2020年12月13日，范并思供职的华东师范大学信息管理系借中国图书馆学报编辑部举办“道大无外——图书馆与社会”2020年论坛的机会，为几个月前正式退休的范并思举办了一个座谈会。他本人用一个不长的演讲回顾和总结了自己的学术生涯，它们由重要的论著、重要的活动和学术上的转折等构成。作为同道，那些论著我都阅读过并且被触动过和引起过思考；部分被范并思认为参与过的重要活动我也参与了其中；有些他学术研究方向的转折点我则是见证者。于是，在《图书馆杂志》编辑部的策划下，就有了下面这篇对话。与他个人的回顾与总结不同，我作为提问者，自有我对他观察的角度，从某种意义上说，这个角度也许是很多同道与后学们共同的观察视角，我只抛砖引玉而 已。

On December 13, 2020, the Department of Information Management of East China Normal University where Fan Bingsi worked took the opportunity of the China Library Journal Editorial Department to host the 2020 Forum of "Nothing but Great Way-Library and Society", which was officially retired a few months ago. Fan Bingsi held a symposium. He himself reviewed and summarized his academic career with a short speech, which is composed of important treatises, important activities and academic transitions. As a fellow, I have read and been touched and thought about those works; I have also participated in some important activities that Fan Bingsi believes to have participated in; I have witnessed some turning points in his academic research direction. So, under the planning of the editorial department of "Library Magazine", there is the following dialogue. Different from his personal review and summary, as the questioner, I have my own perspective of observation of him. In a sense, this perspective may be the common observation perspective of many fellow students and later learners.