图书馆是人类知识的宝库,是人们学习和更新科学文化知识的场所,具有传递文献信息,开发智力资源,进行社会教育的职能。图书馆是储存精神产品的库房,它本身不创造知识,自身也不利用知识,根本任务是把知识与社会的需求联系起来,起到知识交流的中介作用,成为社会知识生产和利用的桥梁。 Library is a treasure house of human knowledge, a place for people to learn and update scientific and cultural knowledge, and has the function of transmitting documentary information, developing intellectual resources and conducting social education. The library is a warehouse for storing spiritual products. It does not create knowledge on its own, nor does it make use of it. The fundamental task is to link knowledge with the needs of the society, to act as an intermediary for knowledge exchange and to become a bridge between social knowledge production and utilization.