In the past two years, there has been an upsurge in the research and application of themetaverse in libraries. The reason why libraries embrace the metaverse is not only related to theunique information and data management skills of this profession, but also to the core value of placingcommunication in an important position. Nowadays, many libraries and relevant R&D institutions haveactively worked in the application field of the library’s metaverse and are looking forward to opening anew world for the innovation-driven and transformation development of libraries. From the perspectiveof the front-line librarians, the author explores the relationship between the metaverse and libraries,and its impact on the development of libraries. The author addresses three issues: Why do we need themetaverse? What benefits will the metaverse technology bring to libraries? And what new topics are wefacing? The author points out that, in the new round of development, efforts should be made in three aspects. Firstly, we should focus on promoting the Service remodeling, and striving to form the basicstructure of the new business model of knowledge service that integrates online and offline, online andon-site. Secondly, we should give full play to our professional advantages, apply the library’s uniquerelated technologies to the interaction between data and data, people and people, data and people, andpromote their added value. Thirdly, we should focus on library development and transformation, takethe Metaverse technology as a breakthrough, accelerate the cultivation and innovation of managementsystems and service methods that adapt to the new technological environment, and vigorously promotethe construct

This paper expounds the global metaverse industry and its current status, as well as the three“reality” concepts of the metaverse, and believes that the key to the realization of the smart library is toenable the construction of the smart library with the metaverse technology, and to build the metaverseknowledge learning center to promote knowledge sharing and wisdom inheritance. On this basis, fourfunctions of the metaverse intelligent library are proposed: building intelligent databases with thehelp of intelligent interaction technology; extending the physical space of the library and building themetaverse space with various functions;establishing the academic center of metaverse knowledge toprovide intelligent knowledge services; and creating a “metaverse digital intelligence librarian” to solvethe shortage and loss of professional and complex talents. It emphasizes that the metaverse can bringrevolutionary and subversive changes to the library, and calls for people to understand the metaverse andthe metaverse intelligent library more rationally and patiently.

Risk is an important aspect that cannot be ignored in the development of the metaverse.In the process of metacosmosis, the dark side of the metacosmos is gradually exposed, such as thesuperposition of multiple risks, the formation of information cocoon, the disintegration of value identityand the social evolutionary divergence. All of these require us to break through the physical, information,cognitive and social domains of social governance and control. The risk of the metaverse provides newinspiration for the construction of the metaverse libraries. In the future, library can explore new roles withthe objectives of information circulation, scene shaping, cognitive guidance and cultural security.

Jinling University was one of the important places for library science education in theRepublic of China period. Using the methods of literature research and historical research, this paperdeeply excavates the historical materials related to library science education in Jinling University,especially the original materials such as those in historical archives. From the perspective of graduates,this paper reviews and combs the historical contributions of the Jinling University in promoting thedevelopment of library cause, the progress of education cause, scientific research innovation and servingthe society. This paper analyzes the successful contribution of Jinling University at the social level and itsenlightenment to the development of library science education today.

The basic philosophy on library is the belief formed by people on the fundamental valuepositioning of library. After entering the 21st century, China’s library science community has greeted aboom in the research of basic library philosophy with fruitful results. Mr. Fan Bingsi has paid long-termattention to research on the library’s basic philosophies such as information fairness, library spirit, therights of the library and library core values, and has made remarkable achievements.

Zhen Dexiu was a famous neo confucianist in the late Southern Song Dynasty, who playedan important role in the inheritance and revival of Neo Confucianism. In the long process of reading,writing and teaching disciples, Zhen Dexiu adhered to Neo Confucianism and formed his own readingthoughts. Through the study of Zhen Dexiu’s works such as Xishan Du Shu Ji, Wen Zhang Zheng Zongand Daxue Yanyi, the author noticed that Zhen inherited the reading thoughts of Zhu Xi and the fourscholars of the Northern Song Dynasty (Zhou Dunyi, Zhang Zai, Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi), and innovateda solid reading system in terms of reading order, reading methods and reading content. This readingsystem has a good reference significance for solving many difficulties of classics reading at present.

In February 2022, ISBD (International Standard Bibliographic Description) 2021 Updateto the 2011 Consolidated Edition was officially released. This study compares as well as summarizingthe similarities and differences of the latest edition and the previous one. The 2021 Update revealscharacteristics such as the expansion of the range of resource types and objects described together withthe extension of the glossary. In the mean time, it maintains the original structure of ISBD and takesuser habits into consideration. The purpose of this study is to learn the roadmap for the development ofinternational cataloguing standards. It also serves the purpose of providing reference for the bibliographicwork in China and the revision of national standards.

library evaluation system in China. And promoting the process of its sinicization is helpfulto its organic combination with the domestic evaluation system. This paper sorts out the developmentprocess of LibQual+TM and the evolution of its indexes, compares and analyzes the characteristics ofLibQual+TM practices in libraries at home and abroad, points out the difficulties in promoting LibQual+TMwith Chinese characteristics, and puts forward the corresponding solutions. It is found that the evolutionof LibQual+TM index has roughly gone through five stages. Libqual+TM has more extensive applicationand mature system in foreign libraries, whereas the application and research of LibQual+TM in China arescattered and not deep enough, especially in the application of public libraries. The defects of LibQual+TMindex, the mismatch between the index setting and the development of libraries in China, and the relativeshortage of special funds for libraries in China are the key factors that restrict LibQual+TM localization inChina. Therefore, we need to build LibQual+TM Universal evaluation model and release template, buildlocal evaluation system according to the specialty and service characteristics of different types of libraries,and build characteristic evaluation system according to specific object and target.

