Reading promotion has become a mainstream service of libraries. Library science needs to study the basic theories of reading promotion. This paper proposes the Theory of Reading Promotion for All(TRPA) as the principle of library reading promotion. The concept of reading promotion for all, established in the reading for all policy of the Chinese government, is the theoretical source of TRPA. TRPA can be divided into two parts: the theory of reading for all and reading promotion. The theoretical characteristics of TRPA are: promoting reading for all through reading promotion, reading promotion for all, reading promotion for reading, and reading promotion as a service.

This paper examines the provincial-level standards for city’ s study in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, and Henan, tracing their development trajectory. Through comparative analysis of core indicators, including site selection and planning, facility requirements, digital infrastructure, service resources, service content, and management mechanisms， the paper identifies challenges in regional coordination, digital application, service quality management, and the effectiveness of standard implementation. Based on these findings, a three-dimensional pathway— “flexible standards, collaborative governance, and dynamic monitoring”—is proposed to provide standardized support for city’ s study and to address the “last-mile problem” of delivering high-quality cultural resources to grassroots communities.

As an emerging service model, Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) has brought new opportunities for the development of public libraries in the digital era. Although it still faces many challenges in copyright law, technological control, and the balance of interests, CDL plays a meaningful role in advancing library digital transformation, delivering high-quality resources to grassroots communities, and promoting nationwide reading initiatives. This paper takes Guangzhou Library’ s practice in the use and management of digital documentary copyrights as a case study to examine the feasibility of applying the CDL model in Chinese public libraries. Based on the identified risks and challenges, it proposes countermeasures from four perspectives—legal, technological, managerial, and user-oriented—with the aim of providing insights for the use and management of other types of digital resource copyrights in public libraries.

With the breakthrough development of technologies such as generative AI and federated learning, library data management is undergoing a paradigm shift from “data storage” to “intelligent knowledge creation.” In response to stricter national policies and regulations regarding data security and privacy protection, as well as the innovative opportunities and risk challenges posed by massive datasets, this paper proposes a library data management system based on a four-layer intelligent architecture: perception, cognition, decision, and service. By integrating artificial intelligence and big data technologies, the system establishes an efficient, flexible, and intelligent data processing platform. The paper further proposes strategies including constructing an overall intelligent data management architecture for libraries, establishing AI-based intelligent resource organization and knowledge discovery mechanisms, implementing intelligent user profiling and personalized service strategies, and exploring data-driven decision support and operational management optimization paths.

In the context of education digitalization, data analysis technologies provide strong technical support for evaluating students’ academic performance and delivering personalized and precise academic guidance. Based on the Kmeans clustering algorithm, this paper analyzes nearly 700,000 records of book borrowing and learning performance data collected over six years from University X in City H. It explores the interactive relationship between borrowing behavior and learning performance, identifies three categories of borrowing behavior among students, and clarifies the associations and rules between borrowing patterns and academic outcomes—revealing a strong correlation between passive borrowing behavior and poor academic performance. Universities should therefore promote educational reform and innovation, accelerate the digital transformation of education, and leverage digital technology to strengthen academic early warning mechanisms, develop intelligent and customized academic guidance systems, and build immersive smart learning environments.

Enhancing university students’ digital reading literacy is of great importance to building a strong nation supported by digital talent. Based on the framework of media and information literacy, this paper employs the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to construct an evaluation index system comprising three primary indicators, that is digital reading awareness, digital reading ability, and information ethics and security, and ten secondary indicators. The empirical findings reveal that university students’ overall digital reading literacy is above the medium level, though the development among different dimensions is uneven. Students from comprehensive universities demonstrate significantly higher levels of digital reading literacy than those from other types of institutions, and gender differences are evident, with male students generally outperforming female students. This paper aims to provide a solid assessment framework to support the enhancement of digital reading literacy among Chinese university students and to promote the ongoing optimization and development of digital reading education.

Based on an investigation of family reading promotion practices in 11 city public libraries across Zhejiang Province, this paper identifies three typical models—community-based outreach, dual-line coordination, and customized service—and summarizes their implementation strategies, including multi-stakeholder collaboration, incentive mechanisms, and brand development. It further analyzes the effectiveness and challenges of these practices. Drawing on the framework of social ecosystem theory, the paper proposes an action path comprising three interrelated levels: at the micro level, deepening library services and fostering a family reading ecosystem; at the meso level, building collaborative networks and expanding service reach; and at the macro level, optimizing policy environments and cultivating a readingoriented cultural atmosphere. The findings are intended to enrich research on family reading promotion in public libraries in the new era and to advance the in-depth implementation of the national reading strategy.

