读者目录具有向读者宣传,推荐和揭示馆藏的作用,是联系读者与馆藏文献的桥梁。读者要借阅文献,必须借助于目录,否则便无法借阅。实行开架借阅后,读者完全可以不必查阅目录而直接进入文献库中去选择文献。一些图书馆在实行开架借阅后,忽视了读者目录的建设,甚至认为读者目录可有可无,为节省人力、物力而取消了读者目录,无疑,开架借阅使读者对目录的依赖程度降低了,读者使用目录的频率也 The catalog of readers has the function of publicizing, recommending and revealing collections to the readers, and is a bridge connecting the readers with the collections of documents. Readers want to borrow literature, must rely on the directory, otherwise they can not borrow. The implementation of open-shelf lending, the reader can check the directory without going directly into the library to select the literature. Some libraries neglected the construction of the readers ’directory even after implementing the open-shelf lending. They even thought that the readers’ directory was dispensable and canceled the readers ’directory in order to save manpower and resources. Undoubtedly, the open-shelf lending reduced readers’ dependence on the directory, Readers also use the frequency of the directory too