中国古代私家藏书有近两千年的历史。现代民营图书馆的出现最多不过二三十年的历史。作为一种新生事物,从表面上看民营图书馆发展势头非常迅猛,并有着服务便捷、运营灵活、创建形式多样等种种优势,实际上不少却处于“其兴也勃焉,其亡也忽焉”的尴尬境地。民营图书馆和古代私家藏书相隔百年,在软硬件设施、读者素质、社会环境等各方面已不可同日而语,但两者在发展中所遇到的局限性却惊人的相似。因此, Ancient Chinese private collections have nearly 2,000 years of history. The emergence of modern private libraries, but up to two or three decades of history. As a new-born thing, on the surface, the development of private libraries is very rapid and has many advantages such as convenient service, flexible operation and creation of various forms. In fact, quite a few are in “ Suddenly Yan ”embarrassing situation. Private libraries and ancient private collections are separated by a hundred years. They are no longer the same in terms of hardware and software facilities, readership and social environment, but the limitations encountered in their development are strikingly similar. therefore,