The Personal Information Protection Law makes specific provisions for personalinformation processors to obtain relevant consent and formulate special rules. The protection of minorreaders also needs to meet the requirements above. It is necessary to promote the hierarchicalization of thepersonal information consent rules for minor readers, distinguish between sensitive personal information,ordinary personal information and guardian personal information in terms of consent content, andestablish different rules with “eight years old” and “fourteen years old” as age nodes in terms of consentauthority. We should promote the establishment of a system of consent rules for the personal informationof underage readers, with full consideration of such aspects as notification, interpretation, and amendment.We should learn from the practical experience of the United States and Europe, promote industry-relatedpractices, issue special protection policies, strengthen business information management, systematicallycarry out special education, and clarify corresponding relief channels.

Rural public reading space is an important part of public cultural service system, and aneffective carrier for rural culture revitalization. The study on the activation of rural public reading spacehelps to promote the high-quality development of rural public cultural services, and further empowers thecomprehensive revitalization of rural culture. Through the investigation and analysis of the main forms ofthe current rural public reading space, this article summarizes the factors activating public reading spacesuch as people-orientation, supply and demand balance, diversified services, and empowered villages.To activate rural public reading space, it is necessary for the government and society to be “available”,undertake “promising” activities such as diversified service, optimize supply content, inherit localculture, create “bookish” reading environment through marketing propaganda and improve the readingtaste of rural residents, so as to give full play to the function of rural reading space and to empower ruralrevitalization.

School libraries are important spaces for literacy development, active learning and nurturingreading habits of young people, but research on school libraries has remained on the periphery ofpedagogy and librarianship and has not received the amount of attention it deserves. The information ofschool librarianship abroad has limited to a few developed countries in Europe and the United States.This paper analyses the challenges faced by school libraries in Norway and the strategies used to addressthem through a review of the relevant literature, focusing on policy, practice and research related toschool libraries in that country. The study finds that the Norwegian school library community is worthyof emulation by other countries in terms of how they tap into the value of its own career, how they dealwith the conflict between the classroom and the extracurricular, as well as how they build communicationnetworks and promote tripartite cooperation between school libraries, public libraries and librarianshipfaculties in universities.

Chinese internet literature is deeply loved by overseas readers in the era of digital reading.Taking the users of Webnovel, an overseas online literature platform, as the research object, this paperanalyzes the user information of the platform through user profiles, constructs the tag system of overseasinternet literature users, studies the reading behavior and reading preference of them, and puts forwardcorresponding countermeasures to help the platform better realize the accurate reading recommendationservice, which also promotes the exchange and dissemination of Chinese culture from the strategic heightof national cultural development.

Aiming at the wrong ideas and practices in the field of mildew prevention and controlin current collections, through theoretical research and data analysis, it is pointed out that the key topreventing mold is not sterilization, but controlling environmental humidity and discovering waterdamage is the key to the problem. Biological inactivators cannot achieve the purpose of killing mildewin collections. Dead molds are still harmful to human health. Only by completely removing molds fromcollections can meet the purpose of disinfecting. In addition to theoretical research, specific measures arealso given to prevent mildew in collections and disinfect them.

The paper reviews the process of restoring three volumes of Qingren handwriting among Sichuan University Library special collection, points out the difficulties encountered before, during, and after the repair, and explores the repair and maintenance methods of similar resources. It finally combs and summarizes the key and difficult points in the repair process, hoping to provide reference for the restoration of handwriting literature.

In Qing Dynasty, the source of the Goryeo paper was mainly tribute, trade and reproduction.After 1911, the old Goryeo paper in Qing Dynasty was scattered out, which was available in the market. Atthe same time, people also get Goryeo paper through reprocessing. Due to the high quality of the old Goryeopaper and its ancient meaning, a group of book collectors and publishing institutions represented by ZhouShutao, Fu Zengxiang and the Palace Museum used this paper for printing precious ancient books, paintingsand inscriptions,. It became a unique cultural phenomenon in the printing of ancient books in the period ofthe Republic of China. Through literature review, we can research the thread bound books printed on Goryeopaper in the period of the Republic of China and reflect the characteristics of Goryeo paper in ancient bookprinting. At the same time, it explores the contribution of individuals and publishing institutions to thedissemination of precious ancient books and the mood of “seeking for the old”.

Most of the rare books collected by the book collector Gan Pengyun were purchased bythe American Sinologist Irvin Gillis, and are now in the Library of Princeton University. There arepostscripts on dozens of them, describing the edition, content, as well as the process of purchase andcollection. Through the collation and annotation of these inscriptions, we can have a more comprehensiveunderstanding of the characteristics of Gan’s collection and use of books.