Public libraries throughout urban and rural areas "Books in Changsha" has become a bright business card of Star City

Changsha Evening News all-media reporter Yin Wei

"Rice ripe books are fragrant and orange flavor fresh, and Gaotang is renewed everywhere." Huang Xing has no successor, tomorrow's heroes and teenagers. ”

Written in 1982, the poem depicts the pomp and circumstance of a fragrance of calligraphy and ink blowing into Gaotang Commune (now Huangxing Town) in Changsha County, on the banks of the Liuyang River. In 1980, Li Hailan, a farmer in Gaotang, established the first local bookstore under the name of his daughter Li Zhongxiao. Although the conditions are so simple that there are only "two nails on the wall, a rope in the middle, books hanging on the rope, several layers up and down, little people books plus textbooks", but the family's meticulous care, careful management, and enthusiastic dedication have made this small bookstore grow step by step and nourish the hearts of generations of children.

In Changsha, from the city to the countryside, from schools to enterprises, there are countless people like Li Zhongxiao's family who love books. Especially in recent years, under the background of accelerating the construction of an international cultural and creative center, Changsha attaches great importance to reading for all, and has built an urban-rural integrated reading system for the whole people, including the main branch library, 24-hour self-service library, subway library, mobile book service point, rural bookstore, private library, shared library, etc., to enhance the people's sense of cultural acquisition and happiness with high-quality cultural supply, so that "Books Changsha" becomes a bright business card of Star City.

The 42 years of the farmhouse bookstore are overflowing with the fragrance of books

Along the Times Sunshine Avenue all the way to the east, from the Dongshan Bridge across the Liuyang River, you come to Huangxing Town, Changsha County. Huangxing Town is located in Changsha's "100-mile Flower and Tree Corridor", and the flower seedling industry is very developed. The Li family is a big family of flowers and trees, and the Li Zhongxiao book household hides in this fragrant green shade, with 3 reading rooms, a collection of more than 20,000 books, and more than 10,000 readers every year. The most comfortable time is still in the middle of summer, the green environment of the bookstore comes with air conditioning effect, especially when entering the house, the face is washed with cold water from the well in front of the door, and the reader's impetuous heart is quickly immersed in the reading environment.

Such a condition was placed 42 years ago, but I dare not think of it! At that time, Li Hailan's idea of starting a book house was very simple, because her 16-year-old daughter Li Zhongxiao was the most naughty, and the family ran a book house for her to manage, just to receive the heart. When he hung the plaque of "Li Zhongxiao Book Household" on the wall of the hall house, the bottom of the bookstore was still very thin, with an area of only 7 square meters, and the collection of books was only more than 50 volumes, all of which were textbooks or villain books.

Although the conditions were very simple when starting a business, the whole family participated in the management and construction of the bookstore, and for more than 40 years, they insisted on serving readers for free, and the scale of the bookstore became larger and larger, and the reputation became better and better. For example, because Li Hailan wrote well with a brush, he purchased calligraphers such as Ouyang Qian and Huang Ziyuan and distributed them to children who like calligraphy. Whenever children's day, military day and other festivals, the whole family takes the initiative to send books to children, veterans and other groups. These initiatives are well received by local residents.

The most memorable thing for Li Zhongxiao's family was that in May 1983, Hu Jintao, then secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, came to the bookstore and wrote an inscription on the spot: "Learn from Comrade Li Zhongxiao." At that time, 202 books such as Gaotang Du Jueren, Ganshan Liao Guoqing, Chunhua Li Moqing, and Wangxin Peng Jiliang also emerged in the countryside of Changsha County. In particular, it is worth mentioning that the owners of many rural bookstores have also drawn agricultural science and technology knowledge from books, transformed from ordinary book households to science and technology book demonstration households, and shined in professional fields such as pig raising, chicken raising, and beekeeping.

