With the advancement of a modern public cultural service system, public libraries in China at all levels and of various types have made remarkable achievements and significant progress. As the sector enters a new phase of high-quality development, public libraries are embracing new concepts and a strengthened commitment to service excellence, shifting towards quality-driven library services. In the new environment, libraries are facing new opportunities and challenges. The formulation of the 15th Five-Year Plan aims to guide the high-quality development of public libraries, focusing on four strategic shifts: a results-oriented shift, a grassroots-oriented shift, a shared development shift, and an intelligence-oriented shift.

New public cultural spaces represent an emerging force in the delivery of public cultural services with Chinese characteristics. In recent years, these spaces have developed rapidly and closely aligned with the spirit of the 3rd Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee. They are expected to play a greater role during the 15th Five-Year Plan period. Shanghai attaches great importance to the construction of new public cultural spaces, incorporating them into the legal framework of public cultural services and embedding them in the broader layout of public cultural facility planning. A variety of types have emerged, including reading-theme, time-sharing, community-distributed, embedded-sharing and resource-product models. The successful practices of Shanghai in promoting the high-quality development of public cultural services include five major aspects: top-level design, legal guarantees, scientific governance, professional team building, and social development advancement. Drawing from Shanghai’s experience, the paper proposes ten recommendations for vigorously promoting the construction of new public cultural spaces: pragmatic positioning, top-level design, social operation, systemic support, distinctive development, intelligent technologies, scientific evaluation, child-friendly design, new-era cultural missions, and legal safeguards.

This study draws on data from five major open access platforms—BMC, PMC, DOAJ, SciELO, and Digital Commons Network to examine the international development of bibliotherapy research. Using the VOSviewer visualization tool, it employs bibliometric analysis, visualization and content analysis to investigate the bibliotherapy literature output on these platforms, including annual publication trends, contributing countries and institutions, literature sources, research hotspots, and developmental trajectories. The findings aim to present the characteristics and evolving trends of bibliotherapy research, while highlighting the role and value of open access resources. Based on the current state of bibliotherapy research in China, this paper proposes several recommendations: leveraging open access platforms to enrich bibliotherapy resources; fostering academic sensitivity to drive interdisciplinary collaborative research; refining target groups for bibliotherapy interventions to facilitate localized and in-depth research; and strengthening follow-up evaluation mechanisms to build a standardized framework for experimental intervention.

The number of patients with mild elderly dementia continues to rise worldwide. Bibliotherapy has emerged as a potential intervention to alleviate mild elderly dementia. This paper explores the theoretical foundations of bibliotherapy and clarifies its guiding principles in the intervention of mild elderly dementia. Combining with the practical applications, it proposes specific intervention methods and pathways for applying bibliotherapy to elderly patients with mild dementia, providing reference and guidance for implementing bibliotherapy intervention in this field.

Current reading therapy practices in domestic libraries primarily emphasize emotional expression and guidance, often neglecting the cultivation of critical thinking abilities. Therefore, the integration of children’s philosophy into reading therapy provides a new possibility by fostering emotional resonance, cognitive engagement, and spiritual growth in reading. The study explores how the combination of children’s philosophy and reading therapy can provide more comprehensive and in-depth support for children’s emotional healing and personal growth. It elaborates the application strategies, including cultivating professional teams, recruiting target groups of children participants, carefully selecting mental health-themed books, carrying out interactive group reading sessions, and setting up a scientific evaluation system. In addition, the paper highlights important considerations such as the sensitive selection of picture books, active listening and understanding of children’s voices, and the relevance of connecting reading activities with real-life experiences.

Reading therapy, as an auxiliary form of psychological therapy that integrates treatment, prevention, and development, demonstrates outstanding advantages in deepening the reading promotion among the public and promoting the development of a social mental health system through the library’s “reading therapy” service. To further promote the development of this service, the Reading Promotion Working Committee of the Chinese Library Association held the 2024 “Reading and Mental Health” Symposium at Sichuan University from October 9 to 11. The symposium combined expert keynote lectures with practical exchanges and sharing among participants, centering on the theme of “Exploration of Reading and Mental Health Practice”. Drawing on the latest research outcomes from various types of libraries, such as university libraries, public libraries, and primary and secondary school libraries, it showcased the new developments and emerging trends in the integration of reading and mental health. It also fostered dialogues among experts, scholars, and practitioners in the fields of reading and mental health education, while offering reflections on the future direction of contemporary reading therapy services.

