Published on February 25, Southern Daily A05 edition.
Walking into the "Kind Heart Book Bar" in Maoming Donghui City, the simple design of the log bookcase stands against the wall, and the red classics and Chinese and foreign masterpieces displayed between the lattices are dazzling. Readers insert their ID cards into the "self-service card self-return machine", and an IC reader card is quickly generated and spit out, and at the same time, the city-wide loan and return is realized.
The construction of the "Good Heart Book Bar" is one of the ten practical projects of the Maoming Municipal Government in 2021. In the past year, Maoming City has built 20 "good heart book bars" in public places, which are of different sizes and styles, attracting citizens to come to "cultural punch card" and becoming an important window to show Maoming's "good heart culture".
It was voted as the annual people's livelihood fact by high vote
Back in early 2021, the eighth session of the 12th People's Congress of Maoming City first carried out the voting system for representatives of people's livelihood practical projects, and the construction of the "Good Heart Book Bar" project was identified as one of the ten people's livelihood practical projects with a high number of votes.
The project introduction proposes that in accordance with the principle of "one bar and one characteristic", in tourist scenic spots, hotels, homestays and tourist transportation distribution centers (railway stations, passenger stations) and other units, set up library branches or service points of cultural and tourism integration and innovation forms, build 20 "kind book bars", conditional venues to increase online reading machines and other equipment, encourage the expansion of open space.
Selection of local works is rich in cultural heritage
In order to ensure the long-term operation of the "Good Heart Book Bar", Maoming has incorporated the "Good Heart Book Bar" into the management mode of the general branch library system of public libraries in various places, and has done a good job in providing free open services in accordance with the requirements of the general branch library system.
Handle certificates, borrow books, renew, return books, a small book bar is a miniature library. By configuring the self-service card lending and returning electronic resource machine, Maoming "Good Heart Book Bar" can support readers to self-service card handling, inquiry, renewal and other functions, and realize the city's loan and repayment.
In addition, the self-service card lending machine has 2,000 kinds of e-books, 1,000 kinds of periodicals, 2,000 pieces of Maoming government affairs information, and 1,000 pieces of party building knowledge, and is regularly updated to facilitate readers to read mobile.
In terms of physical books, each "Kind Heart Book Bar" has more than 2,000 books and is dynamically updated. In the selection of books, the "Good Heart Book Bar" also specially selects the works of maoming local writers, taking into account the intangible cultural heritage and the red revolution culture books, and subtly rooted the cultural heritage and spiritual connotation of "good heart Maoming" in the hearts of the masses.
"The book bar has a comfortable reading environment and provides a lot of books about the local culture, which can help children know more about our kind Maoming." Ms. Li, a citizen, took her daughter to choose books and read with great interest.
With all 20 "Kind Heart Book Bars" open for free and the service functions further optimized and improved, the "Good Heart Book Bar" has attracted more and more citizens and tourists, and the small book bar has also become a warm and comfortable "cultural granary" for citizens.
[Southern Daily reporter] Zou Xiangliang
[Correspondent] Deng Haibao
【Author】 Zou Xiangliang
【Source】 Southern Press Media Group South + client