Hangzhou Library Our doors have been open to the beggar

 Hangzhou libraries, readers experience the joy of learning. Hangzhou Library / for map

Liu Lidong, director of Hangzhou
Library Office:


beggars and scavengers into the hall, is the lack of respect for other readers. Chu Shuqing answer: no right to refuse them in. I read a book, but you have the right to choose to leave.

1 18, this story log on to it, and warmth of countless friends. Hangzhou Library and curator of Shuqing was hot crowd, which also was

fact, not to resist the move into beggars, Hangzhou library has been implemented for 7 years;

a city library should look like? Yesterday, the newspaper library in Hangzhou Office Liu Lidong dialogue.

 Key words

Public Library

Public Library is a product of civilization, the modern meaning first appeared in public libraries in the latter half of the 19th century Anglo-American in two places, which is characterized by funds derived from taxes, open to all residents.

UNESCO issued in 1994, Declaration said,

a long history of the library, but not at first called the Hall Historically, the more famous are the Western Zhou Dynasty League House, Chongwen Song hospital, Dan Sheng Tang Ming, Qing Si Ku Quan Shu seven House and so on. These libraries, or for specific bureaucrats, academics groups, or to provide services for private, not public libraries.

19 century, the The same period, the concept of public libraries has also been introduced. In 1902, Zhejiang Shaoxing Yue library building opened; 1910, Wuhan established for the general reader the book the Mandarin public forests.


Beijing Times: This is Shuqing curator of the exact words?

Liu Lidong: This statement was reported two years ago, is the press statement after sublimation refining. Chuguan Zhang's words, if readers do not want to read along with the beggars, you can change position or view of a region, so if the Beggars with no right to refuse admission Similarly, we also have no authority to require readers to leave comments.

If you have contact Chuguan Chang, will know he is a gentle, scholarly man, speaking readers would not be so blunt. This sentence with such a response may be due to the more classic presentation, impressive.

Beijing Times: Shuqing curator, said yesterday, the media, which is five or six years ago, the thing, you know he say this scenario it?

Liu Lidong: certainly a good thing years ago, I did not witness. But whether it is Chuguan Zhang himself or other colleagues, especially colleagues working in the forefront, have more than one contact with similar complaints, it is our consistent attitude that advise the reader complaints or reading for a position, not because of your complaint is rejected in other populations to the library to read, we do not have this power.

2008 years I do not need to think of this story with, entangled in the Chu Guanchang at what time, place, occasion to say that, not so dramatic. You can see it as a feeling, this is the purpose of public library services.

Beijing Times: Many users are moving this initiative, and praised the Of these evaluations, how do you see?

Liu Lidong: users think of this story warm, moving, and we can understand, but I hope this sentence will not be too hype, really is not so exaggerated, it is our duty work, the country's libraries have been in such a do, the public library should look like. This is not to create, but a return to the idea that public libraries are nonprofit cultural service organization, our role is to protect the freedom of every citizen the right of access to knowledge and information, any person in the enjoyment of library services are equal .

Beijing Times: Since this is not a special move, but the normal public library work, do you think of this story in the moment and aroused wide attention because of what?

Liu Lidong: Chuguan Chang has always been low-key, so he handed over the office of the reporters. After hearing the question was, my first reaction was Suddenly there are so many people concerned about our colleagues in the museum are accidents every day do we actually surprised by this, we are equally surprised.

2003 was introduced exempted from the open access system has long been the norm of beggars into the museum phenomenon. We initially viewed the implementation of permit-free system, has faced some skepticism, but with the idea of gradually opening up, the community of vulnerable groups, marginalized groups gradually increasing degree of attention and accommodate the move has now been widely recognized.

users of discussion, now lead us to reflect. We have to do is regular work, has become a hot topic the moment, which shows a lot of people do not often go to the library, public libraries are not familiar with, and we are advocating are This concept of public libraries, but also did not become a social consensus. This shows that the propaganda we usually work in place, did not let the people know the library earlier features and services. In fact, the country's libraries are doing.



Beijing Times: For groups such as beggars and scavengers, none has been set to hang over the threshold figure it?

Liu Lidong: Earlier there have been limited, such as admission notes, the dress of civilization, the request will block some of those rags outside the library. At that time a lot of public places, there is a written or unwritten rule that In 2003, we have after several consultations, and try to launch a free card reading system, reducing the threshold of the reader access into the hall, the door also to the beggars, scavengers and other groups open.

Beijing Times: Permit-free access in the domestic system of devaluation, Difficulties? When truly free and open to all?

Liu Lidong: free and open to all, is a step by step to achieve. Is just the beginning of 2003, the first for some poor families without having to 15 yuan registration fee. My Library from 2004 to Hangzhou, the initial implementation of this initiative do not quite understand the situation, but certainly difficult, such as funding, the concept of problems, then director against all the odds, should adhere to the implementation of public libraries the principles and concepts.

2006, Hangzhou library without having to 15 yuan for the full registration fee of readers, but still need to do card deposit. September 2008 30 New Museum opening before the full realization of all the free, the reader can enjoy without the need to pay any deposit services.

Beijing Times: the same threshold, for different groups, the relative height is different. For some vulnerable and marginalized groups, Hangzhou libraries have special care?

Liu Lidong: 2008 to achieve free and open completely before the related work has already started. In 2003, we have to low-income, disabled and the elderly to provide incentives, removed from their registration fee; in 2004, we issued to foreign workers, loan services, and watch performances, films and a series of cultural activities. In addition, we have all year round and prisons, detention centers set up help and education relations, book donations, engage in activities, play to the public library public welfare.

In fact, the threshold of not only economic, but also on the proximity and use of library resources. Hang chart readers open the new museum area of 4 million square meters, 90% of the total area, currently among the first, open to all readers within the region to be shared by a variety of services. Every summer, scavengers often to the music library of musical chairs and enjoy the air conditioning here, sofas, music and video discs.

Beijing Times: June 1, 2006, under the auspices of the library in Hangzhou, Hangzhou, 7 counties and cities and their respective libraries co-signed 15 became the first implementation of Why should we sign this covenant?

Liu Lidong: that it is necessary to promote the whole society to provide equal, free and accessible library services, but also the sharing of resources, urban and rural integration, to enhance the library in Hangzhou, the overall service level and capacity.

This Convention does not hang Figure
first, but with reference to UNESCO and IFLA jointly promulgated the open to all members to ensure that those who for some reason can not get mainstream services to minority groups can equally enjoy the variety of services.

Beijing Times: Internet, some netizens proposed new building is located in Hangzhou Figure remote place, like music, they match up, the decoration of the most luxurious music library, these two plans are advocated with the Hang

Liu Lidong: new museum does not in the city center, but people in the center of the Qiantang River, but the municipal government, the Grand Theatre, International Convention Center, Youth Development Center are all here, as well as large shopping malls and hotels, transport convenient. Present to the reader to take the bus-based museum, the existing more than 20 bus lines can be reached in the future will be through the subway. The statistics, the new museum opened since September 2008 date, more than 580 million people to the museum, much higher than the number of branches in the city center.

indeed invested heavily in new funding for Museum Music Hall building, the design is our own initiative, while in the light of foreign libraries and cultural practice of our philosophy. Because the concept of reading a great, music is also a reading, the impact on people as much as words, it can not only physical and mental pleasure, but also to educate and mold the role, deepening the reader's spiritual experience.

Music Hall is not to please who is not a small number of people to meet, but for all the people, beggars, scavengers, like migrant workers are here. The ability of a city's high-end consumer goods will become relatively free service, so that ordinary people to experience high quality audio and video, to enhance people's quality of life, this should not have objection.