The construction of most public libraries is an important part of municipal engineering. Even libraries that have been built for a long time will not lag behind in hardware facilities. Wide desks, comfortable constant temperature facilities, clean and convenient drinking water, some soft sofas, and more importantly, young students and lively children. Watching them read books, occasionally getting together to talk about recent current events, or discussing a good work, even the latest popular TV series, makes people feel connected with the world at once.

Reason 2: Foreign language books

When it comes to libraries, most people may think that it is a place to read books. Of course, if you come with the purpose of reading free bestsellers, especially the works that are popular at present, you will definitely be a little disappointed. Except for some famous literary works, most of the latest social science books or advanced literature may not be available in most public libraries.

However, on the contrary, most libraries buy a lot of expensive reference books, such as dictionaries and encyclopedias. The National Library, Capital Library, Shanghai Library, Shenzhen Library and Xiamen Library I have been to all have foreign language books and various reference books. Of course, most foreign books are in English, mainly novels. Especially in language learning, do you want to read the original foreign language or buy a copy? You can't buy it in most places. Even if you buy an electronic version on the Kindle, it costs money. What's more, reference books cost thousands of RMB at any time. The problem is that you may not be able to buy it.

Reason 3: Electronic resources.

This is my main point. In universities, some professional periodical documents can be easily searched by using the electronic resources of the school library, but in the absence of the collective resources of the school, there is a charge for purchasing these documents independently. Interestingly, most libraries have purchased electronic resources of these periodicals, and you can easily download them by entering your user name and password.

Reason four: newspapers.

Some people say that news becomes old news when it reaches the newspaper office. That's true, but the value of a newspaper often lies in its unique reporting angle and news commentary. These resources may not be available online, especially in mainstream newspapers and literatures in various countries, and they are mainly paid. In addition, there are some foreign newspapers.