Hubei Public Library Directors Training Class & City Study On-site Meeting was held in Xianning on July 16-18. The directors and staff from Hubei Provincial Library, municipal libraries and county libraries participated in the training.

The training class specially invited some industry experts and scholars, such as Jin Wugang, professor of Information Management Department of East China Normal University, Chu Shuqing, director of Zhejiang Provincial Library, Xu Yibo, director of Ningbo Library, Luo Ping, deputy director of Public Service Office of Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, to lecture on the improvement of the director's leadership, the strategic transformation and innovative development of public libraries, etc. Xianning and Enshi introduced the construction experience of city studies.

That day all attendees visited the city studies in Shiliutan Park, Xiangshan Academy and Zishan Lake, and also had group discussion on further improving the public cultural service efficiency of libraries, promoting the construction of the main-branch library system of public libraries, urban study of public libraries, and creating cultural space close to the masses.

This meeting is the second provincial activity held in Xianning this year by the culture and tourism department of Hubei province and the provincial mass art center after the provincial public chorus exchange performance, which is not only the affirmation of the public cultural services in the city, but also the commending of the construction of the main-branch library system of public libraries in accordance with local conditions in the city. (By Wang Ranyu/Xianning Daily)