A Study On Reading Promotion Activities In Libraries During The Period Of Republic Of China

With the rapid development of science and technology, modern ways of readingare constantly emerging, which is a huge shock to the traditional way of reading. Inthe context of globalization of information, people in China only read less than fivebooks every year and fewer people are using library now, so it’s an eternal mission ofthe library to promote reading. As a supplement of social education, the library takesthe concept of open, equal and free, be commonweal and professional and alsopossess unique rich resources for reading, so it has become a major position forreading activities and a backbone to promote reading. During the period of therepublic of China the library’s duty is to popularize education, by conducting all kindsof reading promotion activities, they attract so many people involved, which worthpeople today to think about and draw lessons from.Taking reading promotion activities as our research object, proceeding fromeffort the library done for the reading promotion activities, we comb up the effort theydone to promote reading systematically and summarize the influence andenlightenment for librarianship.This paper is divided into the following sections:Firstly we describe the background, research methods and innovation of thispaper, briefly introduce the related concepts of the library about reading promotion inthe period of the Republic of China, and then analyze and summarize the researchstatus of the reading promotion activities of the library in the period of Republic ofChina.Secondly, we briefly discuss the background of the reading promotion of thelibrary in the period of Republic of China from four aspects: the development levelof society, politics, economy and culture; the demand conditions about reading of thepublic; insight appeal; the development of librarianship.Again, the author analyzes the organization and management of the readingpromotion activities during the period of the Republic of China. Through carefulstudy of the historical documents of the period of the Republic of China, analyzingapplication cases, we discuss in detail the content and methods of the readingpromotion activities carried out by the library during the Republic of China, theresults achieved and the inadequate.Finally, we briefly evaluate the reading promotion activities carried out by thelibrary during the period of the Republic of China, summarize the advantages anddisadvantages, so as to provide a reference for the development of today’s libraries,which is the practical significance of the paper.