农业是国民经济的基础,先进的农业科学技术一旦应用于生产实践,就能为社会创造丰硕的社会财富。作为收藏和传播农业科学知识阵地的农业图书馆,其任务不单纯收集和保存文献资料,而是极大限度地保障科研生产用书,使丰富的馆藏资源充分发挥其社会效益。换言之,藏书是一种手段,为科研生产人员提供有效的科研服务,及时满足文献需求才是目的。因此,我们不但要重视图书馆的藏书工作,更要注重读者的服务工作,积极开发文献的信息资源,克服传统的重“藏”轻“用”的思想束缚,在图书馆的藏书同读者 Agriculture is the foundation of the national economy. Advanced agricultural science and technology, once applied to production practices, can create abundant social wealth for the society. As an agricultural library that collects and disseminates knowledge of agricultural science, its task is not to simply collect and preserve documents, but to ensure that scientific research and production books are used to the maximum extent so that rich collection resources can give full play to their social benefits. In other words, collecting books is a means to provide scientific research and production personnel with effective scientific research services and to meet the needs of the literature in time. Therefore, we should pay attention not only to the collection work of the library, but also to the reader’s service work, to actively develop the information resources of the literature, to overcome the traditional shackles of heavy “possession” and “light” use of the book,