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The 15th Five-Year Plan of University Libraries: Core Elements and Development Paths

Cai Yingchun Zhou Qiong Niu Junlan(The Library of Shanghai International Studies University)   

  • Online:2025-10-15 Published:2025-11-06
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    Cai Yingchun Zhou Qiong Niu JunlanThe Library of Shanghai International Studies University

Abstract:

The 15th Five-Year Plan is a critical phase of strategic transformation for the development ofuniversity libraries. Facing multiple challenges and opportunities such as the accelerated iteration ofinformation technology the deepening of the connotative development of higher education and theincreasingly diversified and complex needs of users libraries urgently need to carry out forward-lookingstrategic planning in order to transcend their traditional roles and realize the value reshaping and serviceupgrading. Based on the analysis of the current development trend related theories and the needs ofplanning practice this paper systematically constructs a planning framework to high-quality developmentof university libraries in the 15th Five-Year Plan . The framework establishes the guiding concepts andstrategic objectives on the basis of which the paper analyzes the profound migration of the coredevelopment elements of libraries and further plans the key paths of realization. Finally this paperemphasizes four foundational support guarantees. This paper aims to construct a complete chainframework of ideology-elements-paths-guarantees and dynamically link the migration of developmentelements with path design. This will provide systematic thinking dimensions and practical guidance foruniversity libraries to cope with the complex environment during the 15th Five-Year Plan period andenhance their core competitiveness. It is helpful to promote their deep integration into the overalldevelopment of universities and achieve sustainable and high-quality development of themselves.

Key words:

Smart libraries ,  15th Five-Year Plan Library transformation Digital scholarshipInterdisciplinary collaboration