[Purpose/Significance] From the dual perspectives of preprint platforms and librarians, this paper aims to elucidate the current situation, impact, and library strategies for preprint review and refereed preprints, providing references for Chinese preprint platforms to conduct preprint review. [Method/Process] Using online research methods, this paper analyzed the concepts, emerging characteristics, and impacts of preprint review and refereed preprints on traditional scholarly communication systems. It then examined the implications for libraries and corresponding strategies from a library perspective. [Result/Conclusion] Preprint review and refereed preprints have influenced the resource construction and preservation of libraries, changing users’ research information needs, and affecting the direction of libraries’ and librarians’ endeavors in open access. Libraries, which are not only the promoters, builders and operators of preprints and preprint platforms, but also the funders and technical supporters of preprint review services, should actively engage in metadata development, indexing tool creation, coordinating in preprint review, and conducting relevant trainings to support its healthy development and promote a virtuous cycle in the scholarly communication ecosystem.
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