The books in the cafe are actually the books in the city library. Ask the waiter who actually doesn't know the source of the books?

"The books in the cafe for customers to read are actually the books in the collection of Hefei City Library. Don't you need to return these books?" Last Saturday, when Mr. Jiang went to a cafe in the city to consume, he opened the literary books on the table at will, but found that these books were stamped with the seal of Hefei Library. Mr. Jiang found that nearly 500 books in the cafe were collected by Hefei Library. Why are these collections placed in for-profit cafes for customers to browse? Are there no time limits on borrowing these books? With questions, reporters visited yesterday.

Disclosure: Cafe Shocking Library Collection

Mr. Jiang told reporters that on Saturday afternoon, he and his friends were shopping in a shopping mall on Wuhu Road. At about 4 p.m. that day, Mr. Jiang and his friends were tired of shopping and wanted to find a place to rest. It happened that they saw a nest cafe on the commercial street, so Mr. Jiang and his friends went into the cafe and ordered coffee and juice.

After entering the cafe and taking a seat, Mr. Jiang saw that there were many books in the shop. Mr. Jiang was originally a book lover, and the books in the room immediately aroused his curiosity."I looked around at it at that time. Most of the books were new books from recent years. There were all kinds of categories. It was very complete."

Sitting at the table, smelling books and sipping coffee, Mr. Jiang and his friends were very happy. However, Mr. Jiang opened the last page of the book and found that the book was printed with the logo of Hefei City Library: the library icon and the Chinese and English words of Hefei City Library.

"How did the books in the Hefei City Library spread to the cafe?" Some surprised Mr. Jiang opened the books on the bookshelf on his desk, but found that all the books on the bookshelf were collected books of Hefei Library.

Mr. Jiang told reporters: "There are so many books in the cafe for customers to read, which is a good thing in itself. However, these books were not private books, but library books. It was inappropriate for public books to be placed in cafes. How did these books end up in the café? Do they not have to be returned? I have a lot of questions about that."

Visit: The city library in the coffee shop has a full range of books

After receiving Mr. Jiang's reflection, the reporter came to this cafe on the afternoon of December 1. After entering the cafe, the reporter found that there was a desk in the middle of the hall on the first floor. There were bookshelves on the desk and various books were placed on the bookshelves. Because the bookshelf is specially equipped with lamps, it is very suitable for reading books, many customers sit on the desk to browse books.

There are bookshelves outside each box on the first floor, and two rows of books above a row of seats against the wall. Reporters observed that these books include literature, social science, tourism, inspirational, celebrity biography, life and other categories, the variety is quite complete. Most of these books are new books published between 2010 and 2013, and some old books have been published since 2007.

The reporter opened a new book entitled "Open-minded Herbal Medicine/Heart-wide Medicine," published by China Overseas Chinese Publishing House, the first edition in September 2013, printed for the first time in the same month, priced at 29.8 yuan.

The book has the library label index number B821-49/861 at the bottom of the spine, and the label of Hefei City Library is pasted on the inner pages of the book.

At the other end of the bookshelf, Fei Xiaotong's magnum opus "Native China" caught the reporter's eye. This book, which sells for 88 yuan and was published by Shanghai People's Publishing House in December 2013, is very new and should not be read by many readers. The spine is labeled with the index number C912.82/4=2. The same page is also printed with the words Hefei City Library.

The reporter then flipped through more than ten books, all of which belong to Hefei City Library without exception. Reporters in the hall on the first floor rough statistics, nearly 500 books are Hefei City library collection books, there is no label index number in the spine of the book is very few.

Reporters at the scene saw that most customers came to the cafe, will curiously pick up a few books, but sink down to read the customers are not many.

A customer who is reading a book only knows that the book he is reading belongs to the Hefei City Library under the guidance of the reporter."I didn't pay too much attention just now. I am also curious. How did these books borrow them? Don't you have to return them?" Some good books are not necessarily available in the library."

However, customers who read books are more protective of books. After reading, they will return them to the bookshelf. There is no situation where books are placed everywhere.

On December 2, in another branch of the cafe, the waiter told reporters that these books can only be read in the store, not lent, as for the source of the book, the waiter said he did not know. The reporter tried to contact the store manager and propaganda personnel of the cafe to interview without success.

Proof: The coffee shop was originally a branch of the city library

Why do books in Hefei City Library appear in cafes? With questions, on the morning of December 2, the reporter came to Hefei City Library to find the answer.

Facing the confusion of citizens about the loss of books in Hefei City Library, Xie Yangchun, secretary of the Party General Branch of Hefei City Library, told reporters that there is a branch of Hefei City Library in the coffee shop. The books in the library belong to state-owned assets, and the state-owned assets will not be lost."Every book in our library has strict procedures, and every book out has strict procedures. These books will not be lost. We have strict management."

Xie Yangchun told reporters that Hefei City Library has about 5000 new books every year. When new books are put on shelves, old books will be removed from shelves to make room for new books. In the past, old books will be kept after being removed from shelves and will not be circulated to the outside world.

In order to prevent these books from becoming dead books and flowing, Hefei City Library has opened its branches into communities, enterprises, units, prisons, troops and other places in recent years. Established in October this year, Hefei City Library High-tech Innovation Industrial Park Branch is the 33rd branch established by Hefei Library in the whole city. At present, there are schools in contact with the city library to open a branch.

"The books in the library are only alive when used. Books are renewable resources. As long as you read them, regardless of how old or new they are, their contents are new. You can't let books become dead books." Xie Yangchun told reporters that the library has its own coverage radius. For example, it is inconvenient for citizens in Binhu New District to borrow books from the city library. Therefore, the city library has opened branches in Fangxing Community, Furong Community and Jinxiu Community in Binhu New District to serve the citizens in the community. "We provide books, and every few months, the books are updated."

In response to the public about the branch located in profitable coffee shop questions, Xie Yangchun told reporters, Many city libraries and cafes have a combination of phenomena, Coffee fragrance and book fragrance is many people like reading way,"Library can only open 365 days a year, It is impossible to serve all readers, So open branch can facilitate more citizens."

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City library branch can not be opened just because it wants to

What are the conditions for opening a branch library? Xie Yangchun told reporters: "First of all, there must be a venue, there is a special management, there is a fixed borrowing time." We'll all go to the site and inspect it. For example, there are many young people in the Innovation Industrial Park of High-tech Zone. They have needs, so they set up branches in the Innovation Industrial Park. Guofeng Plastic Industry is a listed company, employees have demand, we also opened a branch in the factory. We provide books for these branches, but we charge a deposit for each book. The management of borrowing is managed by the branch itself."

According to introduction, branch library contract is generally one to two years, contract expiration, can also renew. "Now many units want to introduce branch libraries, and everyone attaches great importance to books."

How to distribute the books of the branch library, Xie Yangchun said, The first delivery, Will according to 22 categories of each category distribution point, Later according to the actual situation to adjust, Update the branch library books,"High-tech Zone young people, Like science and technology, Computer books, We will focus on the distribution of science and technology computer books."

Source: Hefei Online-Hefei Evening News