Recently, the former Shanghai Library in Yangpu District has been open to the public on a trial operation.
The renewed library has various signs, including instructions, directions (parking lot, floor design and directory) and tips to facilitate visitors and maintain order. It also has courtesy seats for senior citizens aged over 70 at the entrance and exit. Moreover, senior citizens aged over 70 and the physically-challenged may be exempted from queuing up by entering through special pass. Moreover, shelters along the line-up areas protect visitors from the heat.
Moreover, leveraging "library +internet "model, the library is the first public library that has initiated O2O book-lending services via "on-line lending app" known as "the World of Book". Readers may access the platform via app, public wechat account, website, and Alipay shortcut to reserve books online and get them offline. They don't have to pay deposits or get a library card. The O2O services resolved readers' book delivery issues. Meanwhile, the app operator teams up with Xinhua Media, Shanghai Bookmall, Dayin Bookmall and several book retailers to launch O2O campaigns, catering to readers' customized and diversified reading needs, linking online and offline experience, and facilitating local readership development.
