Abstract:

The values and views of future libraries will be transformed from “mechanical” to “animate”,
from “spontaneous” to “conscious”, from “contingent” to “inevitable”, from “general” to “specific”, and
from “unique” to “widely shared”. In terms of value orientation, the emphasis will change from “to satisfy
personalized deamnds” to “to promote general knowledge freedom”, from “agent of objective information
resources” to “collaborator of nurturing capability of knowledge utilization”, from “to safeguard intellectual
property rights” to “to oversee the efficient allocation of public information resources”, and from “responding
to the current needs” to “guiding future demands”.

Key words: Social value of library, Social value orientation, Knowledge accomplishment, Public intelligence services