Histoircal Evoluiton And Content Analysis Of Introduction To Library Science

In the Era of Information Economy, the introduction to library science confronts challengesand opportunities. In Chinese Curriculum System of Higher Education, every major alwayssets the general courses at first.In that way, learners can gain the general contents of libraryscience as soon as possible.The introduction in library science books can undertake thistask. Currently, the main purpose of this kind of book is to let students understand the wholegeneral problems, general theory and general knowledge of library science. Moreover, it canprovide basic principles and application of the theory of library science at home and abroad.The introduction in library science books in our country include many items,such as libraryand its work,general knowledge,general theory and general methods of work. In order toattract students to understand the library, librarianship and library science.The first relatedbook is Library Science, which is written by Zhaozhe Yang in1923. Unfortunately, mostresearches of that kind of books ignored systematicness.Therefore, the paper researches onthe whole related books to compare and analyze.This paper studies on four main areas. Firstly, it compiles the general information of theintroduction in library science books from1923to2012, which has strong historicalvalue.Secondly, it is about the division of the past89years historical stages. Therefore,learners can catch the features and contents.Thirdly, it is based on the content of35bookswith quantitative analysis and the changes of the main contents.Last but not least, the paperbases on lots of books and materials and compares the features of different periods.Therefore,it builds the core contents of the introduction in library science books,which can improve thelever of library science in China.