The author analyses the advantages of traditional library, and the disadvantages of online retrieval system, and enumerates some reasons of the existence of traditional library.

• 文章对传统图书馆存在的理由和优势以及网络检索系统在读者服务中的不足和弊端进行了分析,论证了网络检索系统不能取代传统图书馆检索系统的理由。