The planting of flowers and trees by Li Zhongxiao's family started from a book of "Garden Flowers". Soon after the completion of the bookstore, it was listed as a key counseling and follow-up service object by the Changsha County Library, and a number of books were sent, including "Garden Flowers" written by Professor Liu Ziming of Hunan Agricultural College (now Hunan Agricultural University) and others. This not only greatly improved the reading conditions of the bookstore, but also changed the life trajectory of Li Zhongxiao's family. They planted trees and flowers according to this book, and even "according to Tu Suoji", they found Liu Ziming and asked for advice in person, so the tree was planted well, the flowers bloomed well, and the little days became more and more prosperous. Under the demonstration of their family, the enthusiasm of the villagers for learning is also rising, thus driving the economic development of one side. The farmhouse bookstore has truly become the "golden house" of farmers.

Since 42 years ago, when farmers set up their own book households, rural book work has long been the highlight of Changsha's cultural undertakings. Liu Yutian, director of Changsha County Library, said that urban and rural residents' desire for quality reading services is the same, if The Li Zhongxiao family's initiative in that year was to solve the problem of "whether there is" or not reading in rural areas, then now it is necessary to focus on "good or bad". Liu Yutian introduced: "In the next step, we will further optimize the library service system of urban and rural integration, focus on improving service efficiency, effectively ensure the timely update and circulation of rural library (room) books, and build a rural reading promotion volunteer service team." Continue to organize and carry out reading activities for the whole people with rich content and diverse forms, and promote the balance of urban and rural reading services. ”

Changsha enterprises fall in love with libraries

Changsha High-tech Zone is known for its concentration of enterprises and talents. Lugu gathers more than 34,000 enterprises and more than 400,000 active employees, of which the number of high-level talents exceeded 200,000, ranking first among the parks in the province. But in stark contrast, the lack of cultural resources and weak cultural foundation have long plagued the high-tech zone - before 2018, Lugu did not have a library, which became a blind spot and pain point in the construction of public libraries in the city.

In 2018, the high-tech zone launched the construction of library projects. Today, the pain points of the past have become the highlights, and as of the beginning of 2022, 10 branches have been built, creating a cultural brand of "Lugu Book Bar".

Not far from the management committee of the high-tech zone, the sign Lugu Coordinates is a green ecological office area, changsha library high-tech zone Lujing branch is located here, the branch library also has another name called Lugu Book Bar Lugu Coordinates Museum, covering an area equivalent to three or four parking spaces. Aunt Huang, dressed in volunteer red, enthusiastically opened the door for reporters, and she was one of the more than 20 volunteers in the museum. In 2020, the recently completed book bar solicited volunteers, and Aunt Huang, who loved literature and history when she was young, immediately signed up, and she said bluntly: "I just like to read books to become a volunteer!" ”

The reporter saw that although the book bar is not large, the bookshelves are well organized, the bright yellow decoration style is simple and warm, and the two rows of tables and chairs are laid out, attracting many people to study here. Ouyang Teacher of Hunan First Normal College, who is sitting here writing a thesis with a copy of "Comparative Education before School", told reporters: "In the past, borrowing books and returning books had to cross the river to go to the Changsha Library General Library in Binjiang Cultural Park, which was too far. Now there is a book bar at the doorstep, enjoy the Changsha Library loan and return policy, here the environment is good, the aunt is good, it is really convenient for nearby residents. ”

Wu Zhiqiang, director of the Cultural, Sports and Tourism Division of the Social Undertakings Bureau of the Management Committee of Changsha High-tech Zone, introduced that in view of the characteristics of the concentration of enterprises in the park, the library of the high-tech zone has begun to strengthen enterprise services and help industrial development from the aspects of site selection, database construction, reference consultation, etc., to complete the leap from "following and running" to "running together", and striving to go steadily and far on the road of supporting the high-quality development of enterprises in the park.

