Public libraries serve all ordinary residents. Provide non-professional books (including popular books, periodicals and reference books), public information, Internet connection and library education.
Among them, the libraries of provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions are the centers of collection, cataloging, interlibrary loan, business research and exchange in their provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, and also provide business guidance to small and medium-sized libraries. Most county libraries serve the workers, farmers, urban residents and children in this county.
The main function of libraries in large and medium-sized cities is to serve the urban people, and the main service targets are residents from all walks of life in the city. In some big cities, there are hundreds of thousands of books in district libraries. At the same time, they also set up lending stations and circulation points in the streets and lanes to deliver books to the grassroots, and assist and guide street libraries (rooms) to establish a network of urban grassroots libraries.
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Characteristics of public libraries:
1. Public libraries have a wide range of disciplines and diverse readers.
2, open to all residents, barrier-free, zero threshold entry.
3. The funds come from taxes of local administrative agencies.
4. Its establishment and operation must have a legal basis.
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