英国非城市地区图书馆服务:探索最新变化和可能的未来——执行摘要与引言

Rural Library Services in England: Exploring Recent Changes and Possible Futures: Executive Summary and Introduction

本文是英格兰艺术委员会与环境食品和乡镇事务部联合发表的调查报告。通过对英国白金汉郡(Buckinghamshire)等8个试点地区图书馆案例的调研,分析英国非城市地区图书馆服务变化的性质,探索这些变化带来的挑战和机遇,研究怎样建立一个在非城市地区能够满足当地需求的综合性的、有效的、可持续发展的图书馆服务。

This paper is the survey report issued by Defra and Arts Council England. Through the investigation of libraries in 8 pilot areas, like Buckinghamshire, the report analyzed the nature of library service changes in Britain rural areas, and explored challenges and opportunities of those changes. It finally discusses how to construct the comprehensive, effective and sustainable library service, which will satisfy to local demands in the rural areas.