长期以来,世界各国公共图书馆都在不同程度上面临着经费问题,即使是公共图书馆事业最发达国家之一的美国也不例外。当前金融危机使美国公共图书馆经费问题更为突出。研究这一严峻挑战下的美国公共图书馆经费问题及其对策,无疑对推进公共图书馆建设具有重要的现实意义。 For a long time, the public libraries in various countries in the world are facing funding problems to varying degrees. Even the United States, one of the most developed countries in public library affairs, is no exception. The current financial crisis has made the issue of funding public libraries in the United States more prominent. Studying the funding of the U.S. public libraries under this serious challenge and its countermeasures undoubtedly have an important practical significance for promoting the construction of public libraries.