The provincial people's government shall give support to public libraries in poverty-stricken areas and ethnic minority areas. Article 4 The cultural administrative department of the people's government at or above the county level is the competent department of public libraries. Planning, finance, press and publication departments shall, within the scope of their respective duties, guarantee and support the development of public libraries. Article 5 People's governments at all levels shall set up public libraries (rooms) according to the needs of population distribution and social, economic and cultural development. Cities, prefectures, districts of larger cities and qualified counties (including cities and districts, hereinafter referred to as counties) may set up children's libraries and characteristic libraries.
People's governments at all levels shall incorporate the construction of public libraries into the overall planning of urban development. The layout requirements, construction area, reading seats and collection of books of public libraries shall be implemented in accordance with relevant state regulations.
The establishment, alteration and cancellation of public libraries shall be proposed by the administrative department of culture, decided by the people's government at the same level, and reported to the administrative department of culture at the next higher level for the record.
Encourage and support rural villages, urban communities, social organizations, enterprises, institutions and individuals to set up libraries (rooms) open to the society. Article 6 Public libraries shall publish service items and functions, implement open-shelf or semi-open-shelf lending, strive to create and maintain a good reading environment, and provide services for readers to use literature and materials; It should provide convenience for the old, weak, sick and disabled readers.
Public libraries should expand their service fields and functions, adopt various forms to improve the utilization rate of collections, and serve local economic and social development and scientific research. County and township (town) public libraries (rooms) should be oriented to the grassroots and provide scientific and cultural services for farmers. Article 7 The curator of a public library shall have the corresponding professional title and working experience, the staff shall have a high school education or above and the corresponding professional knowledge, and the new staff shall be trained before taking up their posts. Article 8 Readers shall enjoy the following rights in public libraries:
Free bibliographic retrieval;
(2) Borrowing documents and materials free of charge with proof of reading;
(three) access to relevant literature and reading consulting services;
(four) to participate in various reader activities;
(five) to put forward opinions and suggestions to the public library or the competent department;
(six) to obtain other services provided by the library in accordance with the provisions. Article 9 Readers shall perform the following obligations in public libraries:
(a) take good care of documents and public facilities and equipment;
(two) do not return the borrowed documents by the specified date, and pay the overdue fee according to the provisions if the time limit is exceeded.
(3) Abide by other relevant management systems. Article 10 Public libraries shall ensure the open lending hours in accordance with the provisions of the state, and arrange the open lending hours according to the specific circumstances on national statutory holidays. Eleventh public libraries should do a good job in literature collection, including all kinds of traditional literature and new literature materials such as tapes, diskettes, microfilms and CDs, attach importance to the collection of local literature materials, and gradually form a collection system with local characteristics.
People's governments at all levels shall implement the purchasing fees for public libraries' documents and materials, and ensure that the documents and materials of Tibetan public libraries increase year by year, among which the documents and materials of Tibet's provinces, cities, prefectures and counties are not less than 654.38+10,000 copies, 20,000 copies and 5,000 copies respectively.
* * * The library literature purchase fee shall be used for special purposes. Twelfth people's governments at all levels should pay attention to the collection of local documents, establish and improve the reporting system. The provincial library is the collection unit of publications in this province, and the city and state libraries are the collection units of local publications.
Publishing houses, newspapers, magazines and other publishing units in the province shall submit two volumes (sets) of samples to the provincial library and the municipal library where the publishing unit is located within 30 days after publication.
Units and individuals who publish internal publications in the province and individuals who publish works outside the province are encouraged to contribute voluntarily. Thirteenth public libraries should meet the relevant standards for newly borrowed documents and put them into use within 30 days. Books and periodicals that are damaged or lose their use value shall be reported to the administrative department of culture at the same level for approval. Article 14 Books and periodicals banned for sale and documents with collection value but unsuitable for lending shall be cleaned up and managed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state, and public libraries shall not set up their own doors and store documents at will. Fifteenth public libraries should establish and improve the stack management system, do a good job in the preservation and protection of documents and materials, and properly protect and manage rare books and other precious documents in accordance with relevant state regulations.
No unit or individual may occupy or damage the premises, equipment and documents of public libraries.