The surviving sites of the former Zhejiang Provincial Library are primarily located on Gushan Road and Daxue Road. The White Building on Gushan Road and the facility on Daxue Road were specifically constructed as library buildings during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China period. These buildings feature Western architectural styles and spacious interiors, reflecting the era's trend of Westernizing library construction. Under the diligent stewardship of directors such as Chen Xunci, the Zhejiang Provincial Library achieved notable success in collection development, business management, cultural promotion, and academic research, establishing itself as a national leader. The multiple transcriptions and supplements of its Wen Lan Ge Si Ku Quan Shu(Complete Library of Four Treasures), and its relocation during the Japanese invasion of China, create a poignant chapter in its history.

The high-quality development of cultural and tourism integration creates new opportunities for enhancing the spatial quality, supply efficiency, and service effectiveness of regional public cultural service resources. This can innovatively expand the coverage of public cultural services and achieve cross-border integration of regional resources. This study utilizes POI (Point of Interest) data on public cultural service resources from 130 cities within the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Employing comprehensive spatial analysis tools in ArcGIS, such as the nearest neighbor index, standard deviation ellipse, kernel density analysis, and the geographical detector model, the research explores the spatial distribution characteristics and influencing factors of these resources. Based on the findings, the study proposes strategies to optimize the spatial layout of public cultural service resources in the Yangtze River Economic Belt and promote the coordinated development of regional cultural tourism integration. Recommendations include building cultural comprehensive zones, improving financial guarantee mechanisms, accelerating transportation integration, and increasing investment in scientific and technological innovation.

Utilizing grounded theory and qualitative analysis software NVivo12plus, this study conducts a coding analysis of the research librarian title assessment criteria across 31 provinces (autonomous regions, and municipalities) in China. Four fundamental evaluation dimensions are identified: ideology and morality, basic qualifications, professional competence, and research capability. The study outlines several guiding principles, including prioritizing moral character, favoring highly educated individuals, encouraging long-term dedication to library and information science, implementing differentiated evaluations, emphasizing the practical impact of professionals' work on society and the industry, and promoting thorough, long-term research. The study also highlights a shift from "paper-centric" evaluations to a more balanced approach and analyzes of potential risks such as exacerbating professional burnout, fostering a utilitarian approach to career development, and hindering team cohesion.

This study conducts a content analysis of 59 book lists and 415 bibliographies from empirical research on children's reading therapy published between 2008 and 2023. The analysis covers four main aspects—target audience, book list sources, bibliographic characteristics, and therapeutic effects—across nine sub-dimensions. The findings reveal that the segmentation of children's needs is growing ever more precise and detailed, with book themes, genres, and formats showing strong relevance. Reading therapy demonstrates significant efficacy in improving children's emotional, behavioral, and cognitive issues. However, there is a need for China to focus on local culture to enhance the innovation, systemization, scientific rigor, and meticulousness of reading therapy practices, including the development of book lists, local reading materials, professional training, and follow-up evaluations.

This article is based on a commemorative essay written by friends and students of Zhao Wanli in the contemporary literature circle, focusing on the foundational knowledge, academic origins, achievements in bibliography and cataloging, scholarly scope and style, as well as contributions to preserving and inheriting ancient Chinese texts at the National Library of China and his role in teaching and nurturing talent. The paper provides a comprehensive overview of Zhao Wanli's outstanding contributions to the protection and inheritance of Chinese classical texts in the field of literature, bibliography, and cataloging.His elevated spirit, selfless attributes, and outstanding academic feats are poised to inspire successive generations of scholars to wholeheartedly commit themselves to the safeguarding and perpetuation of invaluable historical documents and classical literature.

Over the past decade, NIUL has transformed from a university library with gradually diminishing functions into a vibrant learning commons. The article discusses five key areas in public services: creating learning commons, optimizing the library environment and facilities, promoting course reserves and open access services, enhancing circulation and reference services, and advancing information literacy. Additionally, it covers four key areas in collection management: digital projects, operational models, departmental reorganization, and developing distinctive collections.

