国际图联(IFLA)第六十二届大会于1996年8月26～30日在东方文明古国中国召开,全世界有90多个国家和地区2600多位专家学者汇聚北京,盛况空前。这表明,中国图书馆事业的成就令世界瞩目。然而,我们不能不正视的一个事实是,过去十年来,全国图书馆年均购书量以70～100万册的速度递减,读者人数锐减,购书经费在图书馆经费中所占比例下降。1993年,全国2500多家公共图书馆近 The 62nd IFLA Congress was held in the ancient oriental civilization in China from August 26 to August 30, 1996. There are more than 2,600 experts and scholars from over 90 countries and regions in the world gathering in Beijing. This shows that the achievements of the Chinese library cause the world’s attention. However, one fact we can not but look down is that over the past ten years, the annual volume of books purchased in the national library has decreased from 70 to 100 million copies. The number of readers has dropped sharply, and the percentage of books spent on library funding has dropped. In 1993, there were more than 2,500 public libraries in the country