Seeking the New Equilibrium in the Changing Knowledge Environment: A Review on Library Development Strategies of the English-Spoken Countries in 2014

  • Wang Zheng ,
  • Wang Yanpeng ,
  • Zou Meichen ,
  • Jiang Xian ,
  • Jia Xiaotao ,
  • Liu Hongxu
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  • 1. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049;
    2. Documentation and Information Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190;
    3. Wuhan Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071;
    4. Lanzhou Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000

Received date: 2015-04-09

  Revised date: 2015-04-22

  Online published: 2015-05-05

Abstract

[Purpose/significance] The paper aims to comprehend the library development status in 2014, to understand the development policy, idea, strategy and practice of libraries in developed English-spoken countries, to analyze the librarianship development trends in the future, and to provide references for Chinese libraries.[Method/process] It scans and traces the policy documents of development strategies and environment, research reports, strategic planning and important report released by major English-spoken countries and international organizations during the year of 2014, makes the literature review based on the above texts.[Result/conclusion] The paper finds out that the words such as "equilibrium" or "balance" occur more frequently in expressions related to library development. It argues that in a changing knowledge context, librarianship is seeking the new equilibrium in environment, resource, space, content, roles and so on.

Cite this article

Wang Zheng , Wang Yanpeng , Zou Meichen , Jiang Xian , Jia Xiaotao , Liu Hongxu . Seeking the New Equilibrium in the Changing Knowledge Environment: A Review on Library Development Strategies of the English-Spoken Countries in 2014[J]. Library and Information Service, 2015 , 59(9) : 5 -15 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2015.09.001

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