文章首先从图书馆的本质、政策要求、机构设置、国外图书馆发展经验和我国国情等方面论述了图书馆是公益性的文化教育机构。在分析了读者权利表现形式的基础上,对目前违背读者权利的现象进行了剖析和批判,并就图书馆读者权利的保障提出了自己的意见。 First of all, the article discusses the library is a nonprofit cultural and educational institutions in terms of the nature of the library, policy requirements, institutional settings, the development experience of foreign libraries and China’s national conditions. On the basis of analyzing the manifestations of the rights of readers, this article analyzes and criticizes the phenomena that violate the right of readers at present, and puts forward my own opinions on the protection of library readers’ rights.