1. Library services must meet the different needs of rural residents and urban residents.
-Excerpted from the Declaration of Public Libraries (UNESCO /IFLA, 1994).
2. "Three Most Principles": Give the most readers the best reading and the best books at the least cost.
-Dewey wrote an article for ALA to guide people to pay attention to the efficiency and performance of library services, which is still recognized by ALA.
The so-called book is a social device to preserve human memory, and the library is a social institution to move it into the living individual consciousness.
-Butler's definition of "library"