The Inheritance and Transformation of Library Science in China (Modern and Contemporary Cooperation-Competition Development)

Author: Gong Jiaoteng, Yi Ling, Zhu Xiaona and Wang Fengjiao

Publisher: China Social Sciences Press

Publication Time: May 2023

ISBN: 9787522716954

This book takes the theory of competition and collaboration as its research perspective, analyzing the competition and integration relationship between the traditional collation theory and modern Western library science and exploring the inheritance and transformation of Chinese library science. 

By analyzing the transformation of society, culture, academia, and library functions, this book summarizes the historical background of the inheritance and transformation of library science in China. By analyzing the research content of traditional collation theory and Western style library science, this book reveals the competition and collaboration relationship and results of the two in terms of terminology system, application concepts, theoretical research, educational ideas, knowledge structure, and other aspects in modern times. 

The book points out that the construction of Chinese library science must adhere to the fundamental principles of inheritance, integration, innovation, and transcendence, and innovate and develop on the basis of a grasp of history based on reality that faces the future.