Research On Public Library Service Innovation Based On Information Niche Theory

Public library ecology is an important part of the construction of China's information ecological civilization,and it's also the basis for the ecological development of cultural industries.New requirements and connotations are put forward for the services of public libraries due to the development of the knowledge economy and the change of the information environment.The scientific and harmonious nature of the information ecology theory and its compatibility with information services can be a strong support for the implementation of innovation strategies in public libraries.Simultaneously,this can enable public libraries to adapt to the current information environment,clarify the overlap of information ecological positioning,reposition information functions,information space-time,and information resource niche,and ultimately enhance the competitiveness of public library information services and revitalize the new opportunities of information services.On the basis of summarizing the current status of public library services in China,this thesis forms a review of information ecology and public library services through a large number of literature surveys.The thesis maps and correlates information functions,space-time,resource niche,and public library services one by one,and provides a basis for the development of subsequent papers.The research object of this thesis is public library,the research goals are to determine the information niche positioning criteria and to discover service functions,objects,time and space,and method innovation.The main research contents are as follows:(1)According to the information function niche,this chapter locates the information roles and social functions undertaken by public library.Based on the functional positioning of public library,this chapter first analyzes its information role positioning as a service subject under different functions,then explores the functions of public libraries and analyze their positioning principles and key points,and finally analyze the functional positioning of public library service objects and the hierarchical positioning mode of children's libraries.(2)According to the information space-time niche,this chapter sorts out the vicissitude in the service time pattern of public library,explores the direction of service time reform,and finds the equilibrium point of time niche.From the perspective of geography,this chapter first discusses the hierarchical positioning of the living-reality space and reasonable allocation of service activity space location and density in the library.Then it proposes the optimization direction of the spatial layout and configuration,and briefly describes the innovation trend of expanding the information space niche of public library.(3)According to the niche of information resource,this chapter studies the content and positioning of public library resource construction,and concludes two positioning criteria:positioning the type and breadth of information resources based on service methods,the level and depth of information resources based on user needs.Then,this chapter sorts out the existing service methods,projects,and methods of public libraries,and proposes a three-tier innovative service model:consolidate innovation of traditional offline services,implement innovation of online digital services,and expand innovation represented by WeChat,Weibo,and APP.(4)Taking Zhejiang Library as an empirical case,and summarizing its current status of information functions,space-time,and resource niche through due diligence.This chapter applies the above-mentioned public library service subjects and objects,service time and space,resource construction and service method innovation to the Zhejiang Library,then analyzes the two innovative practices of "letter-reading platform" and"Zhejiang Library Koi",and ultimately proposes the development direction and deepening strategy of the service niche innovation of Zhejiang Library.