As a key group in cultural inheritance, preschool children’ s engagement in Traditional Chinese Cultural Enlightenment Reading is an important practice for fostering cultural identity and shaping values. Based on a questionnaire survey conducted in 23 kindergartens in the main urban area of Chongqing, this paper identifies several issues in current practices: a significant gap between awareness and practice, clear distinctions between enlightenment reading and general reading behaviors, and a strong dependence on the family environment despite limited family resources for such reading. The paper also finds that family, enlightenment reading materials, and collaborative ecosystems play crucial roles in influencing preschool children’ s engagement in Traditional Chinese Cultural Enlightenment Reading. Accordingly, it proposes the construction of a collaborative framework centered on public libraries, integrating “library–kindergarten–community–family” as a four-in-one model to advance the coordinated development of enlightenment reading for preschool children.

Using the reading performance points system implemented by the Library of Jiangxi Institute of Technology as a case study, this paper introduces its implementation process and achievements, analyzes existing problems, and proposes corresponding optimization strategies. The strategies include: setting reasonable assessment indicators and improving the management system of reading performance points; making effective use of online platforms to empower the points system through information technology; carrying out diversified reading promotion activities and strengthening communication with readers; and combining long-term mechanisms with short-term initiatives to balance stability and flexibility, in order to provide a reference for the reading promotion work of university libraries.

Brand narrative marketing persuades, moves, and influences people through compelling stories. It features emotional connectivity, media adaptability, and systemic growth, which help tell the stories of Chinese libraries and communicate their core values. However, current brand narrative marketing practices in China’ s public libraries face several challenges: inadequate compelling stories, weak narrative appeal, and insufficient brand planning. This paper analyzes representative cases of brand narrative marketing in public libraries and proposes targeted measures: discovering heartfelt stories to meet users’ emotional expectations; emphasizing narrative skills and cultivating brand storytellers; improving brand planning and promoting dynamic management of narrative marketing; and building an interconnected story network to present libraries as authentic, multidimensional, and comprehensive entities.

The Comprehensive Affairs Center of the Beijing Municipal Cultural Heritage Bureau holds two annotated and collated editions of Jingshi Fangxiang Zhi (Records of the Streets and Alleys of the Capital). One is Miu Quansun’ s twovolume collation of the “Fangxiang” section from Guangxu Shuntian Fu Zhi. Jingshi Zhi (Gazetteer of Shuntian Prefecture during the Guangxu Reign), the other is Zhen Jun’ s ten-volume annotated edition of Jingshi Fangxiang Zhi. Through comparative analysis of these two collated editions, supplemented by manuscript diaries and historical archives, this paper examines the scholars’ collation methods and academic contributions, demonstrating that their work continued the tradition of local gazetteer compilation from the Qing dynasty. By tracing the textual evolution of the two versions of Jingshi Fangxiang Zhi, the paper further reveals the interconnection between modern textual revision and urban transformation. In particular, Miu Quansun’ s annotations are of great research value, as they verify doubtful points, correct textual errors, and supplement lost or missing content.

The Wubaijia Bofang Daquan Wencui is a large-scale collection of Song Dynasty prose, primarily composed in parallel prose, compiled by Ye Fen during the Southern Song Dynasty. This work spread to Goryeo（ancient Korea）and Central Asia, exerting considerable influence. The editions of this collection are complex, with the Wenlan Ge edition from Hangzhou holding significant bibliographical value. This paper offers a comprehensive investigation into the origins, transmission, and evolution of the rarely discussed 110-volume manuscript system of the Wenlan Ge edition, revealing its genealogical relationships. It argues that the original Wenlan Ge manuscript and the imperial library（Zige） copy from the Qianlong period belonged to the same manuscript series but were not directly copied from one another. The Yihai Lou copy by Gu Yuan was transcribed from the Wenlan Ge edition during the Daoguang period, preserving the original features of the Wenlan Ge edition. The Wenlan Ge edition of Wubaijia Bofang Daquan Wencui originally comprised 66 volumes, 17 of which were destroyed as a result of warfare in the eleventh year of the Xianfeng reign. During the Guangxu period, Ding Bing supplemented the edition by copying 36 volumes from the Ding family’ s
collection, with only 3 volumes of the catalog survived, thus forming the current Wenlan Ge supplemented edition. The Yuexue Lou manuscript originally owned by Kong Guangtao was initially a fragmentary 110-volume set（with only 8 volumes remaining）, which was completed using the Wenlan Ge supplemented edition during the Guangxu period. The Ding Zang manuscript, the Yuexue Lou manuscript, and the Wenyuan Ge manuscript represent different copies derived from the same early ancestor manuscript.

Scholarly research on library associations during the Republic of China began in the 1930s and has undergone four stages of development: rise (1930s–1940s), stagnation (1950s–1970s), recovery (1980s–1990s), and prosperity (since the beginning of the 21st century), yielding substantial academic achievements. Overall, research conducted since the beginning of the 21st century has been characterized by an expanding scope of inquiry, the emergence of more systematic studies, a gradual broadening of research perspectives, increasingly objective conclusions, evolving research paradigms, and strengthened efforts to collect and organize historical materials. Future research should strengthen the excavation and collation of primary historical materials, expand research horizons, and adopt a more comprehensive range of methodologies.