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1. The reading room is the service facility of the library. The library provides a special place for readers to use the literature in the library. Reading rooms in libraries are generally divided into three types: general reading rooms, professional reading rooms and reference research rooms. Don't talk loudly in the library. You can't destroy books. Service facilities of the library. The library provides a special place for readers to use the literature in the library. There was no independent reading room in early libraries, and usually only a few reading tables were placed next to or in the middle of the shelves.
2. 1857, the circular reading room of the British Museum Library was opened, which separated the reading room from the stacks and became the reading room with the most seats and the best equipment in the world at that time. 1904, China Gu Yue library stipulated reading in 60 seats in the central hall downstairs, and actually became a reading room dedicated to readers. There is a clear boundary between reading room and stacks in modern libraries. However, with the change from heavy collection to reuse and the implementation of open-shelf lending system, it is more common to set reading tables in stacks and increase the number of books in reading rooms, and the equipment in reading rooms tends to be practical and comfortable.