Reading culture in the digital age

Provincial Library staff guide young readers to look up information in the internet room.

PV: Can you share about the role of the Provincial Library in promoting reading culture in the community?

Comrade Pham Minh Tuan: Libraries, especially public libraries, play an important role in promoting reading culture in the community. Because the Library has the function and task of organizing the common use of information resources, information products and library services; disseminating knowledge and cultural values ​​of the nation and humanity; serving the research, study and entertainment needs of the people; the function of developing a reading culture and contributing to creating a lifelong learning environment for the people, building a learning society, improving people's knowledge, and building a comprehensive Vietnamese person. In particular, the Provincial Library is the leading library in the public library system in the area, with comprehensive information resources to serve the people.

PV: What activities did the provincial library organize on Vietnam Book Day this year?

Comrade Pham Minh Tuan: Implementing Decision No. 1862/QD-TTg dated November 4, 2021 of the Prime Minister on organizing Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day; Plan to organize the 4th Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day in 2025 of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Provincial Library has advised the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to submit to the People's Committee of Thai Nguyen province to issue Plan No. 83/KH-UBND dated April 4, 2025 of the People's Committee of Thai Nguyen province on organizing the 4th Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day in 2025 in Thai Nguyen province; Plan No. 1335/KH-SVHTTDL dated April 8, 2025 of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to organize activities in response to the 4th Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day in 2025.

The law bookcase at the Cultural House of Bo Dau hamlet, Co Lung commune (Phu Luong) is effectively maintained.

For the Provincial Library, the unit has coordinated with the Department of Education and Training of Song Cong City and Song Cong High School to organize the Book and Reading Culture Festival 2025, launching the Reading Culture Ambassador Contest of Thai Nguyen Province 2025 on April 18, 2025 at Song Cong High School. Previously, since March 2025, the Provincial Library has guided and assisted many schools in the area to organize activities in response to the Fourth Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day 2025; organized mobile services by multimedia mobile library vehicles, circulating books to libraries and local bookcases.

PV: In the digital age, readers can read and study anywhere. So, what solutions has the Provincial Library implemented to attract readers?

Comrade Pham Minh Tuan: In the digital age, in addition to reading traditional books and newspapers, the need for readers to read and study anywhere is growing, this is an inevitable trend. To meet the needs of readers, in recent times, the Provincial Library has deployed the task of building a digital library system of Thai Nguyen province, including integrated library software, pages, hardware equipment and digitized documents to serve the library's professional work and support readers in searching and searching for documents of the Provincial Library anytime, anywhere.

Many children are passionate about reading traditional books.

PV: In the digital age, readers' reading habits are also different, so how has the Provincial Library adapted?

Comrade Pham Minh Tuan: As mentioned above, to meet the increasingly diverse needs of readers, including reading on smart devices, the Provincial Library has digitized nearly 200,000 pages of documents, including Thai Nguyen geographical documents and documents about the Communist Party of Vietnam, President Ho Chi Minh and other Party leaders; built a digital collection of ancient documents in the province with 150 document units being royal decrees. In 2025 and the following years, the Provincial Library will continue to upgrade library software, digitize documents, and purchase digital documents to better serve readers and the people.

PV: Do you have any message for the community and book lovers?

Comrade Pham Minh Tuan: We are lucky to live in a world of books; let's cherish books, spread the reading culture and together build a community of book lovers. Let's read to grow, to connect and read to share.

PV: Thank you, comrade!

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