decade,in order to achieve universal and equitable public library services for all people,Chinese government and the public library sector have experimented with a number of models for developing public li...In the past decade,in order to achieve universal and equitable public library services for all people,Chinese government and the public library sector have experimented with a number of models for developing public libraries in rural areas.Zhucheng of Shandong Province joined this exploration in around 2007 and advanced a community service center based public library service.This study examines the characteristics of this model and its value and limitation in ensuring universal and equitable public library services.The study shows that Zhucheng Model has inherited from the past rural library development two features:disintegrating public library services among a number of cultural facilities,and having the lowest level government to bear the responsibility of developing rural library services.The most notable innovation of Zhucheng Model is its incorporation of public library services into the general community service platform.This has not only transformed rural library service to a true public good,but also enhanced its long-term sustainability.The trajectory of public library services in Zhucheng will likely be determined by its inheritance from the past and its innovation,engendering at least a certain degree of uncertainties for its future.This,in turn,makes the Zhucheng answer to the question 'How to develop universal and equitable public library services for all people in China' unaccomplished.展开更多
基金one of the outcomes of "Research of Agricultural College Libraries on Rural Information Service Models"(10YJA870032)sponsored by Humanities and Social Science Research Projects of the Ministry of Education in 2010
文摘In the past decade,in order to achieve universal and equitable public library services for all people,Chinese government and the public library sector have experimented with a number of models for developing public libraries in rural areas.Zhucheng of Shandong Province joined this exploration in around 2007 and advanced a community service center based public library service.This study examines the characteristics of this model and its value and limitation in ensuring universal and equitable public library services.The study shows that Zhucheng Model has inherited from the past rural library development two features:disintegrating public library services among a number of cultural facilities,and having the lowest level government to bear the responsibility of developing rural library services.The most notable innovation of Zhucheng Model is its incorporation of public library services into the general community service platform.This has not only transformed rural library service to a true public good,but also enhanced its long-term sustainability.The trajectory of public library services in Zhucheng will likely be determined by its inheritance from the past and its innovation,engendering at least a certain degree of uncertainties for its future.This,in turn,makes the Zhucheng answer to the question 'How to develop universal and equitable public library services for all people in China' unaccomplished.
