Imaginations and reflections on the cultural construction of geological libraries

Gu Xiaohua, Yang Jiacai, Zhao Kelu, Chen Jie, Tan Zhengmin

(China Geological Library, Beijing 100083)

Abstract After a hundred years of vicissitudes, the China Geological Library has closely related to the development of China’s geological undertakings. Development is closely linked, and now it has become the largest geoscience documentation institution in the country. It is making strides towards becoming an internationally advanced and domestic first-class geoscience documentation center and digital book information center. Developing and building a library culture that adapts to the requirements of the times and tasks has become a new topic before us, and it is also a historical mission entrusted to us by the times.

Keywords geological library, cultural construction, imagination and thinking

Culture is the blood of the nation and the spiritual home of the people. As the saying goes, "The soul of the country is transformed by literature; the spirit of the country is cast by literature." Without "soul" and "god", the country, nation, unit and individual will lack the basic spiritual support for healthy operation. The Sixth Plenary Session of the Seventeenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed to "enhance the country's cultural soft power, promote Chinese culture, and create a new upsurge in socialist cultural construction." The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized that “we must promote the great development and prosperity of socialist culture” and “build a national, scientific, and popular socialist culture that is oriented to modernization, the world, and the future.” The party's series of important instructions on cultural work have pushed the positioning and role of culture to a new height, and also provided major development opportunities and broad development space for cultural construction work. As the earliest science and technology professional library in China, the China Geological Library has gone through hundreds of years of vicissitudes and is closely connected with the development of China's geological undertakings. It has now become the largest geoscience documentation institution in the country and is developing into an internationally advanced and domestic first-class geoscience documentation center and The digital book information center is making great strides. Developing and building a library culture that adapts to the requirements of the times and tasks has become a new topic before us, and it is also a historical mission entrusted to us by the times.

1 Inherit innovation and cultivate new concepts of cultural strengthening.

The China Geological Library has been established for nearly a hundred years, and has accumulated a relatively profound cultural heritage and formed its own unique spiritual wealth and material wealth. form. The library has always been vigorously promoting cultural construction, integrating inheritance and innovation, combining short-term goals with long-term planning, and integrating culture into all work with its unique charm of "moistening things silently", constantly promoting the vigorous development of the library industry. Nowadays, facing new situations, new tasks, new opportunities and new challenges, in order to expand and strengthen geoscience documentation and achieve leap-forward development, it is even more necessary to cultivate advanced library culture.

1.1 Cultivate concepts and create a good atmosphere

As the national geoscience central library and industry general library, the China Geological Library is responsible for the collection, processing and development of geoscience literature, and carries out Relevant research and informatization construction, providing geoscience literature and information services to the society, are not only an important infrastructure for the national geoscience public welfare service system, but also an important support for promoting geoscience scientific and technological innovation and ensuring breakthroughs in geological prospecting. In 1925, Mr. Weng Wenhao proposed that the library’s purpose of “library is especially valuable and books are valuable, and books are especially valuable and useful” has been passed down to this day and has become the motto of the library.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the older generation of librarians organically integrated the inheritance of the library motto with the promotion of the "Three Glories" and "Four Specials" spirits of geology, refined a geological library culture with unique connotations, and successively launched the "Love of Library, Dedication, and Pictures" With the library spirit of "New and Dedication" and the service concept of "people-oriented, readers first", in 2013, the "Implementation Plan for Cultural Construction of China Geological Library" proposed future work goals, namely: to build a systematic, practical, and A professional library culture that conforms to the characteristics of the library enables the potential of all library employees to be tapped, their enthusiasm is stimulated, their talents are exerted, their ideological and moral levels and scientific and cultural qualities are generally improved, and a team with overall team awareness, reform and innovation concepts, and enterprising dedication is created. A spiritual staff team; forming a distinctive and positive core value concept and library spirit, which is generally recognized by the society; building a library cultural brand, further improving cultural construction systems and measures, and enriching cultural forms in terms of land resources and geology The survey system has an important influence and provides ideological guarantee and spiritual motivation for the comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development of geoscience literature.

