Legal analysis: Rizhao Library is open to the public free of charge all the year round, and it is free to apply for library cards. Open-shelf lending is implemented to provide the public with efficient, high-quality and comprehensive public cultural services with zero time difference and zero distance through borrowing, reading, retrieval consultation, subject service, lecture report, multimedia appreciation, digital resource reading and training counseling.

Legal basis: Measures for the Administration of Public Libraries in Shandong Province

Article 1 In order to strengthen the management of public libraries, develop non-profit cultural undertakings and meet the people's demand for scientific and cultural knowledge, these Measures are formulated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state and combined with the actual situation of this province.

Article 2 These Measures shall apply to the establishment, construction, protection, use and supervision of public libraries within the administrative area of this province.

Article 3 The term "public library" as mentioned in these Measures refers to public cultural service facilities and institutions established by people's governments at all levels and open to the public, with the functions of collecting, sorting, preserving, researching, developing, disseminating and serving literature information resources.

The term "document information resources" as mentioned in these Measures refers to the information and knowledge recorded in the form of paper, audio-visual, film, electronic and network.