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Curators plead for more money after free admission causes crisis in China museums. Xinhua News

China sets library standards for booming urban communities

China's Ministry of Culture on Tuesday set building standards of public libraries to ensure that they can meet the demands of the country's booming urban population.

Population size would be the major reference for the size of new libraries from Nov. 1, the ministry said in a circular.

In the past, the size of public cultural facilities was usually decided by local administrations, but in some counties and villages, especially in eastern China, communities had expanded quickly, beyond the scale of their libraries, said a ministry official.

Under the new rules, a library in an area with up to 200,000 people should be a minimum of 800 square meters and a maximum of 4,500 square meters.

The specific size could be decided by the local government in accordance with practicality.

A community with up to 1.5 million should have a library ranging from 4,500 square meters to 20,000 square meters; while libraries in areas with up to 10 million people should range from 20,000 to 60,000 square meters.

"If local governments want to build a library, they should follow the standard, which was based on field surveys and reference to international levels," said the official, who declined to be named.

He said local populations would include all residents living in an area for at least six months, which would allow rural migrant workers to use the facilities.

The ministry started to draft the construction standard under orders from the Construction Ministry in 2002. (Xinhua News 2008-10-21)

 

  • China opens digital library for blind -

    A digital library for the blind, where the visually impaired can listen to electronic books, music or on-line lectures for free, has opened in the Chinese capital.

    Situated in the National Library, the facility was jointly set up by the Information Center of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, the National Library and China Braille Publishing House.

    It was opened on the eve of the International Day of the Blind, which falls on Wednesday.

    About 200 electronic books, 500 audio programs and 500 video programs are available at the library, covering ancient Chinese culture, medicine, modern literature and daily life. Some of the materials were provided according to requests from the blind.

    The library plans to add at least 200 electronic books, 30 lecture videos and 500 audio programs every year.

    China has 82.96 million disabled people, of whom 16.91 million are blind, according to statistics from the disabled federation.  (Oct. 15, 2008, Xinhua) 

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