How can a compound library contribute to community building?
共享图书馆如何丰富居民文化生活？

Nowadays, residents in a compound are paying attention not just to its physical environment, but also to its cultural environment. This case is derived from Yihai Compound of Changsha City in Hunan Province, which has established its own library under the theme of “Gongxiangyibenshu, Zhongchouyizuotushuguan” –meaning “sharing a book with one another, building a library together”. The library provides nourishment for residents’ minds and serves as a platform on which various cultural activities are organized for residents.
随着时代的发展，人们不仅关注居住社区的物质条件，也更加关注居住社区的文化景观和文化氛围。湖南省长沙市的怡海社区围绕“共享一本书，众筹一座图书馆”的主题，建立了社区共享图书馆，给有阅读需求的居民提供更多“精神粮食”，丰富了居民的文化活动。

These two positive results have been achieved mainly in three ways. First, the library has built an inclusive book borrowing system. Anyone living in or out of the Compound can borrow books from the library as long as he/she donates books to it. Second, the Compound regularly uses the space of the library to offer residents training sessions related to topics such as popular science, reemployment, and legal knowledge. These sessions have facilitated attendees to build their value system as well as their outlook on career and life. Third, the Compound has organized various kinds of cultural and sports activities (e.g., Chinese chess competition and cultural knowledge contest) in the library, all of which have been greatly enjoyed by a large number of residents. In this sense, the library has become a spiritual home for many residents.
怡海社区主要通过以下做法打造共享图书馆。第一，建立系统的借阅体系。共享图书馆不仅为本社区的居民提供借阅服务，其他社区的市民也可以通过分享闲置图书，进行图书借阅。第二，定期组织各种培训。依托社区图书馆，社区定期举办科普知识、再就业、法律知识等各种培训活动，帮助社区居民树立正确的价值观、人生观和事业观，使居民外在行为和内心世界都尽可能合乎社会的需要。第三，举办形式多样活动。社区以“共享图书馆”作为平台举办了灵活多样的社区活动，如象棋、桥牌等体育比赛，文化知识竞赛，吸引了大量的社区成员参加，使共享图书馆成为社区成员的精神家园。

The compound library in this case has two implications for community building. One is that a library can contribute to developing the compound of its location into a learning community. The other is that it can contribute to developing a sense of community and social cohesion among residents who live in separate high rises within the same compound.
共享图书馆使图书在公众手中传播，为公众学习和发挥科学文化知识提供了平台，充分发挥了社区图书馆在全面阅读中的阵地作用，对于丰富居民文化生活、提高居民科学文化素质、培养居民阅读习惯、创建书香社区和学习型社区起到了积极的作用。此外，通过共同阅读，图书馆也大大提高了邻里之间的交流、促进了邻里和谐、消除社区邻里陌生感，提升居民对社区的归属感和认同感，增强了社区凝聚力，使高楼里也有了浓浓的人情味。