A Resource-based View Of Library Functions

Resource-based view is the basic idea about the scope of resources. It is evolving as human knowledge and technological capabilities grow. In the resource-based view, human society is a resource system; as an important part of human society, library is also a resource system.The interplay of resource elements in library resource system promotes the functions and development of library. These resource elements include literature resources,human resources,technical methods resources,architectural resources,institutional resources and cultural resources.The library functions contain two main parts. One is the functions of resource elements and the other is the functions of resource system. The functions of resource elements mainly include the perceiving function and educating function of literature resources; the guiding function and managing function of human resources; the transforming function and spreading function of technical methods resources; the humanizing function and preserving function of architectural resources; the core value representing function and controlling,coordinating,managing function of institutional resources; the cohering function,guiding function and radiating function of cultural resources. The functions of library resource system contain economy function,politics function,cultural function.The functions of resource elements are the basis of the functions of resource system. In order to achieve the functions of resource system, we must achieve these of resource elements first. The functions of resource elements are the basic functions of library. The functions of resource system are the integration and sublimation of the functions of resource elements; they are the core functions of library. The economy function and politics function promote the practice progress of human society; the knowledge function and sprit function guarantee the inheritance of human culture.