服务,是现代社会图书馆存在的本来目的与发展的根本途径——香港、澳门公共图书馆考察感想

Reader Service is the basic method of the Development of libraries in Modern Society--My Visit to public libraries in Hong Kong and Macao and the Impressions on them

什么是现代社会图书馆存在的目的?什么是现代图书馆发展的根本途径?笔者通过对香港及澳门部分图书馆的考察和思考得出结论:由政府动用社会财富建立起来的社会公众阅读和获取信息的场所满足社会公众日益提高的阅读要求是现代社会图书馆存在的本来目的;而全心全意地为读者服务,千方百计地为读者提供全方位的服务,才是现代社会图书馆赖以发展的根本途径。

What＇s the purpose of existence of modem libraries？ What＇s the fimdamental way to develop modem libraries？ The author of the paper gives the keys to the questions based on his visit to public libraries in Hong Kong and Macao.