A Pilot Study on the Mission and Development of Public Libraries:A Comparative Study of the 1994 and 2022 Editions of the Public Library Manifesto
[Purpose/Significance]The Public Library Manifesto,as a programmatic document for the inter-national libraries,has consolidated the international community's consensus on the mission and development phi-losophy of public libraries in the current era.And a comparative study of its different editions is valuable and mean-ingful.[Method/Process]A comparative study of the 1994 and 2022 editions of the Public Library Manifesto was conducted through content analysis to summarize the persistence and innovation in the mission of public libraries as well as the evolution in development philosophy.[Result/Conclusion]The mission of public library at different historical stages is different,but the information service,social education and cultural dissemination are always the core and the direction of persistence.The mission innovation of public library is mainly in community roles,social education,resource supply and knowledge services.The development philosophy of public library has gone through a process of continuous expansion and deepening of the openness and inclusiveness,the"new birth"of the sustain-able development,and the visualization of the equality.
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