In order to make more effective use of book resources and provide readers with a better reading environment, on May 16, 2008, the municipal party committee and municipal government decided to merge the library of Jiyuan Vocational and Technical College with the library of Jiyuan City, with one institution and two brands as the external library, with the daily management placed in the technical college, and the business under the dual management of the Municipal Bureau of Culture, Art and Technology and the technical college. The funds are subject to full financial budget management. The integrated Jiyuan Library (Jiyuan Vocational and Technical College Library) ensures the promotion of urban social and cultural service functions and the strengthening of the college's teaching and scientific research service capabilities. It pioneered the cooperation between public libraries and university libraries in Henan Province.
In order to better serve the society and readers, the library is open every day for 365 days throughout the year. At present, the library has 750,000 books and more than 600 reading seats/kloc-0. Currently, there are 4 1 person, including 3 graduate students. Librarians and above have intermediate titles of 2 1 person, including 3 senior titles. The internal organization consists of seven functional departments: editing department, distribution department, reading department, information technology department, reader service department, property management department and office.
The new library has 18 reader service areas, including modern lecture hall, retrieval area, children's reading area, reading room for the blind, local literature reading room, ancient books stack room, Wang Huairang Literature and Art Museum, reading area for all kinds of books, and readers' leisure area. It can provide readers with library books and newspapers borrowing, network literature information, ancient books and local literature retrieval, topic selection service, social education and training, business counseling and other services.
Since the opening of the new library, its appeal to readers has gradually increased, and its service capacity has been greatly improved. There are 22,000 registered readers and 2,500 readers a day. It is open every day throughout the year and receives more than 800,000 readers every year. After the integration of the two libraries, the functions of public libraries and university libraries have been fully exerted and affirmed by provincial and municipal leaders and cultural authorities. 20 10 10 successfully hosted the 22nd meeting of directors of provincial public libraries in Henan province, and was awarded as "advanced unit of national reading in Henan province" for two consecutive years, which won the honor for Jiyuan city. The work of the library has been published in People's Daily, Henan Daily and Jiyuan Daily. "Henan Satellite TV" and "Jiyuan Satellite TV" are also constantly reported. The library is called the "spiritual paradise" of Jiyuan people and the "big study" of the city by Jiyuan Daily. In 20 10, it was named as a "first-class library" by the Ministry of Culture.
As an important window to show Jiyuan's material civilization, political civilization and spiritual civilization, Jiyuan Library has established the service concepts of "people-oriented, readers first" and "expanding services and improving quality", and strived to create an elegant and pleasant reading environment, constantly increase the types of books and periodicals, expand the service scope, improve the service means and improve the service quality. The library is determined to make due contributions to Jiyuan's economic and social development, historical and cultural heritage, citizens' quality improvement and the creation of a national civilized city.