From “Memory Palace” to “Experience Universe”: Materializing the Metaverse Library

Research on the Metaverse Service Model of Future Learning Centers

  • Jiang Lu ,
  • Chen Yunwei ,
  • Lu Zudan ,
  • Liu Xiangping
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  • 1 Hohai University Library, Nanjing 210024;
    2 National Science Library (Chengdu), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610299;
    3 Department of Information Resources Management, School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190
Jiang Lu, Librarian, Master’s Degree; Chen Yunwei, Senior Research Fellow, PhD, Doctoral Supervisor, Corresponding Author, E-mail: chenyw@clas.ac.cn; Lu Zudan, Librarian, PhD; Liu Xiangping, Librarian, Master’s Degree.

Received date: 2024-07-23

  Revised date: 2025-02-05

  Online published: 2025-11-11

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This work is supported by the 2025 Hohai University Library Internal Research Project titled “Research on Service Models of Future Learning Centers Driven by Metaverse”(Grant No. TSG2025A05);the 2022 Innovation Fund Innovative Business Platform Project, National Science Library (Chengdu), Chinese Academy of Sciences, titled “Data and Knowledge Science Laboratory”(Grant No. E3Z0000105).

Abstract

[Purpose/Significance] The aim is to provide strategic guidance for the construction of future learning centers in the metaverse era, further enhance service quality and reader experience, and promote the sustainable development of future learning centers. [Method/Process] This paper elaborated on the connotations and characteristics of future learning centers in the metaverse, and on this basis, further summarized the service models. By investigating the metaverse practices of 985 project university libraries, it proposed to the implementation paths for innovating service models of future learning centers in the metaverse era. [Result/Conclusion] The service model of the future learning centers in the metaverse era is summarized, including space services, resource services, consultation services, subject services, and cultural services. It proposes that the construction of the future learning centers in the metaverse should be promoted from five aspects: formulating the developing plan for meta-universe libraries, increasing the investment in technology and capital, attaching importance to the construction of librarian teams, cultivating readers’ metaverse information literacy, and paying attention to privacy security protection.

Cite this article

Jiang Lu , Chen Yunwei , Lu Zudan , Liu Xiangping . Research on the Metaverse Service Model of Future Learning Centers[J]. Library and Information Service, 2025 , 69(21) : 16 -24 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2025.21.002

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