“National Promotion Campaign of National Library Course Resources” launched in Chengdu

China News Service, Chengdu, October 2. The launch ceremony of the "National Promotion of National Library of China Open Course Resources" sponsored by the National Library and participated by libraries at all levels and types across the country was recently held in Chengdu.

The National Library of China Open Course is an online platform for national general education launched by the National Library in 2015. After more than ten years of development, the National Atlas Open Course has created a rich curriculum system including special courses, special events, reading recommendations, and librarian classes. So far, it has served a total of 38,000 offline readers and has received more than 1.2 billion online visits.

This promotion event aims to focus on displaying and promoting the results of more than ten years of construction of the National Atlas Open Course, inheriting and carrying forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture, promoting the co-construction and sharing of resources in the library community, and providing diverse and high-quality cultural services to the public. The promotion activity will start in September 2026 and will last until December 31, 2027. It adopts a free registration method and all types of libraries at all levels across the country can participate. The national map open course course resources will be displayed to local readers through online and offline exhibitions. Currently, 101 libraries have signed up to participate.

In terms of online exhibitions, participating libraries can publish WeChat articles introducing the results of the National Map Open Course resources, including the 10th anniversary special page of the National Map Open Course, introductions to 20 special courses, introductions to 10 special events, and course QR codes.

For offline exhibitions, the National Library provides the design documents for the achievement exhibition, and each library prints its own display panels based on the venue to display columns such as special courses, reading recommendations, special events, and librarian courses. Special courses display speaker information, course introduction, course syllabus and excerpts of "knowledge points" or "golden sentences"; special events are displayed in series such as "The Age of Genius Series" and "Symphony of Civilization Series" to allow readers to understand the breadth, depth and professional quality of the course content.

The person in charge of the event said that the National Library will share high-quality cultural resources with libraries at all levels across the country, and strive to break down geographical and resource barriers through digital means, so that all readers can easily obtain high-quality cultural knowledge, realize the encounter between "everyone", and bring the high-quality resources of the National Library into thousands of households, improving the efficiency of national reading and lifelong learning services.