关键词: 公共图书馆法人, 治理结构, 改革理事会

Abstract: [Purpose/significance] The establishment and effective operation of the council is the fundamental symbol and core of the reform of the corporate governance structure of public libraries, and it can more intuitively reflect the current situations and problems of the reform. [Method/process] This article investigatedthe establishment and operation conditions of councils of 365 public libraries above prefecture-level cities in China, through various channels such as library official websites, government official websites, academic papers, news mediaand telephone surveys. [Result/conclusion] This paper finds that there are problems such as low establishment ratio, large regional differences, fuzzy function positioning, single source of directors and low degree of information disclosure.In view of this, in the process of deepening the reforms, we must adhere to the principles of combining "helm" with "service", coordination of "public welfare" and "competitiveness" and compatibility of "exotics" with "localization". Improvingthe overall reform effectiveness by improving the system design; Speeding up the reform process and promoting the development of regional cooperation; Clarifying the functional positioning and optimizing the decision-making support mechanism; Optimizing the composition of members and broadening the source of directors; Increasing the degree of information disclosure and improving internal and external supervision mechanisms.The effective implementation of reforms is escorted.

Key words: public library, corporate governance structure, reform council