The book corner is a scientific, cultural, educational and scientific research institution specialized in collecting, sorting, preserving, disseminating and utilizing documents. Literature is the material basis of all the work in the book corner. On the function of book corner, or the social function of book corner, the function of book corner;

1. Preserve human cultural heritage. The appearance of book corner is the need to preserve human cultural heritage;

2. Carry out social education. In modern times, the emergence of large-scale capitalist industry requires workers to have more labor knowledge and skills, so that the book corner can really enter the common people and shoulder the task of educating workers in scientific knowledge and culture;

3. Pass on scientific information. Transmitting scientific information is an important function of modern book corner. The rich, systematic and comprehensive book information materials in the book corner have become the material conditions for the book corner to engage in scientific information transmission;

4. Develop intellectual resources. The books and materials collected by the book corner are a kind of intellectual resources accumulated by human beings for a long time, and the processing of these resources by the book corner is the development of intellectual resources;

5. Provide cultural entertainment. The service provided by the book corner meets the social demand for culture and entertainment, and enriches and enlivens people's cultural life.