公共图书馆的“地方意义”——读《公共图书馆宣言(2022)》

The Public Library and the Community——Read IFLA-UNESCO Public Library Manifesto 2022

2022年7月IFLA与UNESCO联合发布了最新版《公共图书馆宣言》,较之1994年版的《公共图书馆宣言》,2022版对于“community”一词的使用显著增加。通过分析2022版《公共图书馆宣言》中“community”一词的使用语境,可以发现,“community”翻译为“地方”更契合英文内涵,同时公共图书馆的“地方意义”也被重点强调。所谓的“地方意义”,一方面是指公共图书馆对于地方文化的创造价值,在地方社会结构中能够起到核心作用,另一方面是指地方对于公共图书馆发展的决定性作用。由此可知,公共图书馆与地方的互动应该成为中国图书馆学研究的重要议题。

At July 2022,IFLA and UNESCO launched an updated Public Library Manifesto(IFLA-UNESCO Public Library Manifesto 2022).Comparing with the Public Library Manifesto 1994,the term"community"used in the IFLA-UNESCO Public Library Manifesto 2022 was increased a lot.In this article,the author analyzed the contexts where used the term"community"in the IFLA-UNESCO Public Library Manifesto 2022 and can be found,that translation of community into"locality"is more consistent with the English connotation between public library and the community.On one hand,the public libraries are the creators of the community,play an core role in the social fabric.On the other hand,the community shapes the development of public libraries.At last,the author suggested that the interaction between public libraries and communities should become an important research topic of China’s library science research.