Dewey Decimal Classification has a long history and noble status in the practical work of libraries and information organizations. This paper retells its history of development, and emphatically analyzes many important changes in the 23rd edition. Based on the latest cataloging concepts and new technologies, it summarizes the characteristics of the revised edition, and explores its new trends in the network environment. The results are conducive to grasping the future direction of reform.

In this paper, we analyze highly cited 20 foreign language books on computer science in ESI database. Then we construct the evaluation index system and evaluate factors affecting the quality of academic books. For multi-author books, author contribution rate is allotted using the Harmonic algorithm. Finally, we apply entropy method and rank the 20 foreign language books.

The provision of active knowledge push service is important, considering the changeability, dynamic and context-sensitiveness of user needs in ubiquitous knowledge environment. In this paper, the demands of embedded knowledge push service are summarized; and the important parts of embedded knowledge push service are analyzed. On this basis, the connotation and typical embedded modes of embedded knowledge push service which supported scientific research are described. Finally, the problems which requires our attention and solution are discussed.

Because of its unique characteristics, open online encyclopedic can be a good complement to the library resources for the library knowledge service. This paper studies the problems of quality control of open online encyclopedic information for the purpose. Firstly, it describes the use of online encyclopedia and builds the quality control framework based on its characteristics. It continues to analyze from three perspectives including information quality, library application quality and knowledge service. Lastly, it proposes regulations to guarantee the quality control process. This study also has important reference value for library to further integrate a wider range of network resources.

It is important for academic libraries to abandon traditional thinking during this transition period, and starts to think how to carry out the practical work with the layout and design of the library space. Based on the practices of some well-known foreign libraries and Shanghai University Library in recent years, the authors conducted a cross-disciplinary research combining the traditional library study with art design, exploring the creative efforts of library on space design in the transition period, and picturing the future direction of library.

Chorography is a special type of local literature. This paper discusses the problems of classification of chorography in Chinese Library Classification (CLC) (5th Edition). Through examining the definitions of chorography and similar local literature types, it fully analyzes and explains the background and reasons why these categories are added in CLC. It uses Beijing local literature as an example to compare these literature categories in CLC and Beijing Local Collection Classification, further highlighting the usefulness and importance of CLC’s chorography categories.

eBook service of “Window of Shanghai” is an innovative practice of the “Window of Shanghai” project in line with people’s changing reading habits in the Internet and digital age and also the transformation of contemporary libraries. Starting from the whole design process of eBook service, this article provides not only a comprehensive analysis of the design ideas and their implementation, but also assessment of usage through data analysis, evaluating the effectiveness and quality as well as discussing the future development.

Since we-media is increasingly favored by readers, who now resort to the Internet as channels to file complaints, library is facing some challenges. This paper analyzes the Internet environment for contemporary library services, describes several types of complaints and their impacts on librarians, as well as putting forth strategies to address such complaints.

As the competition in digital reading market is becoming fiercer and fiercer, user experience plays an important role in meeting users’ needs. In order to evaluate the digital reading interface, this paper attempts to set up an evaluation framework based on the theory of perceived affordance, which consists of fourteen specific design guidelines. Then we conduct comparative analysis on the human-computer interfaces of QQ Reader and Easy Reader accordingly, and make a summary of the features of these digital reading platforms.

The understanding of the pattern of users’ behavior plays an important role in reducing the cost of the system and improving the availability of it. The article mainly introduces a method based on FP-tree and association rules, which aims at getting the frequent patterns according to the data of college library. By combining the related samples and the patterns, the author puts forward some advice to optimize the structure of web and resources to realize personalized service.

Context-aware technology is the key technology to build the ecosystem of intelligent library, and intelligent library’s success depends on context-aware system. This article introduces the relationship between context-aware technology and intelligent library, then summarizes the development and application of context-aware technology, points out that RFID technology is still the key technology in the library field. Then this article analyzes and designs the context-aware system framework of intelligent library. Finally, this article analyzes the implications of this framework to enhance the library’s environment, management and services, and put forwards some prospective ideas about the future of the intelligent library.

