试论公共图书馆的有偿服务

On Paid Services in Public Libraries

公共图书馆目前普遍面临资金紧缺的困境。走出这一困境，一方面有赖于国家增加资金投入，另一方面也需要图书馆挖掘潜力，通过为社会提供有偿服务以弥补经费不足，促进图书馆事业的良性发展。公共图书馆的有偿服务与无偿服务是辩证统一的，有偿服务的最终目的是为了更好地提供无偿服务。

The author, with a view to solving fund shortage problem and offering better services, brings forward the idea of 'paid services' in public libraries, probes into its necessity and feasibility and at the same time points out that the relationship between 'paid' and 'free' services must be properly handled, otherwise the ultimate target of improving the quality of the latter would not be achieved.