Since the implementation of the 12 th Five-Year Plan in 2011, public libraries in Central China have been slow-growing in the Central lowland. There are four main manifestations: disproportionate resources to the popu...Since the implementation of the 12 th Five-Year Plan in 2011, public libraries in Central China have been slow-growing in the Central lowland. There are four main manifestations: disproportionate resources to the population served, relatively slow development speed, low level of equalization and rising comparable service costs. To revitalize public libraries in Central China, efforts should be made in the following aspects: macro adjustments of national policy, specifying and strengthening the main responsibilities of local governments, speeding up the construction of the central-branch system of public libraries on the county level, expanding and deepening the application of Library+ and Internet+, improving the guiding function of evaluations and seizing the historic opportunity to promote the construction of the public cultural service system in underprivileged areas.展开更多
文摘Since the implementation of the 12 th Five-Year Plan in 2011, public libraries in Central China have been slow-growing in the Central lowland. There are four main manifestations: disproportionate resources to the population served, relatively slow development speed, low level of equalization and rising comparable service costs. To revitalize public libraries in Central China, efforts should be made in the following aspects: macro adjustments of national policy, specifying and strengthening the main responsibilities of local governments, speeding up the construction of the central-branch system of public libraries on the county level, expanding and deepening the application of Library+ and Internet+, improving the guiding function of evaluations and seizing the historic opportunity to promote the construction of the public cultural service system in underprivileged areas.