试谈陈嘉庚对图书馆事业的贡献

On CHEN Jiageng’s Contribution to the Cause of Library

被毛泽东同志誉为"华侨旗帜、民族光辉"的陈嘉庚先生,毕生热心于公益事业,不仅倾资办学服务社会,而且还十分重视图书馆事业,对图书馆的社会教育作用有着独特的理论见解,并竭力在海内外参与创立或资助学校图书馆和公共图书馆的建设,为传播先进文化、提高国民素质做出了不朽的贡献。

Mr. CHEN Jiageng, famed by MAO Zedong as ＂a national glorious model for overseas Chinese,＂ devoted all his life to the cause of public welfare. He denoted great sum of money to school and had his own opinion about the development of the cause of library. He did all best to help the building of public library, paying much attention to the development of library, making great contribution to spreading advanced culture and improving the quality of all people in our country.