The library has signed an agreement with key enterprises in the jurisdiction to establish a long-term mechanism for service enterprises to help economic development. For example, Long Yaohua, deputy director of Changsha Library, said that high-tech enterprises have a great demand for information on industrial development and the frontier of science and technology, but a single enterprise has to purchase related services, and it is not cost-effective to calculate economic accounts, which is a pain point. It just so happens that information retrieval is the professional skill of librarians, and libraries can play a professional role. Changsha Library provides various consulting services around the industrial layout and development plan of the park, provides free information inquiries to biomedical enterprises, and combs the development of the artificial intelligence industry to form an analysis report. According to statistics, the average number of enterprises in the park is 150 times a month, and the average daily appointment time is more than 5 hours.

In addition to the general branch library system of Changsha Library, the Federation of Trade Unions of the High-tech Zone has also cooperated with enterprises to create a large number of staff bookstores such as CLP, Wasion and Dongfanghong Construction to continuously enrich the life of employees.

Mobile book trucks drive into the campus

Winter break is over and a new semester begins. The mobile book cart of Changsha Library is about to enter the campus again, which is the "Reading, No One Can Be Less" library-school co-construction project. Up to now, the library-school co-construction project has reached cooperation with more than 60 primary and secondary schools in the city, and in the past 2021, the library-school co-construction project has handled more than 25,000 "small reader cards" for primary and secondary school students in the city, and has served more than 90 times in the school, helping schools implement the "double reduction" policy and promoting the formation of a trend of loving reading, reading good books and reading well in the whole society.

Qingyuan CITIC Primary School in Tianxin District joined the museum-school co-construction project in 2021. Principal Zhang Wen told reporters: "Our school has a very good reading tradition, was rated as a Hunan Province Shuxiang Campus, young teacher Cao Yongjian opened a 'firefly classroom', and organized parents and children to establish a family bookstore for 100 families in need. After joining the library-school co-construction project, the school reading atmosphere is even stronger, Zhang Wen said: "Now more than 2,000 children in the school have their own exclusive 'little reader card'. More than 300 meters away from the school is the Nancheng Branch of Changsha Library, which has a wealth of children's books and is a good place for children to read after class. ”

The reporter was also curious, although the library's collection of books is indeed more abundant, but as a carrier into the campus mobile book truck volume is actually not large, obviously can not move the entire children's reading room books to the campus for children to choose. So how does the new book it brings fit children's reading interests?

The answer is big data! Tang Lihua, a staff member of Changsha Library, told reporters that the books they brought to the school were filtered based on the borrowing data of the management background, and they were all books that children borrowed more times. In addition, Changtu also invited reading experts to strictly control the quality of books to ensure that the books sent to the school are not only liked by children, but also have more secure content and can play a subtle role in the reading process.

In addition to stimulating children's interest in reading, the co-construction of the museum and school also makes teachers want to show their skills in the field of reading. Yi Yu, principal of the primary school affiliated to the National University of Defense Technology, expressed the hope that the library can create a volunteer service platform so that talented and willing teachers in the school can widely carry out social reading services.

In fact, Changsha Library has created a professional team called "Story First Artist", which is based on famous artists such as children's literature writers, senior family education instructors, senior reading instructors, etc., and the majority of volunteers who are keen on children's reading education guidance participate together. For everyone's enthusiasm, Zhang Jun, deputy director of Changsha Library, said: "We welcome more teachers and parents from schools to join us. Zhang Jun also revealed that the Changsha children's mobile book truck that specializes in serving schools will be put into use in 2022, when it will meet with students with a more childlike appearance, more complete functions and more frequent services.

Wang Ziyang, director of Changsha Library, told reporters that the "double reduction" policy is a social system project, And Changsha Library will take the initiative to assume the role of "school without walls" and "cultural living room" of Changsha citizens, through continuous exploration and efforts, innovative service methods, precision docking of schools and families, cohesion of social forces, and construction of a good reading ecology conducive to the healthy growth of minors.

