Book-sharing gatherings buzz with warmth, parent-child reading nurtures happy families, and literary performances celebrating the joy of reading shine brightly... In recent years, Nanshan Street in Donghai County has deepened its commitment to promoting reading among all residents. By improving reading spaces, enriching activities, and extending services, the street has consistently enhanced the cultural fabric of community life, bringing reading into every household and delivering cultural benefits directly to people's doorsteps.
To strengthen the foundation for universal reading, Nanshan Street has strategically planned grassroots reading spaces, establishing 39 diverse reading venues across the area, achieving full coverage in all villages and communities. This ensures residents have convenient and accessible reading options nearby. Community libraries and rural reading rooms are systematically organized, with dedicated children's reading areas and adult lending sections. The collections are rich and varied, covering classic literature, popular science, life skills, children's books, and more, catering to the diverse reading needs of different groups. Dedicated full-time and part-time staff are in place, with strict standards for opening hours, lending procedures, and service quality. A comprehensive book circulation and allocation system is maintained, including regular book exchanges and updates across libraries to keep collections fresh and continuously circulating. The street is also upgrading reading rooms, installing electronic lending terminals at suitable locations to create smart digital rural libraries, bridging online and offline reading channels and making reading smarter and more convenient for residents.
Building spaces is just the beginning; making them vibrant is key. Nanshan Street actively innovates with a "library + multi-integration" model, moving beyond solitary reading to combine libraries with legal education, science popularization, skill training, and cultural practices. Tailored reading services are provided for different groups such as youth, seniors, and new workers, ensuring people of all ages and professions can enjoy the pleasures of reading. The street continually refreshes activity formats, moving beyond static reading to introduce engaging options like scenario recitations, role-based readings, picture book plays, and story performances, bringing book content to community stages. Outdoor reading scenes are expanded, with reading sessions extending to community pavilions and street-side lawns, creating mobile outdoor reading spaces and fostering an atmosphere where reading can happen anywhere, anytime. A monthly calendar of themed reading activities is published in advance, allowing residents to participate based on their interests and needs, making reading a regular, grounded, and lively part of community life.
Nanshan Street adopts a two-pronged approach, both inviting residents into libraries and taking reading to their doorsteps. Regular mobile book stalls are set up in neighborhoods and markets, with monthly visits to squares and streets, displaying curated quality reads and offering on-site services like book lending and registration. This effectively addresses challenges such as limited mobility or difficulty in accessing books. For special groups including the elderly, disabled individuals, and low-income families, volunteer teams provide door-to-door services, delivering books, newspapers, and reading packages, and assisting with borrowing and deliveries. This ensures cultural care and warm support reach every home, leaving no one behind in the journey of reading.
The breeze of universal reading continues to blow, and the steps of cultural benefit-sharing never cease. Promoting reading for all is not only a key part of Nanshan Street's efforts to enhance public cultural services but also a crucial measure to bridge the "last mile" of grassroots cultural services and boost residents' sense of happiness. Moving forward, Nanshan Street will focus closely on the spiritual and cultural needs of the community, continuously optimizing reading resources, innovating service models, and enriching distinctive activities. Through sustained promotion of reading, it aims to nurture a civilized local ethos, empower grassroots governance with the warmth of books, and elevate the quality and impact of cultural benefits, allowing the fragrance of books to permeate the community and making grassroots culture more warm and impactful.
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