The digital cultural strategy has prompted public libraries to delve deeper into reading promotion, providing both direction and guidance for innovative approaches in this area. This article takes the profound impact of the digital cultural strategy on library reading promotion as a starting point, combining typical cases of reading promotion at Hangzhou Library under the digital cultural strategy. It proposes innovative development strategies for library reading promotion under the digital cultural strategy from three main aspects: shifting service paradigms, emphasizing digital reforms on the supply side, and reshaping the "space" of reading services; optimizing the collection of digital resources, enhancing the effectiveness of co-construction and sharing, and establishing an intelligent reading promotion system; and reinforcing the intelligence of reading scenes, integrating emerging technology application services, and elucidating multidimensional reading promotion services.

The Extant Catalogue of Books in Japan is the earliest surviving Japanese imperial compilation of Chinese books. Its content, format, and ideological framework were primarily influenced by the most comprehensive catalog of historical records and literature from the early Tang Dynasty in China, the Sui Shu Jing Ji Zhi. This reflects a multifaceted acceptance that is valuable for bibliographical research. This paper conducts a comparative study of the Extant Catalogue of Books in Japan and the Sui Shu Jing Ji Zhi from the perspectives of the usefulness of records, the orderliness of classification, and the ethical value. The study concludes that ancient Japan’s strategy, experience, and wisdom in accepting Chinese cataloging principles are beneficial for enhancing displaying the ideological and practical systems influence of Chinese library science.

This study employs a comprehensive approach integrating methods such as literature review, historical document interpretation, and historical research, focusing on periodical data from Guangdong during the Republic of China period (1912-1949). It discusses various aspects of periodical data, including publication time, publishing institutes, publication frequency, format size, geographical distribution, and library collections. The aim is to provide a macroscopic reflection on the publishing development history of periodicals in Guangdong, to analyze historical issues and contemporary significance reflected behind the periodicals, and to further interpret the important historical value and publishing significance of periodicals in Guangdong during the Republic of China period.

This paper examines the progress of international research on the intersection of generative AI and library development. Findings indicate that international scholars widely recognize the potential of generative AI to emulate human cognitive processes, autonomously generate information content, and provide personalized user services, including intelligent retrieval, automatic classification, and interactive Q&A. These capabilities significantly enhance the efficiency of library services and improve user experience. Nonetheless, the application of generative AI also brings risks such as data privacy breaches, copyright infringement, algorithmic bias, technological dependency, and ethical ambiguities. These risks have raised significant concern among international scholars, who have proposed various policy recommendations. These include establishing stringent data governance frameworks and privacy protection policies, promoting copyright education and compliant content acquisition, eliminating biases through diversified datasets and regular algorithm audits, enhancing transparency in decision-making, clearly attributing responsibility, strengthening system resilience against technological dependency, and formulating ethical guidelines to prevent potential risks.

Based on information ecology theory and service quality gap theory, this study explores the influencing factors and pathway relationships of tourism information service quality in public libraries under the culture-tourism integration context. A theoretical model of influencing factors for the quality of tourism information services in public libraries is constructed, and an analysis and evaluation of the influencing factors and their interrelationships are conducted. Based on the research findings, corresponding strategies and recommendations are proposed from four dimensions: information, information personnel, information technology, and information environment, to provide guidance for enhancing the momentum of high-quality development of tourism information services in public libraries.

Facilitating the seamless integration of tourism culture with the rich cultural resources of libraries serves as a novel avenue for libraries to innovate service models, enhance service paths, and diversify service offerings. This article surveys both domestic and international libraries using databases like WOS and CNKI. Employing literature research methods, content analysis, and  comparative analysis, it systematically reviews and summarizes the current state of research on library-tourism integration. The article highlights practical achievements in the mutual exchange and integration between libraries and the tourism industry within the context of cultural and tourism integration. Additionally, it discusses the research methodologies employed in this field, along with its limitations and future prospects. The aim is to provide insights, lessons, and inspirations for future studies on the active involvement of libraries in tourism development.

