[Purpose/Significance] Knowledge intermediary activity is a socially pervasive, stable and generally objective knowledge exchange phenomenon. Knowledge intermediary activities, taken as the object of study, has a strong theoretical ability to explain the operational activities of related organisations or institutions, e.g. libraries, which use literature as the carrier and aim to provide knowledge services. [Method/Process] From the perspective of the nature of library activities, this paper analyzed the connotation, function and operation mechanism of knowledge intermediary activities, drawing on the relevant theories from communication science and knowledge management. [Result/Conclusion] Knowledge intermediary activity is the act of the knowledge brokers effectively controlling the transmission process of the knowledge with the help of knowledge control technologies and means. The knowledge intermediary activity presents the multi-layered structure consisting of the layers of formalism, ontology, methodology and axiology. Its typical characteristics are connectivity, transformation and control. Its basic structure includes mediator, users and documentary knowledge. Its core functions consist of knowledge selection and sequencing, knowledge discovery and acquisition, and knowledge transformation and utilisation. Its components of the operational system consist of subject, object, tool, purpose, state and environment. Its operating mechanism includes driving mechanism, acting mechanism, transmission mechanism and passive mechanism.
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