中美公共图书馆政府信息服务比较研究

Comparative Study on Government Information Service Rendered by Public Library between China and the United States

美国图书馆开展政府信息服务历史悠久,健全的法律保障、与政府良好的合作关系、公民的主动参与、完善的利用机制是促进美国图书馆政府信息服务的重要因素。与美国相比,中国图书馆开展政府信息服务的时间短,地区发展不平衡;相关法律、政府信息、服务对象的缺失很大程度上阻碍了中国公共图书馆政府信息服务的开展。中国需要加强相关法律的制订与完善,为图书馆开展政府信息服务创造一个好的环境,此外图书馆自身也要积极参与到政府信息服务这项工作,同时通过努力强化公民的参与意识。

The public libraries in the United States have a long history in rendering government information service. The 4 factors which are the sound legal system, cooperative relationship between public libraries and government, active participation of citizens, perfect utilization mechanism empower the libraries to provide government information service. While in China, the history of public libraries＇ government information service is short and the quality of the service in different areas is different. The lack of relevant laws, government information resource and the users blocks the development of government information service rendered by public libraries in China. So we need to make and amend relevant laws in order to improve the government information service. Also the leaders of the public libraries should know the importance of library to carry out this work, at the same time the libraries should try their best to let the people know they can check government information in library.