公共書架“漫步”德國街頭

在德國的城市街角、廣場和郊區超市，一排排公共書架正在走入人們的視野。你可以隨意取閱或貢獻書籍，無須登記、沒有期限，也不限冊數。這項免費換書活動的組織者表示，這是針對每一位喜愛閱讀的人推出的活動，不限年齡和受教育程度；對每個人都是開放的。據悉，這些公共書架通常是由捐助基金資助、由當地志願者組織維護的。每個書架約有200冊圖書，大約每六週完成一次圖書輪換。目前，德國大部分公共書架都設在高檔社區，組織者計劃下一步讓公共書架走進貧困社區，讓那裏的人享受相同的閱讀機會。

Take a book, leave a book. In the birthplace of the printing press, public bookshelves are popping up across the nation on street corners, city squares and suburban supermarkets.

In these free-for-all libraries, people can grab whatever they want to read, and leave behind anything they want for others. There's no need to register, no due date, and you can take or give as many as you want.

"This project is aimed at everyone who likes to read — without regard to age or education. It is open for everybody," Michael Aubermann, one of the organizers of the free book exchange in the city of Cologne, told The Associated Press.

The western city's latest public shelf, a