In order to strengthen the management of public libraries in this Municipality, give full play to the role of public libraries in the construction of socialist material civilization and spiritual civilization, promote the development of public libraries, and meet the people's demand for scientific and cultural knowledge, these measures are formulated. Article 2 (Definitions)

The term "public library" as mentioned in these Measures refers to a non-profit cultural institution organized by the government and open to the public, which collects, sorts out, keeps and uses books, newspapers, audio-visual products, electronic publications and other books and materials, including municipal libraries, district (county) libraries and street (township) libraries. Article 3 (Scope of Application)

These Measures shall apply to the establishment, use, supervision and management of public libraries within the administrative area of this Municipality. Article 4 (Competent Departments and Coordination Departments)

Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film and Television (hereinafter referred to as the Municipal Bureau of Media, Film and Television) implements unified management of the city's public libraries. The district (county) administrative department of culture shall be responsible for the management of public libraries within its jurisdiction in accordance with the management authority.

All levels of finance, planning, personnel, prices, construction, education, press and publication, real estate, land and post and telecommunications management departments shall, in accordance with their respective responsibilities, cooperate with the administrative departments for culture to implement these measures. Article 5 (Principles of Establishment)

People's governments at all levels and sub-district offices shall, according to the needs of population distribution and library development in this area, make overall plans for the construction of public libraries at all levels within their respective jurisdictions.

Public libraries are set up in different levels according to administrative regions. Where conditions permit, an independent children's library system should be established; Where there is no independent children's library, children's libraries should be opened in public libraries. Article 6 (Management Principles)

The management of public libraries in this Municipality follows the principles of unified leadership, graded responsibility and professional management. Chapter II Setting Article 7 (Filing of Design Scheme)

When building, rebuilding or expanding a public library, the construction unit shall report the library design scheme to the cultural administration department for the record in accordance with the following provisions:

(a) the design of the city, district (county) library should be reported to the Municipal Media, Film and Television Bureau for the record;

(two) the design scheme of the street (township) library shall be reported to the district (county) cultural administrative department for the record. Article 8 (Building Area)

District (county) library construction area should reach more than 5000 square meters; The construction area of street (township) library should reach 100 square meter.

The construction area requirements of the municipal library shall be formulated separately by the Municipal Bureau of Media, Film and Television. Article 9 (Reading Seats)

The sum of the total number of reading seats in the district (county) library and the total number of reading seats in the district (county) street (township) library should reach 2‰ of the total population of the district (county).

District (county) library reading seats should reach more than 500; Street (township) libraries should have more than 50 reading seats. Article 10 (Layout Requirements)

Public libraries are divided into reading rooms, libraries, offices and other rooms.

Public libraries can open reading rooms for books, newspapers, audio-visual products and electronic publications according to the needs of their work. Article 1 1 (change of restrictions on the use of public libraries)

The reading room and collection warehouse of public libraries must be strictly managed and protected, and shall not be occupied.

It is forbidden to set up commercial cultural and entertainment places in public libraries. Chapter III Collection of Books and Periodicals Article 12 (Collection Quantity)

District (county) library books should reach more than 500 thousand copies; The number of books and periodicals in street (township) libraries should reach 10000 or more.

The requirements for the collection of books and periodicals in the municipal library shall be formulated separately by the Municipal Bureau of Media, Film and Television. Article 13 (Key Points of Collection)

The Municipal Library mainly collects patent documents, standard documents, local documents of this Municipality, newspapers, series, multi-volume books and major foreign publications published by domestic publishing houses, newspapers, magazines and other publishing units.

The district (county) library focuses on the collection of local documents in this district (county) and the main publications of publishing houses, newspapers, magazines and other publishing units in this city. Article 14 (Catalogue Management)

The public library shall count, register, classify and catalogue the books and periodicals in the library in time, establish a perfect catalogue system of books and periodicals, arrange special personnel to be responsible for management, and conduct regular inspections and checks to keep the books and periodicals in line with the catalogue.

The classification and cataloging of books and periodicals shall be carried out in accordance with the unified standards stipulated by the state.

City and district (county) libraries should establish a catalogue database of books and periodicals to realize computer network retrieval. Article 15 (Time Requirements for Investing in Loans)

The time requirements for borrowing books and periodicals in public libraries are:

(1) The newspaper is put into lending on the day it is received;

(2) Periodicals shall be put into lending within 2 days from the date of receipt;

(3) Other books and periodicals will be put into lending within 15 days from the date of receipt. Article 16 (Cleaning of Books and Periodicals)

Public libraries should regularly clean up books and periodicals, and report the cleaning results to the Municipal Media, Film and Television Bureau or the district (county) cultural administrative department for the record.