This paper provides a detailed interpretation of the professionalization aspects within China's current national and local public library laws and regulations. It discusses the current state of public librarian professionalization, highlighting the significant impact of institutional design, the increasingly diverse academic and professional backgrounds of librarians, and the role of industry organizations in promoting professionalization. The paper proposes several strategies to enhance the professionalization of public librarians, including revising laws and regulations to support their professional development, clearly defining the professional roles of public librarians, rethinking the traditional approach to librarian qualification certification, optimizing the training and development mechanisms for library professionals, refining the evaluation and appointment system for librarian titles, and strengthening the coordinating functions of library industry organizations. These measures are intended to drive the high-quality development of public libraries and support the broader goal of establishing a culturally strong socialist nation.

The provision of socialized services by university libraries is an essential aspect and proactive initiative within the vision of common prosperity. Institutional arrangements by governments and organizations, along with theories of public service and knowledge sharing, lend institutional legitimacy and theoretical rationality to socialized services in university libraries. By analyzing the current status of socialized services in university libraries in Zhejiang Province, this paper identifies various structural challenges such as skewed service concepts, inadequate institutional regulations, low levels of social openness, and deficiencies in talent pool construction. It suggests addressing these challenges through correcting conceptual biases, strengthening institutional regulation construction, enhancing levels of openness, bolstering the construction of specialized talent teams, aiming to fully enhance the effectiveness of socialized services in university libraries.

This paper focuses on the publications of the Chinese Tripitaka in Japan, summarizing its characteristics in the stages of ancient manuscripts, woodblock editions, and printed editions, and tracing the historical facts of Sino-Japanese cultural exchanges. The research indicates that during the early stages of handwritten and engraved sutras, the Chinese Tripitaka in Japan was primarily introduced and published through methods such as copying by hand, re-engraving, and printing, with its compilation heavily relying on the Chinese Tripitaka. Moving into modern times, Japan gradually established its own system for organizing Tripitaka knowledge through processes of revision, compilation, and translation, marking the development and integration of the Chinese Tripitaka in Japan.

City’s studies are community mini libraries managed by the main library of a City. This article examines the background of introducing the social adoption system in city's study, elaborates on the original intent behind this exploration, and summarizes the positive outcomes and challenges faced in the implementation of this system. Case studies from Huayuanli in Dongtou District, Meteorology in Taishun County, and Qingfeng Community in Lucheng District are used to illustrate these points. Based on these findings, the article proposes countermeasures and suggestions: strengthening policy and funding support, improving adoption supervision, ensuring the public welfare nature of the initiative, offering flexible adoption content and formats, and enhancing the benefits of adoption. The goal is to provide references and guidance for better integration of social resources in various regions and to promote the sustainable development of new public reading spaces.

This study utilizes the SICAS model to construct a digital reading promotion model for youth in libraries, focusing on stages such as mutual perception, interactive interest, communication and connection, participation and usage, and shared experiences. The feasibility of this model is demonstrated through Dongguan Library's "Youth Digital Reading Summer Camp" as a practical case. The study emphasizes the importance of being interest-oriented, concept-led, technologydriven, evaluation-focused, collaboration-based, and system-supported in the development process. The aim is to enhance the efficiency of digital reading promotion for youth, fostering a love for digital reading and improving their digital literacy.

Popular reference books serve as a key subject for examining folk knowledge and cultural consumption in the Ming Dynasty. Recent research has predominantly utilized the sociology of knowledge approach, focusing on the social contexts of knowledge. This paper reviews the academic history of popular reference books since the mid-twentieth century, addressing recent critiques of traditional paradigms and exploring scholarly discussions from the perspectives of folk culture and print culture. The study reveals a shift in focus from the textual content of these books to their broader cultural and consumption contexts, while also highlighting an imbalance in the scope and perspectives of existing research.

