公益,是指公众的利益。公益性是公众的利益性,政府具有代表性。党的十七大报告指出:“坚持把发展公益性文化事业作为保障人民基本文化权益的主要途径,加大投入力度”。图书馆的公益性是指它不以经济利益为目的,追求社会效益,服务于社会大众。即针对社会文化与科学需求进行文献的采集、加工与收藏,面 Public welfare refers to the public interest. Public welfare is the public interest, the government is representative. The report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out: “We must adhere to the principle of developing nonprofit cultural undertakings as the main way to safeguard people’s basic cultural rights and increase input”. The public welfare of the library means that it does not aim at economic interests, pursues social benefits and serves the general public. That is, the collection, processing and collection of literature for social and cultural and scientific needs, surface