公共图书馆开展第三方评估的必要性及其意义——以广州市公共图书馆为例

On the Necessity and Significance of Third-Party Assessment of Public Libraries——Taking Guangzhou Library for Example

第六次全国公共图书馆评估定级提出评估机制透明化,采取了一系列创新机制,其中就包括第三方评估。开展第三方评估,是公共图书馆事业发展的趋势。这种趋势对于政府与公共图书馆自身来说,意味不尽相同。文章尝试在两者各自的视野分析第三方评估发挥的作用,并以广州市公共图书馆为例,探讨公共图书馆开展第三方评估的必要性及其意义。

In the sixth assessment and rating of public libraries in China, a more transparent evaluation mechanism is proposed, and a series of innovative measures, including third-party assessment, are adopted. Taking Guangzhou Library for example, this paper makes an analysis of the necessity and significance of third-party assessment of public libraries. It is noticed that third-party assessment is inspiring for both the government and the public libraries, though they attach importance to its different aspects.