Social education spreads knowledge and positive energy

Just past the winter vacation, the staff of the Lei Feng Library in Wangcheng District was too busy to prepare one cultural activity after another for the children. For example, the Hanfu activity "Ancient and Modern Celebrities Make a Lantern Festival", from copywriting planning to venue layout, from detailed communication to notifying readers, took only 5 days. Staff member Ding Zhenzhen, in 18 days, carried out 60 activities, taught 116 class hours, and traveled between many branches to serve more than 3,000 readers... She became a model worker in everyone's mouth.

Ding Zhenzhen's work belongs to social education, which is an important function of the library. In Changsha, public libraries such as Hunan Library and Changsha Library attach great importance to social education, and their social education brand columns have lasted for more than 10 years, benefiting many citizens.

Started in 2011, Xiangtu People's Classroom offered more than 1,400 courses of various types, taught by nearly 300 teachers, and benefited more than 100,000 students. The 63-year-old Huang Jian is a student of the seal carving class and a loyal fan of the Xiangtu people's classroom. Six years ago, after being introduced by a friend, he signed up for a harmonica class with the mentality of trying it out. "The teachers are very good, high-level and responsible." Deeply aware of the improvement of his artistic accomplishment, he successively participated in painting, calligraphy and other courses. "Now the reputation of Xiangtu people's classes is getting bigger and bigger, more and more people are signing up, and many courses have to be robbed!" Huang Jian told reporters. The word of mouth of good word of mouth not only attracted students, but also invited teachers. Li Hefeng, a teacher in the seal engraving class, is a member of the China Arts and Crafts Association and the Provincial and Municipal Beauty Association. In 2013, he heard that the Xiangtu people's classroom was doing well, but there was no suitable landscape painting teacher, so he took the initiative to ask for help and opened new classes every year. It is worth mentioning that the Xiangtu People's Classroom adheres to the principle of public welfare, does not charge tuition fees to students, and teachers are also volunteering as volunteers.

In the early days, the students of the Xiangtu People's Classroom were mainly middle-aged and elderly readers, and the situation has changed greatly in recent years, showing a trend of rejuvenation. Li Huayan, a staff member of Xiangtu, introduced that the rejuvenation of students is concentrated in two aspects: first, young people are willing to "recharge", and the number of students after 80 and 90 has increased significantly, especially the Changsha teacher group to learn a lot; second, the parent-child course has attracted a large number of young parents to bring their children to class, especially the appearance rate of fathers is very high.

In addition to the rejuvenation of the students, more and more young faces have appeared in the volunteer teacher team. In the past, more than 95% of teachers were retirees, and the proportion of young people who are now working has reached one-third. "Last year alone we added a large number of young teachers." Li Huayan introduced, "For example, the le yun teacher of the recitation class is 94 years old, and the huang zuo teacher of the children's programming parent-child class is 95 years old. Although these teachers are young, they are very experienced in teaching and have strong professional skills. The students of Xiangtu People's Classroom like them! ”

Changsha Library has also launched public welfare courses since 2012, and in 2016 it was officially named the "Shuxiang Changsha Hundred Teachers and Thousand Lessons" volunteer service project, recruiting about 100 professional volunteers to open 1,000 courses every year, and the professional courses that are grounded, popular and diversified have attracted the participation of the general public, with a total of more than 100,000 students. In the spring of 2022, Changsha Library plans to open 40 classes with an enrollment of 1,500 students, including ukulele, colored lead painting, hand-knitting, bamboo flute, photography, Mandarin reading, gourd silk, erhu, pottery flute, Xiang embroidery and so on.

Professional teaching allows students to turn their interest into expertise, volunteer service has trained more volunteers, at present, Changsha Library has set up anti-drug public welfare lecturer group, adult recitation language art group, youth "leading readers" and other volunteer teams, into schools, enterprises, communities, villages to comprehensively promote reading, spread knowledge and positive energy.