(A) from the perspective of the definition and connotation of the library to interpret its essence.
The library is open to the whole society and has a comprehensive collection, serving readers from all walks of life. It is composed of national library, provincial, municipal and county (district) libraries. Beijing Library is the national library of China. The collection of books is extremely rich, with a collection of 3 165438+ 10,000 volumes, including 2 million rare books of ancient books. It is the largest library in Asia and ranks third among the national libraries in the world. It is the center of literature resources, bibliographic compilation, interlibrary loan and international academic exchange in China. Provincial, municipal and county (district) libraries are regional centers for book collection, cataloging, inter-library cooperation and business exchange, and are comprehensive collection systems established according to the political, economic and cultural characteristics of the region. Its collection features. Apart from the basic collections closely related to local economic construction and scientific research, extensive collection of local documents is a major feature of local libraries.
(2) Interpreting the nature of the library from the perspective of maintaining operating conditions.
At present, libraries in China are mainly funded by the central or local governments and provide corresponding services to the public. We know that the factors that affect the development of a national library can be roughly summarized into five aspects: the country's economic strength and cultural level, the emergence of industrial cities and the implementation of compulsory education by the country; The development of science and technology; State support and protection; Communication between international libraries. Among the above five factors, the support of the state is a very important one. From this perspective, China's current libraries are still state-owned social services.
(3) Interpreting the nature of the library from the perspective of functions and clients.
By analyzing the nature of the library, we know that the service object of the library can be both the general public and a specific group of readers, such as children, workers and farmers. However, the main social responsibility of the library is the overall order of social literature information flow; The function of document information transmission; Developing intellectual resources and the function of social education; Collect heritage functions related to the preservation of human culture; Meet the cultural appreciation and entertainment functions of social members. The object of these functions is the public, which determines that the main function of the library is to serve the society.
(4) Explain the nature of the library from the perspective of its general attributes.
The general attributes of a library include sociality, dependence, assistance, student nature and intermediary nature. Library belongs to the circulation link in the production of human spirit. It does not directly participate in the activities of spiritual production, but provides raw materials for spiritual production and helps it reflect the value of spiritual production. Library is a subsystem of the whole scientific research system, and it is a society that collects, arranges and provides literature information for scientific research. The library is the intermediary. The intermediary nature of a library includes its social foundation, its dependent foundation and its academic premise.
Second, function
As far as the traditional social functions of the library are concerned, the author thinks that it mainly includes: the order of social literature information flow; The function of document information transmission; Developing intellectual resources and the function of social education; Collect heritage functions related to the preservation of human culture; Meet the cultural appreciation and entertainment functions of social members. Among them, improving the quality of the whole people and promoting the construction of socialist spiritual civilization are the most important contents of its social function. It has also been enriched. Among them, cultural leisure service has become an important direction of library function expansion. Leisure is an ancient and often new expectation of human beings. It is the historical necessity of social progress and an important symbol of social civilization. 2 1 century will be an information society, a knowledge economy society and a "leisure" society. With the historical transformation of social form from industrialization to informationization, people have more and more leisure time, and leisure has become one of the important contents of human life. It indicates that the time when people only worked hard to create wealth is gone forever, and people's leisure activities will occupy an important position in economy, culture and people's own development. 2 1 century will be an era that pays special attention to "cultural atmosphere" and talent training. In this historical period, as a library with unique cultural functions for the development of human society, it has assumed the role of a cultural leisure service provider. Reference: [1] Xiao Mingxi. The value of library as a public cultural space [J]. Library Forum, 20 1 1, (06)[2] Yang Zukui. Reconstruction of library function under the concept of new public service [J]. Library theory and practice. Hu Xiaomei The establishment of subject librarian system and subject service in public libraries [J]. Journal of Library, 20 1 1, (09)[4] Fang Xiufeng. How to change the information service mode of public libraries under the network environment [J]. Record of Heilongjiang, 20 10, (05)[5] Liu Wei. Research on the Construction of Long-term Mechanism of Volunteer Management in Beijing Public Libraries [D]. Southwest University, 20 10[6] Xiaoqing Sun, on the role of county-level libraries in the construction of new countryside [J]. Inner Mongolia Science and Technology and Economy, 20 10, (65438+).