Abstract:

Public participation plays an important part in library management, construction and service. The nineteenth article of the draft on public library law confirms the right to participate. But the nineteenth article is so simple that there are so many basic issues have been omitted. The necessity of legislation of the library public participation is obviously. The legislation of the library public participation is the inevitable choice of the rule of law, the demand of corporate governance of library and the inadequacies of local legislation of library. The principles of legislation of the library public participation include decision, no hurry and no rough. The legislation of the library public participation should absorb the essence of the soft law of library law and take the form of central legislation and special legislation. The legislation of the library public participation should define the subject of public participation by the standards of universality, popularization and the avoidance of interest and set the way of participation. The legislation of the library public participation should coverage the contents of the public participation, including the library management, construction services and supervision.

Key words: Library, Library law, Legislation, Public participation, Rights to participate, Soft law, Central legislation, Special legislation