2008年5月12日

這是關於 圖書館的悶文!

特首早前公佈延長公共圖書館開放時間,
相信大部份人(圖書館人員除外)都會讚成,
大家心態就好似期望減稅一樣,
當然是愈多愈好吧?
但究竟有多少人清楚圖書館現在開放時間呢?
或者應該問有多少人會時常去圖書館呢?
更聽聞有人提議24小時開放圖書館云云,
香港人何時都變了書不離手的書蟲呢?

以下是主要/分區圖書館的開放時間:
星期一至星期四 10:00a.m. - 7:00p.m.
星期五 10:00a.m. - 9:00p.m.
星期六及星期日 10:00a.m. - 5:00p.m.
公眾假期 10:00a.m. - 5:00p.m.

個人覺得最好把開放時間提早,
人腦在早上的時間是比較清醒的,
吸收知識亦是最快最好效,
不少老人家晨早做完體操喝完茶後都有看報紙的習慣,
十時才開門應該是太遲了,
好多老人家都己經買完餸返歸預備午飯了!

至於收館時間最好全數改為晚上九點,
一來易記,唔會記錯白行一趟,
二來也可以培養市民飯後閱讀的習慣,
(當然要加班的就無辦法了)
尤其是對小朋友更有好處,
不用他們晚晚不是對住電視就是上網打game,
就算小朋友去到圖書館只看漫畫也不錯,
至少可以培養多種類的消遣和閱讀能力吧!

有人提意公共圖書24小時開放,
但我則不大讚成,
他們提出24小時開放其中一個原因就是"方便",
ok, 7-11 以至台灣的書屋都可以24小時開放,
為何香港的圖書館不可以呢?
首先便利店和台灣書屋是為賺錢的,
當然時間愈長愈可能接收更多客人,
但公共圖書館有這樣的需要嗎?
半夜三更還會去書館看書的是極少數人吧?
難道要為極少數人的習慣而虛耗大量公共資源嗎?

有人認為圖書館24小時開放可以減少青少年在街上流連,
容許他們有一個容身之所,不會誤入歧途,
本來這個說法是合理的,
但要知道圖書館本意是為了讓市民閱讀的地方,
不是青少年教育中心,
通宵開放整座圖書為了拯救青少年是用牛刀殺雞,
浪費資源又不能夠對症下藥,
兩邊不討好又浪費設施,
予其這樣不三不四的,
不如直接撥錢開發晚上青少年輔導中心吧!

不過話時話,
我都好多年無去過圖書館了,
尤其是入了大學後,
相比於大學的圖書館,
公共圖書館實在太落後太細了,
我的圖書館經驗還是停留在"三張黃色圖書証"的年代,
不知現在的圖書館改善了多少?

27 則留言:

匿名 說...

現在的借書證是一張信用卡standard大小的紅色白底的膠卡。 上面有條碼記錄了個人資料,『嘟』一聲就可以用讀碼器閱讀。借書可以自助式,分別讀入借書證和書本條碼便可。在圖書館,利用借書證可以借用電腦上網,打機,多媒體功能等等服務。

聽說全港圖書館提供免費的無線上網服務添!
延長服務時間即是可也無線上網長啲時間喇!

你張舊生證仲入唔入到啦記借書同book個booth睇書溫習做嘢呀?

匿名 說...

我好清楚佢果個時間!以前會考去自修室溫書啦~
不過我都覺得大學圖書館好好多...
可能大學d書岩睇d~~
但我細個成日去public library借林燕妮d書..hahaha~

新鮮人 說...

space,
我記得舊生是可以伸請的,
不過好似要幾百蚊年費,
所以無伸請了,
而且好似話只可以續幾次,
唔係永遠的,
詳情要問人!

但同外面的比(page one)
ploy圖書館的還是少少out,
此終賺錢嘅反應和買書回來會快好多.
尤其是design book,
一定要快要updated,
等圖書館編好號再放上架時,
人家又再出新書了,
到時仲睇啲舊舊哋咪笑地人,
咁樣點可以捉得住個潮流喎,
係未?

新鮮人 說...

yanyan,
我讀ploy時成日去借啲又貴又大嚿嘅"磚石",
慌死蝕底咁,
有咁多借咁多,
借咗唔睇一件事,
最緊要唔會畀"敵人"借嘛!
個個都係咁諗,
你話啲design學生係未好衰格呢?
哈哈哈~~~~

匿名 說...

你睇啲design books,
即喺好似我地要睇章撈,
都喺要勤力update行業內,
最新的資料,催勢,issues!

PANG 說...

最好開朝9晚9啦!!

要培養下去圖書館睇書既習慣!!

Haricot 微豆 說...

In my younger days, our 廉租屋邨apartment was hot and noisy. So, I liked to hang out in the City Hall library (reference section); 明愛中心; US Embassy library; Christian library located at 水星大厦; and even 卜公碼頭 for cooler temperature and some peace and quiet. That was many moons ago.

