From Cultivation Education to Literacy Education: The Formation and Evolution of the Social Education Function of Libraries

Libraly Journal ›› 2024, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (403): 4-10.

From Cultivation Education to Literacy Education: The Formation and Evolution of the Social Education Function of Libraries

Liu Xiaoying (Library, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine)Jiang Yongfu (Research Center of Information Resources Management, Heilongjiang University)

Online:2024-11-15 Published:2024-12-02
About author:Liu Xiaoying (Library, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine)Jiang Yongfu (Research Center of Information Resources Management, Heilongjiang University)

Abstract

Abstract:

Social education has always been considered as a core function of public libraries. Aspublic cultural institutions, libraries play a pivotal role in promoting social education. This article firstexamines the historical development of subscription libraries and Carnegie’s philanthropic efforts inlibrary construction, illustrating that public libraries emerged in response to the public’s demand for selfeducationand, more broadly, social education. This laid the historical foundation for the social educationrole of public libraries. It then analyzes the evolution of this function from the initial focus on cultivationeducation to liberal education, and ultimately, to literacy education. The authors argue that informationliteracy and digital literacy education are the new growth areas in the social education mission of librariestoday.

Liu Xiaoying (Library, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine) Jiang Yongfu (Research Center of Information Resources Management, Heilongjiang University). From Cultivation Education to Literacy Education: The Formation and Evolution of the Social Education Function of Libraries[J]. Libraly Journal, 2024, 43(403): 4-10.

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