Preface

Library informatization refers to the use of modern information technology, in accordance with the requirements of the information society, the organization,development and management of library information resources, to provide quality information services for library users. Specifically speaking, it is the digitalization of information storage, the networking of transmission means, the intellectualization of management and control, and the informatization of personnel quality. The public library is an important place for the permanent preservation of human cultural heritage. It is also a knowledge palace for citizens to study for life, popularize scientific and cultural knowledge, and improve citizens’ quality. But at present, most of the grass-roots public libraries are still based on the traditional service methods and service means. Its various limitations and backwardness, in the highly developed information today, are far from meeting the urgent needs of people for information knowledge, which requires us to increase the strength of the grass-roots public library information construction. The informatization construction of grass-roots public library is the need of accelerating the network of public library, realizing resource sharing, deepening information service and further promoting the development of public library. Applying computer technology and network technology to the library will improve the work of the library as a whole, provide more advanced services for the readers at the grass-roots level, and greatly promote the improvement of the public quality. At the same time, with the continuous increase of the national investment in cultural undertakings and the full implementation of the national cultural information resource sharing project, it provides a strong impetus for the traditional public library to move forward to the digital library. Therefore, the information construction is imperative no matter from the construction of the public cultural service system or the development needs of the grass-roots public library itself.
    This book mainly starts from the basic concept of the library, through the characteristics of the library, the development and application of management, as well as the combination of informatization and library management, and continuously strengthens the innovative research on library management informatization, so as to better improve the efficiency of the whole library management and provide better services for readers.

前 言

图书馆信息化是指利用现代信息技术，按照信息社会的要求，组织、开发和管理图书馆各项信息资源，为图书馆用户提供优质信息服务。具体说来就是信息储存数字化、传输手段网络化、管理控制智能化和人员素质信息化。公共图书馆是永久保存人类文化遗产的重要场所，是公民终身学习，普及科学文化知识，提高公民素质的知识殿堂。但是目前多数基层公共图书馆仍然以传统的服务方式和服务手段为主，它的各种局限性与落后性，在信息高度发达的今天已远远不能满足人们对信息知识的迫切需求，这就要求我们必须加大基层公共图书馆信息化建设的力度。基层公共图书馆信息化建设是加速公共图书馆网络化、实现资源共享、深化信息服务、进一步促进公共图书馆事业向前发展的需要。将计算机技术、网络技术广泛运用于
图书馆，将从整体上改善图书馆工作，并能为基层读者提供更先进的服务，对公众素质的提高可以起到很大的促进作用。同时，随着国家对文化事业投入的不断增加和全国文化信息资源共享工程的全面实施，为传统公共图书馆向数字化图书馆迈进提供了强劲的动力，因此无论是从公共文化服务体系建设，还是基层公共图书馆自身发展需要，信息化建设都势在必行。
       本书主要是从图书馆的基本概念入手，通过对于图书馆的特点、管理的发展与应用，以及将信息化与图书馆管理相结合，不断加强对于图书馆管理信息化的创新研究，从而更好地提高整个图书馆管理的效率，更好地为读者提供服务。