公共图书馆属于公益事业,由政府兴办,其主要经费(包括馆舍建筑、文献购置、设施设备、人员工资等经费)来源于各级地方财政,它具有“取之于民,用之于民”的社会共享的特征。因此,把公益性服务作为图书馆永恒的价值取向是图书馆唯一的选择。公共图书馆无偿向社会公众提供服务是理所当然的,免费服务是公共图书馆的义务和职责。 Public libraries belong to public welfare undertakings and are set up by the government. Their main funds (including the building construction, the purchase of documents, facilities and equipment, and staff salaries) come from local finance at all levels. They have the principle of “ People ”social sharing characteristics. Therefore, it is the library’s only choice to regard the public welfare service as the eternal value orientation of the library. It is a matter of course that public libraries provide services to the public at no cost. Free services are the obligations and duties of public libraries.