Shi, XinZhai, JianxiongHao, Jinmin2025-09-242025-09-242013https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/5088In recent years, the public libraries in China are experiencing a rapid development period, showing a significant feature--regional integration and alliance. Shanxi province, an underdeveloped area in north China, had quite limited public investment in the public library development, yet it has paid great attention to explore a suitable development road in the province-wide public library service, which not only has an important reference value to other underdeveloped areas in China, but can also bring a new view to the world.enAttribution 3.0 Unportedhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Public library service in underdeveloped regions in China - A case study of Shanxi ProvinceArticlehttp://2013.ifla.orgopen accessShanxiPublic Library ServicesUnderdeveloped RegionsMain-branch Libraries