图书馆是搜集、整理、传播和使用图书情报资料,为一定社会的政治、经济服务的科学、教育、文化机构。图书馆这一社会现象,是社会文明发展到一定阶段的产物。世界现代图书馆的历史不太长,从产生到今天,最多不过二百年。中国现代图书馆的历史更短,1910年,清政府在北京设立的京师 Library is a scientific, educational and cultural institution that collects, organizes, disseminates and uses library and information materials and serves the politics and economy of a certain society. The social phenomenon of libraries is the product of the development of social civilization to a certain stage. The history of the world’s modern library is not too long, from its birth to today, up to two hundred years. The history of China’s modern library is even shorter. In 1910, the Qing government established the Beijing branch