Now you can borrow books from the library and return them to the cafe.

The massive collection of books in the library is a valuable resource, but many people are reluctant to go to the library to borrow books because they are afraid of the trouble of borrowing and returning books. Taking into account the needs of the public, Shinan District in the implementation of the "brown reading Qingdao" library project for the cafe on the basis of the selection of two cafes to install book lending and return equipment. Located in one east and one west of Shinan District, two cafes will greatly facilitate the borrowing of books by the surrounding citizens. Next year, Shinan District will further expand the range of cafes offering loan and return services.

Yesterday morning, the reporter came to the "Orange Academy" Cafe, which is located at 40 University Road, and happened to meet Xiao Zhang, a student of Hai University, who is returning books here. "you no longer have to go all the way to the city map to borrow and return books. With a loan card, you can not only return books so close, but also borrow books you want to borrow. It's very convenient. "said Xiao Zhang. Han Wei, owner of the Orange Academy Cafe, told reporters that the books in the store were originally their own collections, mostly in literature, history, and other fields, with more than 1000 books. After the allocation of books by the Shinan District Culture, Press and publication Bureau, I specially selected some books suitable for cafes to read, and the collection of books doubled. "the loan and return of books can bring us more passenger flow, and our shop assistant is also a librarian, which also saves costs, which is a kind of mutual benefit. "said Han Wei.

According to the staff of Shinan District Culture, Press and publication Bureau, since the beginning of this year, Shinan District has integrated the superior resources of private cafes, distributed books from the district library free of charge to more than 260 cafes in the district for on-site borrowing, turned cafes into public cultural service points, created a new model of private public welfare libraries, and worked hard to build a public library service system provided by the government, participated by enterprises and benefited the public. At present, large-scale Orange Academy and Xingguang Cafe have been selected to allocate excellent books and loan and return equipment for them free of charge, so as to realize the interconnection with the service network of major libraries in the city. By creating a number of public cultural experience points of "private coffee and public welfare library", we try to build a five-level cultural network for the benefit of the people in cities, districts, streets, communities and stores, so as to achieve the purpose of cultural "serving the whole people" and "enjoying reading for the whole people". The project was also shortlisted for the second Shandong Cultural Innovation Award commended by the provincial government.

In the next step, Shinan District will gradually lay out the reading service points to more social leisure venues, and create a new public library service system of "central convergence and global radiation". "there will be more and more cafes that can be borrowed and repaid, and it is expected that cafes will be equipped with electronic lending machines. "said the staff.

Source: Qingdao Evening News