The Construction And Interpretation Of Knowledge Map On Library And Information Science

The development of Scientometrics and visualization drives the research of Knowledge Mapping, which has a wide application in education, technology, intelligence structure analysis and social issues. Knowledge Mapping is a kind of knowledge management method, it is a particularly useful way to analyze the structure of a certain discipline or a subject. According to the related theories and statistical methods, this paper analyzes the current situation in the field of Library and Information Science(LIS) from 2005 to 2010, and conducts a study to visualize the researches, the priorities, the hot spots as well as the future development trend in the field of LIS.The following are the main methods used in this paper: Literature Survey and Summary, by which this paper gives a comprehensive view of Scientometrics and Knowledge Mapping at home and aboard; Statistical analysis, by which this paper conducts factor analysis, cluster analysis and multidimensional scale analysis using the SPSS software; Comparison and Comprehensive analysis, by which this paper figures out the appropriate database, journals and more important categories; Empirical study, by which this paper analyzes a certain discipline–Library and Information Science, and constructs a knowledge map for LIS.Combining Web of Science and EBSCO, this study obtains a huge number of authoritative and comprehensive LIS subject terms from the database, and then divides the researches of LIS into 11 categories, including Medical Informatics, Electronic Resources, Informatics and Publishing, Network Resources and Medical Libraries, Library system, Digital libraries, Computer Technology and Management, Education and Information Literacy, Network Resources, Information Behavior and Information Sharing, Theories of Information Management and Information Systems. With the help of Strategic Diagram, this study also divides the 11 categories into four quadrants which stand for different roles and effects in the field of LIS.According to the overall analysis and separate analysis of subject terms, the paper concludes that: Over the past 6 years, LIS research can be divided into 11 categories; From the overall point of view, the focuses of LIS research are concentrated on Libraries entities, Information Resources and Management & Technology theories; As for the development trend of LIS, the current researches are concentrating more and more on networks and digital technologies, which are playing an more important role in LIS; Furthermore, many new research themes, such as E-Commerce, Open Source Software, Library Education, Research Libraries, Intellectual Property and so on, make LIS more sophisticated, systematical and integrated.In this paper, we construct a knowledge map for LIS through statistical methods, and elaborate the development situations for it, which have a significant effect for us to understand the current status and the future trends. At present, there are many researches focused on libraries, information resources and information theories, and the studies will concentrate more and more on technology as well as services, therefore, LIS research will combine more disciplines, and form a more and more integrated system.