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从1850年起至本世纪初,免费图书馆运动大体上是一种城市现象。尽管美国绝大多数的公民居住在乡村,可是图书馆服务却仅仅限于城市居民,然而,20世纪的序幕一打开,图书馆工作人员就采用了为尚未享受图书馆服务的多数人开辟图书馆服务的方法。最初着手此问题的州图书馆事业委员会,认为为了尽快地普及图书馆服务,必须扩大提供这种服务的行政单位,而且为了在没有公共图书馆的地区扩大图书馆服务,要求镇政府应负起责任。
From 1850 until the beginning of this century, the free library movement was largely an urban phenomenon. Although the vast majority of citizens in the United States live in rural areas, library services are limited to urban residents. However, as the prelude to the 20th century opened, library staff used library services for the majority of those who had not yet enjoyed the library services Methods. The State Library Commission, which started with this issue, said that in order to popularize library services as soon as possible, it is necessary to expand the administrative units that provide such services. In order to expand library services in areas without public libraries, the town government should be required to responsibility.