After a hundred years of hard work and hard work, the library has continuously integrated the spirit of the new era in its inheritance, created a good cultural atmosphere, and strived to deepen and expand the service model, from passive to active, from single to diversified, and from the provision of information The researchers are transformed into organizational managers of knowledge services, greatly improving the cohesion, innovation and competitiveness of the team, and playing an important role in the development of geoscience documentation and even geological surveys.

1.2 Determine principles and ensure healthy development

Effective cultural construction will inevitably promote the emergence of positive and convergent ideas and codes of conduct, thus having a positive impact on the development of librarianship Actively promote the role. The correct principle is a strong guarantee for the healthy development of library cultural construction and for it to effectively play its role as a "treasure house of geological knowledge and a palace of geological culture". The library cultural construction work adheres to the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of "Three Represents" and the Scientific Outlook on Development, takes the practice of the socialist core value system as the main line, inherits and carries forward the fine traditions such as the "Three Glory" and "Four Specials" spirit, Focusing closely on the overall development goal of "establishing the library through business, developing the library through business, and strengthening the library through culture" and focusing on building a service guarantee system for geological literature resources, we will strive to create professional digital books that are learning, service-oriented, innovative, and humanistic. The museum continues to improve cultural soft power, enhance core competitiveness, lead team building, style construction and various tasks with advanced culture, and make important contributions to serving the geological survey cause and economic and social development.

First, adhere to the people-oriented principle. Embody the people-centered management and service concept, continuously meet the needs of cultural life, and give full play to the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of employees.

The second is to adhere to the principle of focusing on practical results. In accordance with the requirements of the Scientific Outlook on Development, work around the center, be close to the employees and the actual work, and adapt to local and timely conditions to ensure that the cultural construction of the library has practical effects, an edifying effect, and progressive performance.

The third is to adhere to the principle of continuous innovation. It is necessary not only to highlight the cultural characteristics of the library, but also to organically combine library culture with earth science culture; it is necessary to inherit the essence of traditional culture, but also to advance with the times, improve cultural taste, and continuously improve innovation capabilities.

The fourth is to adhere to the principle of full participation. The leadership team and leading cadres must take the lead, demonstrate and lead; the heads of departments must be fully committed and act as vanguards; the majority of employees must actively participate and act as the main force. Create a strong atmosphere where everyone participates and cultural inheritance relies on everyone.

2 Develop ideas and build a large-scale pattern of culturally strong libraries

Library cultural construction mainly includes four aspects: improving material culture, promoting behavioral culture, standardizing institutional culture, and cultivating spirit culture. The four are an organic whole, integrated with each other and inseparable.

2.1 Improving material culture

Material culture is the explicit culture of library culture. It is the environment, conditions, facilities and other materials that serve readers, carry out academic research and cultural activities, etc. The sum of the elements more intuitively reflects the cultural atmosphere, spiritual outlook and management level of the library.

To improve material culture, we mainly use material image construction methods to create a cultural atmosphere and environment of the library and enhance the overall image of the library. Its main contents include:

(1) Unify library logos, songs, badges and other logos.

(2) Standardize library office equipment and office appliances, unify the installation specifications and location of nameplates, publicity signs, and notice boards, and standardize the abbreviations of each department.

(3) Promote standardized management of office spaces. In library public spaces, offices, corridors, conference rooms, etc., hang plaques and boards that reflect the library's philosophy, and promote the library and its products to build the library's brand and expand its visibility and reputation. .

(4) Strengthen the construction of cultural facilities and cultural positions. Build reading rooms, museum history exhibition halls, popular science exhibition halls, staff activity centers, book bars and other cultural venues to give full play to the functions of existing venues.

2.2 Promote behavioral culture

Behavioral culture is mainly reflected in service culture, which is the sum of service concepts, professional concepts and other service value orientations formed in the service process of the library. It is the spirit The embodiment of style and quality cultivation is also the ultimate reflection of core values. Promoting behavioral culture mainly involves establishing an advanced and correct concept of service, shaping a good service image, and creating a library service brand. Its main contents include:

(1) Develop the behavioral norms of employees, cultivate the habit of treating others with enthusiasm, and generally improve their civilized level. Standardize etiquette, rituals and event service terms, and guide people to pay attention to personal appearance and self-image.