Here in Canada, I still go to the local library a lot to borrow Chinese books and DVD but do not need to do so at night past 9 pm. Twenty-four hours operation makes sense only if there are many users who work shifts.

新鮮人 說...

space,
章撈圖書館佢哋日日出,
design雜誌就唔係嘛,
講真佢哋揀嗰啲都唔啱口味嘅,
有幾多個圖館中員識揀design書吖,
識嘅都唔會係圖書館做囉!

新鮮人 說...

天使,
朝九晚九都合理,
如果早多個幾鐘就更啱啲人睇早報了!

匿名 說...

啲賴庇離銀唔喺成立個駢咾,
同每個佛膏啼嘅普啡灑一齊,
去選擇每季需要訂購的新書?
連我公司部門都每季有搣汀,
決定買啲乜嘢工具書咁個播,
雖然我地個筆郅唔可以比較。

新鮮人 說...

Space,
老友你啲中英文好難頂呀,
估到我頭痕都唔唔清你想講乜!
重寫唔詃,
一係英, 一係中,
唔該!

匿名 說...

賴庇離銀 librarian
駢咾 panel
佛膏啼 faculty
普啡灑 professor
搣汀 meeting
筆郅 budget

你自己 濕時條 substitute 入去喇!

新鮮人 說...

space,
攞命呀~~~~

ploy嘅書梗係有professor幫手啦,
我指公共圖書啲design書啫!
不過就算poly啲design書上架都好慢,
除咗啲月刋外,
啲書要排大半年先上到架,
你話死唔死吖,
等得黎我不如出去書局睇好過啦!
不過我嗰時都無page one,
多數去晨衝,keng seng睇囉!

匿名 說...

政府架構架床疊屋最鐘意成立駢咾同埋襟搣梯個播,
不過講真我都唔會去公立圖書館借書嘅衛生難保障。

匙瘟頓仲有喺度呀,真喺好耐無去囉!

Tonia 說...

ours libraries mostly open at 9:30am, I really want if they can open at 9am since after I dropped off the kids at school, I can spend sometime there....or pickuo my On-Hold items, the local libraies will closed on all Summer's Sunday, since people will go away for outdoor sports instead of staying indoor.

Ruth Tam 說...

I never used public library before. When in primary and secondary school, I used the school library. In university, I used the university library. When doing the M Phil, I used mostly the music library. When doing my Master of Business, I again used the university library, an online one, as the university is in Australia.

Now, I still have a library card of the university library. For leisure reading, I buy the books so that I don't need to finish within a certain time.

Ruth Tam 說...

I never used public library before. When in primary and secondary school, I used the school library. In university, I used the university library. When doing the M Phil, I used mostly the music library. When doing my Master of Business, I again used the university library, an online one, as the university is in Australia.

Now, I still have a library card of the university library. For leisure reading, I buy the books so that I don't need to finish within a certain time.

Tonia 說...

when i was still in school, i think i only borrowed 50 books that time (school I went, never had a library).
And now, I will be there to find books or DVDs for myself or for my kids.... being a parent, really need to WORK harder than than the kids, find books for them to read.... need to make them to read as a hobby otherwise they will just spend all the time on the computer (Play games).....

新鮮人 說...

space,
衛生方面,
我就無你咁驚,
晨衝啲書好貴,
一向都係齋睇唔買多!

新鮮人 說...

tonia,
培養小朋友閱讀習慣是好的,
只要他們習慣了每天都會去走走,
他們自然會找到喜歡的書本,
你不用太擔心! =)

新鮮人 說...

ruth,
以前啲公共圖書館麻麻地,
現在好像好了很多,
中央圖書館我去過一次,
也不錯,
只是有時人太多了!

匿名 說...

新型啲圖書館,都已經好過舊式圖書館好多架喇,
不論design還是空間都好左,
不過如果圖書館可以開耐啲都好,
方便一眾市民休息或放工去增進下知識嘛!

匿名 說...

我係poly係狂借DVD!我計好架~一隻DVD $100~~一個sem交二萬幾學費..hahah
一日借兩隻就可以補番數!

新鮮人 說...

豆豆,
我可能會再去看看,
尤其是觀塘嘅,
(我住觀塘),
睇吓變成點先!

新鮮人 說...

Yanyan,
果然係精打細算嘅香港人,
畀你計過都無蝕囉,
不過你係"借"DVD喎,
要還架噃,點可以當$100一隻呢?
最多當20-30蚊啫,
哈哈哈~~~~~

Haricot 微豆 說...

如上述,我也有往本地图書館借DVD,但大部份都是普通話对白,聽不懂:(

新鮮人 說...

微豆,
普通話不難學,
尤其是中國人,
現在不少外國人都學普通話,
我想你遇到的困難不會比他們多,
有心就得架,努力!