Self-service library is very popular, and its utilization rate is unexpectedly high. I think there are several reasons for self-service library's "prosperity". First, all-weather opening provides citizens with free and easy borrowing time and adapts to the new needs of readers. With the fast pace of modern life, time has become the most precious economic resource. Many people don't go to the library because they don't like reading, but they don't have time to read and borrow books. Self-service library has liberalized its lending hours, which is equivalent to building a "mobile library" for the public. It is convenient for people to borrow books, and of course they are willing to learn. There are many people who come to borrow books at six or seven o'clock in the morning and at ten o'clock in the evening. Look at this enthusiasm for borrowing. It's really high. Also, the latest popular books have ignited the public's reading enthusiasm. According to reports, "self-service library's collection of books 1000 books is a popular book in literature, medical care, beauty and dietotherapy, which is changed regularly". People can get the spiritual food they want in self-service library, and get spiritual happiness such as health and beauty protection. Why don't you read? As long as the functional departments really put guiding reading in an important position, do their best to mobilize the people's reading enthusiasm and provide all help and convenience for reading, the people's reading enthusiasm will be very high, and there will be no reading weariness at all. Even if the national enthusiasm for reading is not high enough, the functional departments should also think about why it is not high. Does the lending time of the public library take care of the tense rhythm of office workers, and does it set up a "midnight library" and a "mobile library" to provide the most enthusiastic, thoughtful and meticulous reading service for the masses? If not, it is a service failure. Also, are the books in the library updated in time? Can people borrow the books they want to read, the most cutting-edge fashion publications and fresh information? If not, who wants to read some outdated old books? Another important point is that many people don't read books because they can't afford them, and the price of books is very high, which exceeds the increase in wages. "Looking at genuine books hates killing people, and watching pirated books hates too many mistakes." They can only give up. Therefore, while complaining about the low reading rate, we should make more fuss about lowering book prices and implementing cultural subsidies so that ordinary people can afford books! The results of the fifth national reading survey show that newspapers rank first in written media with a reading rate of 74.5%; The magazine reading rate is 50.0%, ranking second; Internet reading rate was 36.5%, ranking third, which was 8.7% higher than 27.8% in 2005. The reading rate of books was 34.7%, which was lower than 48.7% in 2005 14%. There are also reports that "reading in the subway has become the habit of many Shanghainese" and "young people in Guangzhou love reading with their mobile phones". Reading information and reading needs are changing greatly.