China Library Classification Number: G250 Document Identification Number: Part A Number:1672-3791(2012) 07 (b)-0254-02.
With the new generation of only children born in 1990s entering the university campus, they grew up in the era of booming Internet and experienced great achievements in China's reform and opening up, so they have distinct characteristics of the times. They love their motherland and have a strong sense of identity with Socialism with Chinese characteristics's politics, economy, culture and morality. Positive and optimistic, with a strong sense of innovation, eager for change and innovation, highly concerned about self-worth, at the same time, in the face of fierce competition, attach importance to the cultivation of personal ability and the pursuit of personal legitimate interests; I have a strong desire to participate in social affairs, but because I am not deeply involved in the world and lack of practical exercise, I lack rational thinking and analysis of the overwhelming information on the Internet, and I am easily at a loss. When they were very young, they were asked by their parents to recite Tang and Song poems. In middle school, they learned some classic American essays according to the requirements of textbooks. However, most of them lack the autonomy to accept knowledge. Most of them are only in a passive state, and they have no deep understanding of the relationship between humanistic knowledge and cannot form a complete knowledge system. Therefore, they can't feel the influence of culture, which leads to the lack of humanistic quality. Especially for science and engineering students, their humanistic quality is generally low, and they don't pay attention to the cultivation of humanistic quality at all, thinking that it is illusory. However, outstanding talents in history all have high humanistic quality and profound philosophical foundation. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen humanistic quality education in universities.
1 the connotation of humanistic quality education
Humanistic quality, in a broad sense, refers to the inner spiritual character of a person who becomes a person and develops into a talent. This kind of spiritual character is embodied in the national spirit (patriotism) as the pillar in the macro aspect; Reflected in people's temperament and value orientation (integrity). In a narrow sense, it refers to the internalization of humanistic (literature, history, philosophy, art) knowledge and skills, mainly referring to a person's cultural accomplishment and spiritual character.
It is the most practical and convenient way to understand "humanistic quality" according to its literal connotation and express its combined meaning. "Humanism" here is defined as "humanities" (such as politics, economy, history, philosophy, literature, law, etc. ); And "literacy" is definitely a combination of "ability elements" and "spiritual elements". The so-called "humanistic quality" means "the research ability and knowledge level of the humanities, and the people-oriented and people-oriented spirit embodied in the humanities-the inherent quality of people".
The soul of humanistic quality is not "ability", but "people-oriented, people-centered spirit", and its core content is caring for the meaning and value of human existence, which is "humanistic spirit" Humanistic quality is the knowledge about "man knows himself". "The root of being a man lies in the cultivation of quality", and the cultivation of humanistic quality means "learning to be a man", which guides people to think about the purpose, significance and value of life, develops human nature and perfects personality, and inspires people to be real, intelligent and cultured.
The cultivation of humanistic quality begins with the consciousness of human nature, pays attention to the enlightenment of human mind and the cultivation of soul, and pays attention to the subtle influence of emotion. Good humanistic quality is manifested as: pursuing lofty ideals and excellent moral sentiments, yearning for and shaping perfect personality, loving and pursuing truth, rigorous and realistic scientific spirit, elegant demeanor and temperament, etc. Humanistic quality education is realized through excellent humanistic culture, which is gradually formed through continuous accumulation, refinement and sublimation in the long river of history and develops with the development of human society.
The connotation of humanistic literacy includes humanistic knowledge (such as historical knowledge, literary knowledge, political knowledge, legal knowledge, artistic knowledge, philosophical knowledge, religious knowledge, moral knowledge, language knowledge, etc. ), humanistic spirit, humanistic behavior. Humanistic knowledge is the premise and foundation of a person's humanistic quality, humanistic spirit is a person's inner cultivation and spiritual pursuit, and humanistic behavior is manifested in a person's specific actions and practices. Among them, the humanistic spirit of harmonious coexistence with nature and society is the core of humanistic quality education, not just the study of humanistic and social science knowledge.
2 advantages of university library in humanistic quality education
In colleges and universities, university libraries have always been regarded by college students as "academic institutions serving for teaching and scientific research as the literature information center of the school" or "a collection of knowledge", and its basic function is to provide literature information services. On the basis of the main function of collecting, transmitting and reprocessing information and documents, university libraries have developed the extended function of auxiliary education, which has unique advantages and promoted the humanistic quality education of college students.
2. 1 Advantages of information resources
University libraries are rich in collection resources, complete in books and voluminous in volume. Rich in content and diverse in forms. There are not only printed documents, microforms, newspapers, magazines and other paper documents, but also electronic documents such as CDs, tapes and floppy disks, as well as various databases and huge network information resources. It has not only a large number of professional books, but also books on philosophy, history, literature, art, ethics and other humanities and social sciences. It has a long history. It is the result of thousands of years of cultural development at home and abroad, and the sum total of human knowledge. Unique literature resources have laid a solid foundation for developing humanistic quality education. Whether students are reading internally or borrowing, it is beneficial to open books, and they can read and chew repeatedly, from which they can get education and enlightenment. This is the objective educational function of the book itself.
Because librarians participate in management services, university libraries not only preserve all knowledge created by human beings, but also engage in knowledge reorganization activities, which not only preserve culture, but also spread culture, not only organize culture but also innovate culture, making it have its own cultural nature, and constantly enrich and develop with the update of knowledge and social progress. University libraries can also guide and cultivate students' interest in reading by establishing a reasonable collection structure, so that students can love reading, read more books and read good books, which is an important communication window of advanced culture.
2.2 Environmental advantages
College students generally think that the classroom is a place to learn professional knowledge, while the university library is a place to learn other knowledge and read widely. Most university libraries are magnificent and have a wide area, including reading room, study room, network microcomputer room, periodical room and various types of stacks. The interior decoration is elegant, spacious and bright, neat and quiet, fresh and solemn, filled with the atmosphere of learning. Compared with the classroom, it has a more democratic and free atmosphere, thus subtly guiding college students to form a correct world outlook, outlook on life, morality and aesthetics.
2.3 Service advantages
University libraries have specialized readers. They can provide students with all kinds of learning materials, and they can also query the history and latest scientific and technological information through the network or database. It is the most economical, effective and comprehensive education platform.
In colleges and universities, the opening hours of university libraries are gradually extended according to their different situations. For example, the university library of our school has been open 14 hours, 7 days a week, and students can borrow and return books online, read periodicals and browse resources at any time. On the basis of extending the opening hours to the maximum extent, our library will also carry out revolutionary changes in its management mode and implement the integrated management of full shelf storage, borrowing and reading. There is only one common entrance and one common exit. After entering the library with a library card, students can carry their schoolbags, enter and leave various stacks at will, choose the books and periodicals they need, and learn to read anywhere in the university library.