Sweden passed a library law in real sense in 1996. After about a decade, the Swedish Government and library community evaluated the law and decided on the necessity of amendment. In 2012, a draft of amendment was presented by the Government and in 2013, Swedish Parliament passed the amendment. Yet it was received differently across the Sweden. Overall, the amendment was proposed by the government, covers entity within the public library system, and stresses the focus on reader service. But the problem of responsibility designation between the central and local remains unsolved.

This article introduces a multi-method research project examining the use of various free online collections and projects, such as Project Gutenberg, the Internet Archive, and Creative Commons licensed ebooks, by public libraries. This research begins with the questions: what are libraries doing with free materials? Are there barriers to incorporating them into collection? What role are librarians playing in expanding access to and awareness of these resources?

Fu Zengxiang is a famous edition and bibliographer in modern times in China, and is aslo well-known as an emendation scholar and bibliophile. He spend all his life in the collection and collation of Chinese ancient books, who has outstanding achievements and has a far-reaching impact on future generation. Cangyuan Qunshu Jingyanlu reflects his achievements in the area of version and catalogue, and has a high value in academic. This book records a lot of ancient books, including printed edition, movable edition, and handwritten edition, which were saw during Fu Zengxiang visiting books for many years. Therefore, this book also often become the contemporary political scholar desk necessary books. However, due to various reasons, it is not reach the acme of perfection, Cangyuan Qunshu Jingyanlu also recorded by eye mistakes. Based on previous correction of today, review the relevant literature handed down from ancient times, the “Ji” recorded Shiji of the title, author and volumes, a new study, correct one, to uphold the scientific attitude, to make a better memory of sages.

In 2014, Beijing University’s Ru Zang Center published the first ever fully redacted version of Yu Yue’s Qun Jing Ping Yi in modern format. Though the overall editing and emendation work were very good, many textual errors still remain. The primary reason for such errors lies in the fact that the editors did not choose the best woodblock edition of Qun Jing Ping Yi to use as their master copy, upon which to base their own version and against which to check other versions. The other main reason for so many errors is that, besides the various woodblock versions of Qun Jing Ping Yi in existance, there is also a partial manuscript version by the original author that still exists, and although this is invaluable for just such editing and collation work, the Ru Zang editors chose not to use it. The result is that there are many textual errors in the Ru Zang version that could have easily been avoided. This paper analyzes a sample of these errors.

It had been a long-term process to compile MINGSHI YIWENZHI, during the period of which, many relevant achievements were made. Although scholars have been studied the difference and relationship between these achievements since then, there still some issues need a further study. In this essay, under the help of the newly found MINGSHI YIWENZHIGAO(written by Huang Yuji, an scholar in early Qing Dynasty) and the emended YIWENZHI from History of Ming Dynasty(the 416th volume, collected in the National Library), the author discussed the changes between two successive books, MINGSHI YIWENZHIGAO and MINGSHI YIWENZHI in three aspects: deletion of bibliographical of four dynasties (attached to MINGSHI YIWENZHIGAO), modification and adjustment of entries in bibliographical of four dynasties, deletion of notes and entries in bibliographical of four dynasties.

Index to Biographical Materials of Song Figures is an important reference book on the history of the Song dynasty. But there are some errors in it, and the author corrects them in the paper.

In the late Qing bibliophile Lu Xinyuan life had written numerous books postscripts, academic value has always been valued by scholars. Yi Gu Tang Bibliography Compilation of Postscripts published by Zhonghua first integrated and arranged the bibliography of postscripts written by Lu Xinyuan , not only benefit scholars, but also further enhance the self value. However, due to some deficiency exists in the knowledge consolidation and scholarly attitude, leading to some problems that can’t be ignored in this version .In this paper, we will study these problems take those fragments which involved in Yi Gu Tong Work Set as example, in order to benefit the series itself and the readers.