Libraly Journal

Libraly Journal ›› 2020, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (9): 4-12.

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Reading Promotion: An Important Extension of Library Service: On the Advanced Concepts and Positive Measures of Promoting Reading by Chinese Libraries in the First 20th Century

Xu Yan   

  • Online:2020-09-17 Published:2020-09-17

Abstract: By looking back at the recognized advanced concepts of reader service and positive measures of reading promotion of Liang Qichao, Liu Yizheng, Shen Zurong, Liu Guojun, Li Xiaoyuan, Dai Zhiqian, Chen Xunci, Ouyang Zujing and other Chinese library pioneers in the early and middle of the 20th century, this article further clarified the significance of librarians and library staff in guiding potential audience to become library readers and resource users, thereby deepening reading promotion activities in the general sense into an important extension of library service for readers.

Key words: Library service for readers, Nationwide reading, Reading promotion for schools