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Jinan First Human Library to Open
"Different from ordinary library, readers in human library will experience a totally new world by talking with each real person." Chen Shiyu and Qiu Junsi are junior students in Shandong University, and they are also the founders of the first human library in Jinan.
Chen Shiyu said that, she learnt about human library in other countires
from the magzine when she was in high school. During college, she went to Thailand for supplying volunteer services, holding reading clubs & micro lectures, slowly she realized that Jinan was a reserved city and Communication is needed here. "The concept of human library has been popupar in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, but it is still new in Jinan, We want to open a new window for people in Jinan to know new things." In 2011, She gathered 5 other classmates to form the I Think Group and started practice of opening human library.