This study examines the bibliographic cataloging of books published in Taiwan region using EAN codes. Starting with the relationship between ISBNs and EAN-13 codes, it is established that EAN-13 codes encompass ISBNs. Due to their shared coding system, Taiwan's book trade adopts the retail sales system, utilizing the universal commodity code EAN-13 to label books, resulting in the integration of EAN-13 codes in the publications. The article investigates the current cataloging practices of EAN codes in the libraries, evaluates the CNMARC fields for EAN-13 codes, and provides a detailed overview of the 073 field for EAN code description at the Capital Library of China, supported by specific bibliographic data examples.

Reading serves as a crucial process for individual spiritual growth, self-education, and lifelong learning, representing the essence of "cultivating individuals through culture" in libraries. This study examines the organizational and monitoring aspects of college students' reading activities, focusing on the case of self-rescue through reading for students facing the crisis of academic warning. Through analysis and presentation, the study reveals how reading influences emotional regulation, problem-solving, and self-awareness, thus playing a vital role in the spiritual development of college students. The study finds that reading plays an important role in the spiritual growth of college students by influencing individuals' emotional regulation, coping with facts, and self-awareness. The theoretical logic of reading education in universities includes: in the individual reading stage, the selection of books will inevitably shift from bestsellers to classics; reshaping the relationship between teachers and students through "reading and writing together" to reconstruct the subject-object relationship in reading education; libraries should focus on recreating two reading spaces, "artistic" and "classical", and leverage the value of reading environments in talent cultivation; applying knowledge to real life and responding to life situations will be the ultimate goal of reading promotion.

Zheng Zhenduo was a renowned bibliophile and a key founder of modern librarianship in the People's Republic of China. During the Anti-Japanese War, he became connected with the Qu family due to the government's efforts to acquire precious documents. In 1950, Zheng Zhenduo mobilized the Qu family to donate their collection, honored the donors, arranged for the proper settlement of the Qu family, and transformed the Tieqin Tongjian Library collection from private to public ownership. His efforts sparked a book donation movement in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, significantly contributing to the development of the country's cultural heritage.

A questionnaire survey on the digital reading needs and satisfaction of readers at Qingdao Library reveals that while digital resource services are somewhat popular, their promotion lacks focus and innovation. Although there are various ways to access digital resources, their actual usage rate is relatively low. The content structure of digital resources is comprehensive, but it does not fully align with readers' needs. Although there is a variety of digital reading activities, there is a lack of personalized and diverse activity formats. To improve public library digital reading services, strategies should include: focusing on reader needs to establish and improve service mechanism of digital resources; innovating digital reading activity formats to offer personalized and diverse reading services; devising effective digital reading promotion strategies with an emphasis on integrating promotional channels; and improving user experience to stimulate sustained interest and exploration.

The spiritual life of residents in rural areas, as a key component of China's economic development, significantly influences the nation's overall cultural progress. This study, grounded in positive psychology, examines the reading habits of rural residents in Pinghu City, Zhejiang Province, focusing on the impact of reading culture and behavior on their spiritual well-being. The findings indicate that participation in peasant reading clubs significantly enhances their spiritual lives, leading to increased spiritual richness. The paper also provides recommendations for strengthening and improving the construction of peasant reading clubs.

Chen Xunci was a renowned historian and library pioneer in China. The authors have collected five letters written by Chen Xunci to Liu Zengfu, the grandson of Liu Yizheng, from 1986 to 1987. These letters discuss Chen Xunci's involvement in the compilation of the Liu Yimou's Memorial Essays, the Yinchaoxuan Poetry by Wang Huanbiao, and his role as a consultant for the compilation of the Changhuaiji. These documents reveal Chen Xunci's diligence in recording the academic exchanges between his mentors and friends, emphasizing their academic legacies, and demonstrate his commitment to preserving literature and recording history, showcasing the spirit of a dedicated librarian and historian.