A Comparative Study Of Chinese And American University Library Community Service

University Library teachers and students has always been a place of learning and research, museum literature resources compared to other types of libraries have great advantages, but the traditional closed ideological limits the development of university libraries. As a public utility-type units, university libraries have not been able to play the greatest social functions. With the development of the information needs of the community of readers increased, the number of small service to the community of readers in public libraries, it is difficult to deal with the huge social needs of readers. Universities should appeal to all walks of life have started to open the library, more community-oriented readers. Mid-20th century, domestic experts and scholars dedicated to social service university library theoretical research, studies have focused on the discussion of the social aspects of launch mode, and the advantage of the characteristics of services, etc., and how to carry out and did not rise to the level of the real. Country has not issued the relevant laws to ensure that the University Library expand social services, and led to the slow development of the University Library and is not complete.Western countries on the development of career college library is already quite mature, individual countries have long introduced relevant laws to encourage colleges and universities were open library services. Among them, particularly in the United States-led universities to represent. Early 20th century, the United States began to carry out community service University Library, has been in development for a long time, the service system has been approaching maturity, the content and the way also diversified trend. Community development experience of American University Library for the country to carry important guiding significance.The first chapter introduces the background and significance, summed up the university library development of social service at home and abroad. On the domestic front, mainly through the development trend, facilities to carry out the way, there are four directions to illustrate problems and solutions, summarizes recent national experts for the university library research in social service, and the wording of the methods and specific wording ideas description; the second chapter introduces the definition, the main library for the university to carry out social service elaborate justification for social service summarizes the advantages and effects, noting trends and the future path of development libraries, and from their own location to explains the necessity to carry out social service university library; the third chapter describes the current situation of the country to carry the main form from several aspects, such as the contents of the object, and pick an empirical analysis of the three cases. Respectively, Guangzhou University Library, Jianghan University Library, Shangluo University Library, these universities to carry out social services during both contain some similar characteristics, but also has its own characteristics and innovation; fourth chapter in American Universities Development Situation description, combined with three columns of text to be explained. Object privileges study focused on the University of Arkansas; Ball State University and Ohio State University will focus on describing the school’s unique form of social service; chapter summarizes the comparison of the domestic deficiencies according to the specific circumstances of the two cases and universities as well as from the United States Inspiration Library obtained social service and follow-up with their own ideas for service work reasonable recommendations.