现代图书馆工作的一个最显著的特点是它的主动性,工作的内容不再是简单的借书还书等机械、被动的活动。它越来越趋向于主动向读者提供书籍和文献。对于中学图书馆来说就是要能主动地为教学服务。这一特点是由现代图书馆的性质和作用决定的。而且,归根结底,是由社会发展的客观情况所规定的。现在我们正处在“知识爆炸”的时代,每年出版的各类文献多到难以数计。许多学校图书馆收藏的文献在数量和类型上都大大增加。图书馆不仅要藏图书,还要有各种报纸、杂志、手稿、录音磁带以及电影幻 One of the most notable features of modern library work is its initiative. The content of its work is no longer simply mechanical and passive activities such as borrowing books and returning books. It tends to take the initiative to provide readers with books and literature. For the middle school library is to be able to take the initiative to serve for teaching. This feature is determined by the nature and role of modern libraries. And, in the final analysis, it is prescribed by the objective circumstances of social development. Now we are in the era of “knowledge explosion”, and the number of articles published every year is extremely difficult to count. Many school library collections have significantly increased the number and type of literature. The library not only houses books, but also newspapers, magazines, manuscripts, audio tapes, and film fantasies