邢台市图书馆是市级综合性公共图书馆,是向社会公众提供文献借阅、网络和知识咨询服务的公益性文化机构,是全市文献资源收藏中心、书目中心和图书馆间协作协调及业务交流研究中心,主要承担着集中收藏文献信息、提供文献信息查询服务、保障群众基本阅读权利、开展居民素质培训和社会教育等职能。
市图书馆始建于1978年,原址位于邢台市信都区育才南路,1980年8月建成向公众开放。2012年6月29日迁入现址,整栋大楼建筑面积2.5万平方米,市图书馆使用1.5万平方米。邢台市图书馆是国家一级图书馆,先后荣获全国文化系统先进集体、全民阅读示范基地、河北省社会科学普及基地、河北省公民科学素质教育示范单位、河北省全民阅读活动先进单位、河北省文明单位等荣誉称号。
我馆现有藏书60.3万册,其中普通中文图书50.2万册、报刊合订本8.8万册,另藏有地方文献、太行山专题文献、旅游专题文献、盲文图书等。我馆还拥有32万多册电子图书,并订购了万方数据库、博看科普电子期刊、读秀知识库、全国电子报纸索引系统和维普考试系统、库克数字音乐图书馆、中华数字连环画、中国共产党思想理论资源数据库等13个数字资源。馆藏资源涵盖了社会科学、自然科学和综合性学科各个门类,形成了具有特色的多元化文献保障体系。
为提升服务效能,更好服务读者,市图书馆设有总服务台、社科借阅室、自科借阅室、儿童借阅室、报刊阅览室、参考咨询部、典藏图书室、地方文献室、视障阅览室、自习室、公共电子阅览室以及展览区、报告厅、24小时自助图书馆等16个读者服务窗口,拥有阅览座席866个。近年来,又联合社会力量积极建设新型阅读空间,与邢台农村商业银行合作建立儿童银行分馆,与家乐园地产合作建立了天一和院分馆,实现了与市图书馆通借通还,完善了市区公共文化服务网络,方便了市民就近享受公共图书馆服务。
市图书馆长期坚持“读者第一,服务至上”的服务宗旨,采用Interlib图书馆集群自动化管理系统和无线射频识别技术(RFID)进行业务管理与服务,读者借阅图书可在自助终端自主完成,实现了藏、借、阅、管四位一体,“全开架、零门槛”免费自助服务,最大限度为读者提供文献资源借阅、检索与咨询、公益性讲座和展览、基层辅导、读者活动等文化服务。
近年来,市图书馆组织开展了一些列丰富多彩、主题突出、特色鲜明的全民阅读活动,年均举办读者活动200余场次,疫情前年接待读者达到100多万人次、书刊借阅30多万册次,培育打造了邢图讲座、邢图展览、海豚故事会、邢小图视频服务、扫码看书等一批品牌阅读活动。
邢台市图书馆作为公众社会教育的知识殿堂,以先进的设施、完备的功能、优雅的环境和优质的服务,在倡导全民阅读,建设书香社会中发挥了积极作用,并将更好地为邢台经济社会发展提供精神动力、智力支持和文化保障。
ThebriefintroductionofXingtaiLibrary
XingtaiLibraryisamunicipalcomprehensivepubliclibrary.Itisapublicwelfareculturalinstitutiontoprovidethesocialpublicwithdocumentlending,networkandknowledgeconsultationservice.Anditisthemunicipalcenterthatcollectstheliteratureresourcesandbooks,andthecenterthatseekscollaboration,coordinationandcommunicationamonglibraries.Andthemainfunctionsofthelibraryarecollectingliteratureinformation,providingconsultingserviceofliteratureinformation,protectingpeople’sbasicreadingrightsandholdingcitizenqualitytrainingandsocialeducation.
