简说中国图书馆发展史

Brief Remark about the Development History of China's Library

关于我国图书馆的起源,《易·系辞上》说:"河出图,洛出书",可见在周代以前已有藏书之举。司马迁《史记》更明确说到老子曾任周朝的"守藏室之史",即管理藏书的史官。进入封建时代,尤其随着印刷术的发明与应用,我国图书馆事业亦随之日益发展。在我国,开始有现代意义的图书馆,大约始于上个世纪初年也即清末民初。目前的中国国家图书馆是我国现有最大图书馆,同时也是亚洲规模最大的图书馆。国家图书馆馆藏丰富,品类齐全,古今中外,集精结粹。如今恰逢我国进入经济实力迅速增长期,我国数字图书馆研究和发展水平也基本与世界发达国家保持同步,整体的图书馆事业已经大踏步地迈向了现代化数字化。

The origin of library in China could go back to Zhou Dynasty when the I-Ching recorded ＂Hetu came from He, Luoshu came from Luo＂. In Shih-Chi, Sima Qian also clearly wrote that Lao tze had served as the arehivio keeper of Zhou Dynasty, which was the official historian for collection management. Stepping in feudal time, especially with the invention and application of printing technology, libraries were growing in China. Modern library emerged in the early 20th century, namely, the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic period. At present, National Library of China is the largest library in China and even Asia, which has rich collections and complete categories, gathering the pure essence from ancient and modern China and foreign countries. Today, coinciding with China＇s entry into rapid growth of economic strength, the research and development level of digital library have been basically in sync with developed countries, the whole library work has already stepped to modernization and digitization.