我国是世界上最早创立图书馆的国家之一,早在公元前两千多年,周朝就有相当于今天国家图书馆的机构——盟府。历代对图书文献的整理和保存均给予极高的重视,我国古代图书馆事业相当发达。但无论公藏私藏,均是重在收藏,处于名副其实的“藏书楼”阶段。作为普及文化,传播新思想、新知识,启迪民智,培养人才的近代图书馆,则是晚清以来,受西方文化的冲击,传统文化向近代变迁过程中的产物。 China was one of the earliest libraries in the world. As early as 2000 BC, the Zhou Dynasty had the equivalent of today’s national library, the Allied Government. Each dynasty has attached great importance to the collation and preservation of the books and documents, and the ancient library in our country has developed quite well. But no matter possession of public possession, are focused on the collection, in a veritable “library” stage. As a modern library popularizing culture, spreading new ideas, new knowledge, enlightening people’s wisdom and training talents, it is the product of the impact of Western culture and the change of traditional culture to modern times since late Qing Dynasty.