(2) Produce and distribute service manuals, print office consultation telephone numbers, policy Q&A, common service guides, etc. Establish an office service index sign for readers, printing information such as the distribution of library departments, service procedures, and office staff contact information.

(3) Establish a service satisfaction survey feedback system to monitor service efficiency, service attitude, and service quality.

(4) Strengthen environmental construction, promote the beautification, purification and modernization of the working environment, keep the library building clean and tidy inside and outside, and keep the front and back of the building clean and orderly. Cultivate employees' awareness of energy conservation and environmental protection, improve work style, advocate strict conservation and oppose extravagance and waste.

2.3 Standardized institutional culture

Institutional culture mainly reflects the standardized management system of the library and also affects the library's management behavior. Standardizing the institutional culture mainly involves introducing the concept of library culture, so that the "people-oriented" management ideas and service concepts can be fully reflected and implemented, establishing a standardized and complete institutional system and a scientific and effective evaluation mechanism, and introducing it into a scientific management track, thereby Effectively standardize management behaviors and improve the scientific and refined level of management. Its main contents include:

(1) Revise and improve the existing rules and regulations and business workflow of the library, do a good job in building and improving the series of systems, and ensure that all work is followed by rules and evidence-based. In accordance with this, we will promote professional, scientific, standardized and refined management.

(2) Formulate the "Library Staff Handbook" and improve the labor and personnel, income distribution, performance appraisal, quality and safety, confidentiality and discipline, education and training, honest work, party and mass organizations that integrate institutional cultural concepts. Organization and a series of management systems, work standards and behavioral norms.

(3) Promote management innovation and optimize management efficiency with advanced cultural concepts, create a harmonious team atmosphere and working environment, continuously improve the efficiency and level of scientific management, and ensure that all work is carried out in an orderly manner .

(4) Integrate the core values ??of the library into the internal administrative management system, internalize the work concept, service concept and management concept into the behavioral norms and work standards that are consciously followed, and form a library with characteristics "Management culture and institutional culture".

2.4 Cultivate spiritual culture

Spiritual culture mainly includes the determination of the library’s spirit, values, management concepts, slogans, and external publicity terms, and makes them the beliefs that regulate employee behavior and guidelines. Cultivating spiritual culture mainly involves exploring and carrying forward the spiritual connotation of the library and forming values ??and concepts that all library employees must abide by.

Its main contents include:

(1) Excavate and form the spiritual connotation of the library, summarize and extract distinctive values ??and concepts, standardize spiritual and cultural terms, and print the "Library Staff Civilization Handbook".

(2) Vigorously promote traditional virtues, strengthen professional ethics, social ethics, and personal moral education, and guide cadres and workers to be role models in character, integrity, and ethics. Establish advanced models and select civilized offices and civilized employees. Strengthen the education of ideals and beliefs, integrity and self-discipline, and law and discipline education for the majority of employees, build a "four haves" employee team that adapts to the requirements of the times, and inject cultural impetus into the development of the library.

(3) Pay close attention to the construction of cultural carriers such as library websites, publications, and bulletin boards to form a strong atmosphere for library cultural construction. Create cultural masterpieces, build a strong land resources and geoscience popularization base, launch a number of distinctive science popularization cultural masterpieces, and expand the influence of the library.

(4) Build a cultural exchange platform. Build a cultural exchange platform for the land resources and geological survey system, carry out cultural forums, cultural salons and other activities to promote cultural exchanges within the geological survey industry system and enhance the cultural connotation of geologists.

3 Strengthen guarantees and sing the main theme of strengthening the library through culture

Excellent culture is the precious spiritual wealth of the library. Only by attaching great importance to cultural construction can advanced culture occupy the ideological position of librarians. , in order to better promote and promote the development of library services. However, cultural construction is a long-term systematic project that cannot be accomplished overnight. It is necessary to establish a long-term mechanism, improve the guarantee system, make overall arrangements, and advance step by step.

