Self-service library in Lhasa has high-tech service

A 24-hour self-service library using a facial recognition system opened to the public in Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region, on Wednesday, as part of an effort to promote reading.

Located inside the city government's service hall, the 24-hour self-service library operates through an unattended borrowing and returning device based on RFID technology. It is the region's first 24-hour self-service library with a facial recognition system, according to the regional library, which is in charge of the project.

Tseten Butri, head of the regional library, said it has been conducting different reading activities in via various channels and forms, including organizing activities online and offline.

"It upholds core socialist values and traditional Chinese culture and aims to integrate reading into people's lives by giving readers easy access to good books," said Tseten Butri.