Orginal Article
Jin Wugang, Jiang Liyu, Chen Shiying
Library.
2024, 0(11):
1-7.
The new reading space built in the countryside is an important medium for rural revitalization and integrated development of culture and tourism, and its development faces the following dilemmas. At first, national cultural policies for rural areas lack clarity, and local government support is relatively weak. Secondly, rural reading services primarily target the elderly and children, which results in low facility usage. Thirdly, rural areas have relatively low population density, limited commercial potential, and therefore, minimal interest from social forces, especially businesses, to participate in construction and operation. Fourthly, in some regions, there is an overemphasis on superficial "check-ins" while neglecting the core mission of providing reading services. To vigorously promote the development of new rural reading space, several actions can be taken: first, the construction and operation of new reading spaces in villages should be included in the local government service catalog; second, new reading spaces in villages should be included in the system of main branch libraries and be upgraded to be managed by the main libraries; third, the application of science and technology should be strengthened to enhance the efficiency of services; fourth, a volunteer service system should be set up such as reading promoters and reading clubs, so as to promote the direct access of high-quality reading resources to villages; fifth, to give full play to the role of the platform of the new reading space in the countryside and gather resources from all sides; sixth, to pay attention to the construction of child-friendly content; seventh, to establish a diversified funding and guarantee mechanism to ensure the sustainable development of new rural reading space.