Privately owned by the Macao Chamber of Commerce, the Octagonal Pavilion Library was the first free Chinese library service as well as the most used Chinese public library in Macao from its establishment in 1948 until the late twentieth century. With a total surface area of 1,130 square feet, it is possibly the smallest library in the world. Despite its diminutive size, its educational and cultural impact on the community make it unique. Its relationship to “the foreign-Chinese divide,” to Ho Yin (Macao’s most important twentieth-century historical figure), and to other libraries in Macao are of particular interest. Its architecture, classification system (centered on the Three People’s Principles), and nontechnical operations in the current technical environment also make it a meaningful library service case study.

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澳门八角馆图书馆：独特性研究

八角亭图书馆为澳门总商会私人所有，自1948年成立至20世纪末，是澳门首个免费中文图书馆服务，也是使用人数最多的中文公共图书馆。它的总面积为 1,130 平方英尺，可能是世界上最小的图书馆。尽管它的规模很小，但它对社区的教育和文化影响使其独一无二。它与“中外鸿沟”、何寅（澳门二十世纪最重要的历史人物）以及澳门其他图书馆的关系特别令人感兴趣。它的架构、分类系统（以三个人的原则为中心）以及当前技术环境中的非技术操作也使其成为一个有意义的图书馆服务案例研究。