Xingtailibrary,whichislocatedatYucaiSouthRoad,XinduDistrict,wassetupin1978,andopenedtothepublicinAugust1980.OnJune29,2012,thelibrarywasmovedtoNO.789NorthGangtieRoad.Thelibrarybuilding,whichcoversanareaofabout2.5millionsquaremeters,andofwhich1.5millionsquaremetersisusedbyXingtailibrary.Xingtailibrary,asthelibraryatthefirstlevel,haswon“advancedcollectivesofnationalculturesystem”,“thebaseofnationalreading”,“thebaseofHebeisocialscience”,“themodelunitofHebeicitizen’sscientificquality-orientededucation”,“advancedunitofthenationalreadingactivityofHebeiprovince”,“provincialcivilizedunit”andsoon.
Therearemorethan603,000books,including502,000Chinesebooks,88,000periodicalboundvolumesandtherearealsobooksaboutlocalliterature,Tai-hangculture,travelculture,brailleandsoon.Inaddition,thereare320,000electronicbooksinthelibrary.Wehavebought13databasesincludingWanfangdatabase,Bokanscienceelectronicjournal,Duxiuknowledgebase,nationalelectronicnewspaperindexingsystem,theVIPtestsystem,Cook’sdigitalmusiclibrary,Chinesedigitalcomics,thetheoreticalsystemoftheCommunistPartyofChinaandsoon.Thelibrarycollectionshaveformedadistinctivediversifiedliteratureguaranteesystem,whichcoverssocialscience,naturalscienceandsyntheticalscience.
Inordertoimprovetheserviceefficiencyandgivebetterservicetoreaders,thelibraryhas16readingservicewindows,whicharefrontdesk,socialsciencereadingroom,naturalsciencereadingroom,children’sreadingroom,newspapersandperiodicalsreadingroom,referencedepartment,collectionbookstack,localliteratureroom,visualimpairmentreadingroom,self-studyroom,publicelectronicreadingroom,exhibitionhall,lecturehall,and24-hourlibrary.Andtherearealso866readingseats.Inrecentyears,wehaveunitedallsectorsofcommunitiestocreatenewreadingareas.WehavecooperatedwithXingtairuralcommercialbanktoestablishtheChildrenBankBranchLibrary,andcooperatedwithJialeyuanrealestatedevelopertoestablishTianyiheyuanlibrary.Thethreelibrarieshaveformedunifiedloanandreturnmode,whichimprovespublicservicesystemofcultureandprovidesconveniencetoreaders,whocangotothenearbylibrary.
Xingtailibraryadherestothelong-term“readerfirstandservicesupreme”astheservicetenet.ThelibraryusesInterlibandRFIDforbusinessmanagementandservice,anditisconvenientandefficientforreaderstoborrowbooksatself-serviceterminals.Asforallbooksandperiodicalsinthelendingserviceareaarerealizedthe“four-in-one”ofcollection,lending,readingandmanagement,andrealizedthefreeself-serviceof“allopen-shelf,zerothreshold”.Thelibraryprovidsdthereaderswithmaximumservice,suchasbookslending,retrievalandconsulting,publiclectureandexhibition,basiccoaching,reader’sactivitiesandsoon.
Inrecentyears,thelibraryhasorganizedaseriesofcolorfulnationwidereadingactivitieswithprominentthemesanddistinctivefeatures,andheldmorethan200readeractivitiesannually.Intheyearbeforelast,duringtheepidemic,morethan1,000,000readerswerereceivedandmorethan300,000booksandperiodicalswereborrowed.WehavecreatedanumberofbrandreadingactivitiessuchasXingtulecture,Xingtuexhibition,Dophinstory,Xingxiaotuvideoservice,Scancodereading.
Astheknowledgepalaceofpubliceducation,XingtaiLibraryplayesanactiveroleinadvocatingnationwidereadingandbuildingascholarlysocietywithadvancedfacilities,completefunctions,elegantenvironmentandhigh-qualityservice,andprovidesspiritualmotivation,intellectualsupportandculturalguaranteefortheeconomicandsocialdevelopmentofXingtai.