中小型公共图书馆是我国公共图书馆体系中的最基层组织 ,它具有数量大、分布面广的特点。据有关统计资料表明 ,我国公共图书馆共有 2 731家 ,其中县级及县级以下中小型图书馆就有 2 30 1家 ,占公共图书馆总数的 84 .3%。人类进入 2 0世纪后 ,面临着知识经济和信息时代的强烈冲 Small and medium-sized public libraries are the most basic organizations in the public library system in our country. They have a large number and wide distribution. According to the statistics, there are 2,731 public libraries in our country, of which 2,301 are small and medium sized libraries at or below the county level, accounting for 84.3% of the total number of public libraries. After entering into the 20th century, mankind is facing a strong rush of knowledge economy and information age