3.1 Implement in steps to ensure work effectiveness

(1) Unify thinking and raise awareness. At this stage, we must carry out extensive ideological mobilization and organize all librarians to conscientiously study the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 17th CPC Central Committee and the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Deepening the Reform of the Cultural System and Promoting the Great Development and Prosperity of Socialist Culture" , the spirit of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the relevant requirements of ministries and bureaus on strengthening cultural construction, improve the awareness of the majority of cadres and workers on the importance and necessity of cultural construction, and stimulate everyone's enthusiasm and consciousness to participate in cultural construction. In accordance with the deployment of the "Implementation Plan for Library Cultural Construction", we should unify our thinking, continuously deepen our understanding, give full play to the main role of cadres and workers in cultural construction, and lay a good mass foundation for library cultural construction.

(2) Promote it comprehensively and strive for practical results. Promote refined management, standardize behavior development, enhance library management efficiency, and continuously improve comprehensive strength. Mainly complete the "three norms", grasp the "two key points", achieve "two strivings" and achieve "one goal". The "three standards" are to complete the library's logo standard, behavioral standard, and concept standard work, and comprehensively optimize the library's image, brand image, and staff team image. The “two focuses” are to promote refined management and strengthen behavior development. The “two strivings” are striving to create civilized offices and civilized employees. “One goal” is to improve service levels and make geoscience literature bigger and stronger.

(3) Refining and sublimating, displaying image. Summarize the cultural construction of the library and summarize and extract good experiences and practices in the cultural construction process. Summarize and refine the core values ??and concepts that form the library spirit. Adopt various forms to promote the library's core values ??and concepts, vigorously display the library's image and charm, and enhance its influence. Do a good job in summarizing and publicizing the achievements of library cultural construction.

(4) Improve the system and form a mechanism. Form a sound operating mechanism for library cultural management. Improve cultural construction rules and regulations and form a library cultural management operation mechanism. It extends from perceptual culture to rational culture, from intangible culture to tangible resources, and from management culture to cultural management. Continuously improve the execution, competitiveness, cohesion and image of the library. And with the passage of time and changes in the internal and external environment, necessary adjustments will be made to the specific content of cultural construction in a timely manner, and continuous development and improvement will be made to keep pace with the times and pioneer and innovate.

3.2 Improve the guarantee system to protect cultural construction

Cultural construction is of great significance. Positive cultural concepts are the basis of cohesion, the root of combat effectiveness, and the source of development power. They are the most important soft power of a unit.

We must avoid "a gust of wind", let alone a mere formality or indulge in activities for the sake of excitement. We must ensure the effectiveness of cultural construction work so that it can effectively become the ideological guarantee and support for the vigorous development of the library industry.

(1) Strengthen leadership and organize carefully. Establish a leading organization for library cultural construction to implement cultural construction work in accordance with its responsibilities. The leading group has a cultural construction office, which co-locates with the party committee office and is responsible for specific organizational coordination and daily affairs. Through overall coordination, careful organization, and conscientious implementation, a cultural construction work pattern has been formed in which the entire library is responsible for management, everyone takes their own responsibilities, and all employees participate.

(2) Improve the system and improve the mechanism. Incorporate cultural construction into the library's overall work plan and consider it, focus on listing the specific contents and work standards of cultural construction, and clarify the responsible departments and persons responsible for implementing various contents of cultural construction, strengthen supervision and inspection, and ensure orderly advancement. It is necessary to focus on the central work, integrate it into the whole process of library construction, closely integrate it with all work, fully mobilize the enthusiasm of all aspects, guide the broad participation of employees, and use the spirit of perseverance to make unremitting efforts to achieve practical results and give full play to cultural dialogue. Guarantee and promote the overall work situation.

(3) Strengthen coordination and create an atmosphere. Leading cadres must actively support and participate in cultural construction, all offices must effectively assume their responsibilities, and the financial department must actively raise and coordinate special funds for cultural construction to improve the software and hardware environment, purchase various publicity equipment, and hold various exchanges Exhibitions and other related activities to ensure the implementation of various cultural activities. By carrying out a variety of cultural construction activities, we will create a good atmosphere of harmonious political construction, coordination, and striving for progress.