Source: date of xinhua list: 2011-02-14
"The library can still do this!" "The library can still be made like this!" When I came out from the littoral library and the national library of Singapore, I couldn't help but wonder.
On this day, I took the subway to visit the library. A sign to the library was seen in the subway station. According to the instructions, in less than five minutes, it was in the library.
The library belongs to the larger regional library in Singapore. The whole library is divided into three floors, the first floor is the children's library and the service office, the second floor is the adult library, the third floor is the academic lecture hall. As I was walking around the library for a while, I found a lot of novelty in the Singapore library.
The first is that the library is open, and anyone can borrow books in the library, and it's basically free. The library here there is no "credentials discrepancy" kind of hint, whether or not you go to borrow books, can be without blocking access to the library, free to read every book on the shelf. You can do everything you want in the library, including reading books, reading books, surfing the Internet and even chatting with your peers. If you are a citizen of Singapore, just s $21 to do a membership card, which is s $10.5 registration fee of s $10.5 is the deposit, usually borrow books for free, online access to information is charged according to the length of time.
The second finding is that the library is highly automated. The reader borrows and the books are self-service. Library readers first insert the card into the computer socket, and then to borrow the book on the counter beside the computer, the computer will automatically recognize the books and records, at the same time, to the reader to print a book slip and above were you borrow books and return the book by the deadline.
There are more than 10 books on the first floor of the library on the first floor of the library, which is convenient for readers to borrow, and it takes only two or three seconds to borrow a book on average. The book is simpler, and the reader doesn't even have to go into the library. Light marina, library book is located on the left side of the door, look from the exterior just two can fit into a book of rectangle holes on the wall, has written "book drop", means to throw a book. When the reader puts the book in the hole, the book process is finished. Everything else is handled by the staff of the library.
The third and most emotional discovery is that the library is very approachable. The children's library, on the first floor of the library, is a colorful world decorated with a lot of cartoon and children's favorite gadgets. On the thick carpet in the library, there was a toy train with two seats per carriage, and parents and children could sit on a small train and read a book. Here I see a lot of parents with children, sitting on the floor, sitting on the shelf, or sitting in a toy train, watching a small book with the kids. The youngest child, who looked just one year old, was talking to the parents. In the adult library on the second floor, there are many readers, two and thirty of whom are working together. They sat around the big table in the library, each carrying a laptop. From their look, they are regulars here.
Soon after I saw the library of littoral, I was arranged to visit the national library of Singapore. This visit gave me a deeper understanding of the Singapore library system.
Singapore's national library was established in 1960, currently used in the new culture in the city center between the street and dense Locke road, building area of 58000 square meters, has more than 60 books, built in 2005, the total cost of more than two hundred million s, is southeast Asia's largest and the most advanced library facilities. The main building of the library is 16 storeys high, with glass curtain wall, high ceilings and wind tunnel design, with good lighting and ventilation effect. On the rooftop of floor also have many gardens, red flowers and green grass not only beautify the environment, and can have cooling effect, the design also won the white gold award of "environmental protection achievements" of Singapore.
According to the introduction, Singapore has long recognized the great role of the library in the information society. In 1992, the government of Singapore established a committee of several dozen people to study the role of public libraries. Lasted more than a year, experts committee formed the library: in 2000 for the construction of the learning state investment, "the report, the report is to strengthen the construction of public library in Singapore guide. S $1996 in 1996, the Singapore government to come up with the development of public library cause, mainly for the construction of infrastructure, information technology application, collection development, and human resources development, etc. After 10 years of efforts, now has built a national library of Singapore, three regional library, 23 community library, 10, 10 schools and academic library community children, 14 government and special services. These unified by the national library is responsible for the daily management, so that the national library to form a complete structure, reasonable layout, resource sharing of the whole. Founded in 1995 the state administration of library is responsible for macro guidance and supervision of library construction, library administration of all the big decisions must go through collective discussion board. Singapore library of this kind of "the nature of business, enterprise management" management style, both strictly adhere to the direction of library, and make the government investment did benefit maximization of library cause.
"According to the government's orientation to the library, the library is not a general social service in Singapore, but a vital pillar of the country's knowledge economy." "Said Ms. Gao, a senior librarian at the national library of Singapore. To achieve this goal, Singapore has been committed to building a world-class, efficient library service system. They use high-tech means to keep the reader's books down to the extreme. By creating an affinity reading environment, the library becomes the reader's paradise. They also built libraries near subway stations, commercial centers and downtown areas, allowing the reader to enjoy the maximum convenience. These practices, which completely overturn the concept of the traditional library, present a new library model for people.
In 2001, in the premise of the basic construction of the national library hardware foundation, the new ten year plan was introduced in Singapore. In the report concerning library in 2010, the Singapore government clearly put forward to provide people with a "reliable, convenient and connected to the global library and information system", inspire the people form the habit of lifelong learning, building of Singapore into a learning state.
On April 11, 2008, Singapore prime minister lee hsien loong in Asia on the BBS speech pointed out: "small as a lack of natural resources in our country since the 1970 s and has realized that build the knowledge economy is the key to gain competitive advantage." The Singapore library has more than two million members, an astronomical figure for Singapore, which has a population of more than 4 million.
The library of Singapore, which is in the air, has become an important vehicle for Singapore to build a knowledge-based economy.