Reading is an important way to acquire knowledge and increase wisdom, and also an important way to inherit civilization and improve national literacy. April 23 this year is the 29th World Reading Day. In this issue, we invite you to discuss how to better help people read.
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Optimize public reading services
Liu Changrong
From public libraries and bookstores to urban libraries, community reading rooms and rural bookstores, all kinds of public reading service facilities are increasingly abundant. You have to sing well when you set up the stage. Only by optimizing reading services can public books play a greater role.
In reality, the library is far away from home, the opening hours are inappropriate, the bibliography does not meet the needs and other factors, all of which affect the enthusiasm of people to participate in public reading. Aiming at the growing diversified and personalized reading needs of the masses, Tongnan District of Chongqing innovatively launched a reading activity of "you pay the bill, I pay the bill" to encourage readers to find good books and help them find readers. On the one hand, public book institutions provide no less than 50% of the total amount of books purchased each year for readers to make their own online orders; On the other hand, the books shall be delivered to the library (room), town street comprehensive cultural service center, village bookstore and other locations near the billing readers in a timely manner. For special groups with difficulty in getting books, such as the disabled, set up a volunteer service team to deliver books directly to their homes. The right to select public books was handed over to readers, which led more people to participate in reading.
Under the new situation, the relevant institutions need to change the situation of "focusing on construction, ignoring operation" and improve the accuracy, accessibility and convenience of public book supply. By making more efforts to optimize public reading services and encouraging more people to read more books and read good books, we can continuously enhance people's sense of cultural gain.
(The author is the secretary and director of the Party Leadership Group of Chongqing Tongnan District Culture and Tourism Development Committee)
Launch more high-quality books
Zhang Dandan
At present, the pace of life is getting faster and faster, and the ways of leisure and entertainment are becoming more diverse. How to attract more people to pick up books in their spare time is a real challenge facing the construction of Shuxiang China, and also an examination of the times that the publishing industry needs to deal with.
Publishing is the re creation of spiritual and cultural products, which is responsible for leading the social reading atmosphere and shaping the people's spiritual character. In this regard, we should fully consider the social and cultural effects, increase research and argumentation, repeatedly polish the content, and innovate the presentation methods, and strive to produce more masterpieces that write about the present, have the connotation of the times, can enlighten people on the truth, the good and the beautiful, and can move people for a long time, so as to provide a continuous cultural feast for the masses of the people. In the digital era, we should also focus on using various new media and platforms to innovate and strengthen the marketing and promotion of books. For example, through digital books, online live broadcast and other ways, we should make good connections between books and the masses, so that more good books can reach readers.
Reading a good book is like talking with a wise man. It can not only increase knowledge, but also gain aesthetic influence, internal nourishment and personality improvement. Only by doing a good job in each book and producing more high-quality books, and providing more abundant and nutritious spiritual food for the masses, can we promote the deepening and implementation of reading for all with high-quality content supply.
(The author is editor of People's Literature Publishing House)
Reading needs a guide
Hua Yanling
Reading is a habit that depends on cultivation. Whether or not we can form the habit of lifelong reading is very important in our adolescence.
The mountain of books is lofty and the sea of learning is vast. The opening of the reading journey requires a guide. This is not only to select and recommend suitable reading bibliographies, but also to cultivate reading interests and habits, teach reading skills and methods, and so on. As a teacher, we are committed to being a good reading guide, leading children to experience the joy of reading and feel the charm of reading. For children in the lower grades of primary school, we will choose picture books with strong stories and pictures to read together to stimulate their reading interest. We also created a strong reading atmosphere through theme activities such as "book recommendation five minutes before class" and "Chinese classes in the library". The guider should first be a scholar. While accompanying and co reading, he or she should lead and recommend reading, which will help students to plant the seeds of lifelong reading in their hearts and help them develop a good habit of benefiting their whole life.
For some time, the topic of "I finally understand Chinese textbooks" has aroused resonance on the Internet. The words I read when I was young can still enlighten and empower people many years later. "Learning is the first way to establish oneself, and learning is based on reading." We hope that the majority of young people can continue to expand the width and thickness of their lives with books as companions and friends.
(The author is a Chinese teacher of the Third Experimental School in Longhua District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province)
People's Daily (April 23, 2024, 5th Edition)