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Study On The Third Space Of Large And Medium-sized Public Libraries In Hefei Area

Posted on:2017-03-10Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:S Q LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2308330485964012Subject:Books intelligence
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With the technology developed, a variety of intelligent devices spread in people’s lives, with the mobile phone, computer, network appears, people can enjoy electronic reading without having a physical book in hand. Online shopping also makes getting books you want become an easy job, after order, what you need to do is just wait for the books coming up to you. The on-line shop and e-book has brought great impact on libraries and bookstores, libraries and bookstores are no longer the main place for people looking for books to buy, old bookstores have been eliminated, some people think the libraries are going to be disappear. Because of the great changes brought by technology, libraries and bookstores have been looking for new method to adjust the service to adapt to the new era. With the appearance of "third space" theory, more and more scholars see the advantages of the library as the third space of a city, they suggest to change the academic atmosphere in the library, improve the comfort of space, at the same time, the bookstores are trying to chang their roles as a kind of simple place to sell books, in recent years, some public libraries with innovation have attracted a large number of readers, become famous good places to read and study for leisure people, some new bookstores also achieve outstanding results in the fierce competition.With those public libraries and bookstores success, how is the situation of the public libraries and bookstores all around us as "the third space"? What is the public libraries’weakness? What are the public libraries can get from bookstores in space design, functional configuration? This paper attempts to investigate the large and medium-sized public libraries and two famous bookstore in Hefei area, by comparing two different places with books as the main attribute, discovers the current situation of library as the third space and the existing problems, proposes advices that may be useful, helps modern society libraries play space and resource advantage, spread knowledge and leisure people, become the third place of the city.This paper is divided into six parts, the first part is the introduction, discusses the background and significance of the research, the literature review, research contents, methods and ideas, the characteristics and innovations; The second part describes the overview of library as the third space, introduces the definition of the third place and the definition of library as the third space,then describes how to make library the third place and present practice situation; In the third part,investigations and statistics are made on large and medium-sized public libraries in Hefei area, online survey explores the assessments of citizen and the situation of organized activities, field survey investigates the space situation,including space types,spatial layout, The interior space design, display design, book resources, the number of open shelf books and circulation characteristics, opening time, library management and reader access, activity management, promotion, service level. Statistical and analysis of questionnaire shows the reading tendency of readers, influence factors and objectives of library as leisure places, and people’s opinions about the advantages and disadvantages of large and medium sized public libraries and bookstores in Hefei area. The fourth part is building on the combination of various investigation, it summarizes the problems of large and medium-sized public libraries in becoming the third space in Hefei area; The fifth part combines the existing problems of large and medium-sized public libraries in Hefei area carrying out the third space, based on summary of the advantages and disadvantages of public libraries comparing with bookstores carrying out the third space, some improvement measures are proposed; The sixth part is the conclusion, concludes the problems and puts forward the suggestions, prospects the future development direction of the public library in the third space.
Keywords/Search Tags:public library, bookstore, third place, Hefei area
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