中国近代图书馆学史略赵宏，杨增秀鸦片战争后，以民族生存为己任的志士仁人开始向西方国家寻求救国之道时，不少人开始认识到欧美图书馆在社会中的作用。因此，早期的改良派，就把图书馆作为“教育救国”的工具。如郑观应于清光绪１８年，即１８９２年在《藏书》中提出：... History of China’s Modern Library Science Zhao Hong and Yang Zengxiu After the Opium War, when Cheshiren, who took the survival of the nation as its own responsibility, began to seek ways to save the country from the West, many people began to recognize the role of European and American libraries in society. Therefore, early reformists used the library as a tool for “saving the nation by education.” Such as Zheng Guan should Guangxu 18 years, 1892 in the “collection of books” put forward: ...