Social challenge 1: How to improve the quality of libraries in rural China?
Why is this important?
Libraries provide a gateway to knowledge for rural population
Background
Most people who live in rural areas lack access to good libraries due to lack of government funding. Libraries that do exist often have poor infrastructure and are not well managed.
Status Quo
Non profits have donated money to rebuild rural
libraries. However most resources are put into building hard infrastructures,
rather than improving the quality of the libraries. Rural libraries often lack
access to good quality books, and
librarians lack professional training.
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Response from Group 1: Profit Driven
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Goal |
Build central rural libraries and provide mobile library service to more isolated villages |
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Solution |
• Find sponsorships for building good quality
libraries within cluster of villages
• Main rural libraries will send
out mobile library trucks to provide services to
more isolated villages • Books in the library will be constantly
changed and updated
• Rural library will also provide
internet and ebooks
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