Beijing News Express (Reporter Zhan Shengjie) On the 30-day countdown to the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, the First Olympic-themed Library "Olympic BookHouse" in Beijing, jointly established by the Capital Library and the Capital Institute of Physical Education, was officially inaugurated on January 5.
The "Olympic Book House" was officially opened. Courtesy of the Capital Library
Pang Wei, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, delivered a speech, saying that the Capital Library, as a municipal "dragon head library", is responsible for coordinating and guiding the planning, construction and development of the city's public libraries. The Capital Institute of Physical Education is the cradle of sports talent, producing numerous world champions and national champions. This time, the two companies joined forces to highlight the characteristics of the Winter Olympics and jointly build the Olympic Book House of the Sports Branch of the Capital Library, which not only publicized sports and the Olympic spirit, but also provided a good place for citizens, teachers and students to read, adding to the cultural color of the city.
The Olympic Book House now has more than 1,000 books on sports theme Chinese. Courtesy of the Capital Library
It is reported that the Olympic Book House now has more than 2,000 sports theme Chinese books and nearly a thousand kinds of Olympic theme books in foreign languages, and also accommodates 3 million e-books, more than 500,000 sets of audiobooks, tens of thousands of electronic newspapers and periodicals, and high-quality digital resources such as the "Digital Winter Olympics", which are available to readers anytime and anywhere. High-quality books in five categories, including politics, sports, classics, popular science, and children, were selected for recommendation, and a special shelf of "Please Read Books" books and a digital resource promotion exhibition were set up.
At the same time, the Olympic Bookstore has also become a member of the 425 member libraries of the Beijing Public Library card service system, which can not only realize the borrowing and return of books in 395 member libraries with the function of borrowing and returning, but also opened the Capital Library and 14 district libraries to borrow books on call and on-call value-added services.
Mao Yajun, director of the Capital Library, introduced: "The Olympic Book House is included in the beijing public cultural service system, and with the help of the Internet and the Book Internet of Things, it brings great convenience to teachers, students and surrounding citizens to enjoy public cultural services. This is the exploration of public libraries in the new format of 'culture, sports and tourism', and it is to promote the innovative development of the reading service model for all." ”
It is understood that the Olympic Book House is not only equipped with rich collections, massive resources, convenient service network, but also holds exhibition displays, theme reading activities and other services, so that citizens can experience 5G immersive new reading. "After the establishment of the Olympic BookHouse, it will be committed to becoming an important channel for promoting the people to share the Olympic Games; becoming a high-quality medium for publicizing Olympic knowledge and promoting Olympic culture; and becoming a new platform for promoting excellent traditional culture and innovating reading for all." Chen Zuosong, vice president of the Capital Institute of Physical Education, said.
Beijing News reporter Zhan Shengjie
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