Yangzhou Wenhui Pavilion is one of the “Seven Pavilions” established during the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods of the Qing Dynasty for housing the Siku Quanshu. From its initial construction to its destruction and the later restoration of the original site, it bears witness to the historical development and inheritance of Chinese culture. Emperor Qianlong (Hongli) composed three inscription poems-Wenhui Pavilion, Wenhui Pavilion Re-inscription, and Wenhui Pavilion:Stacking Gengzi Rhyme. These, along with poems by Mao Cheng, Wei Yuan, and Liu Meixian, vividly depict the architecture of the pavilion, book collection and its social and cultural significance. By analyzing these poems, this paper aims to sort out the dynastic changes and the humanistic spirit embodied in the Wenhui Pavilion.

This article traces the academic trajectory of Gu Tinglong, from his early engagement with traditional bibliography to his associations with the Second Library of Jiangsu Province and National Library of Peiping. Drawing upon historical materials, it describes Gu’s experience in the acquisition of ancient Chinese books and the compilation of the Catalogue of Zhang Yu’s Sidangzhai Collection following his appointment at the Yanjing University Library. It also outlines his achievements and contributions during his 14-year tenure at the Shanghai Private United Library. In conclusion, Gu, as a prominent figure in modern Chinese librarianship, had both the dedication to serving library patrons and the unique vision of a scholarly librarian of literature and history.

The study explores the integration of the new generation of AI technology to develop a smart data construction framework for ancient Chinese celestial phenomenon records. It aims to enhance the data format of these records, thereby enabling richer digital and intelligent applications while uncovering their modern value as a globally unique astronomical resource and a precious aspect of traditional Chinese cultural heritage. Guided by the framework for the intelligent preservation of ancient book resources, the study incorporates knowledge graph and large language model technology to construct the HDAA-SD (Historical Data Annotation and Application-Smart Data) framework. The framework covers five core layers: the historical data layer, annotation layer, association layer, fusion layer, and application layer. Celestial phenomenon records, along with related academic literature, are selected to test the construction and practical application of smart data using the HDAA-SD framework. The research shows that the HDAA-SD framework can help upgrade ancient celestial phenomenon records to smart data, supporting their integration into intelligent digital environments. The framework also provides a reference for the intelligent digitization and application of ancient scientific and technological documents.

The emergence of digital humanities open data platforms and datasets provides a solid data foundation for humanities scholars to conduct related research. Investigating the application of FAIR principles to these platforms can promote the sharing and utilization of open data, while guiding their data management norms. This paper constructs a FAIR Application Indicator System for digital humanities open data platforms based on the FAIR principles and related evaluation frameworks. 10 representative platforms, both domestic and international, are selected for evaluation across the four dimensions: findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability. Finally, suggestions are made for the application of FAIR principles to digital humanities open data platforms, focusing on identifier formulation, metadata preservation statements, vocabulary reuse, and domain standards compliance. These recommendations aim to support the construction, utilization, and sustainable development of digital humanities open data platforms.

In the context of globalization, international scientific collaboration has garnered significant attention. Existing research often assumes equal status among collaborators, neglecting the hierarchical dynamics within research teams. The diversity of current scientific collaborations means that authorship alone is insufficient to fully capture leadership roles; analyzing research teams through collaborative networks can better identify key nodes. Additionally, while existing studies have shown that geographic distance can affect the intensity of international collaboration, they have largely overlooked the impact of spatial factors on scientific leadership, which can affect the accuracy of model estimations. Therefore, this study analyzes the scientific leadership of countries in international scientific collaborations within the field of Computer Science from a global network perspective, identifying leading countries through network centrality and applying spatial econometric models to analyze influencing factors. Findings reveal a notable spatial clustering effect, with countries demonstrating strong scientific leadership primarily concentrated in Europe and North America. However, some European countries, despite having numerous partners and participating in many collaborative papers, are not classified as scientific leaders, indicating a more participatory role. Spatial regression analysis shows that a country’s scientific leadership is influenced by the scientific leadership levels of its neighboring countries. Gross domestic product (GDP) and education expenditure positively impact scientific leadership, while population size has a negative impact. Introducing the concept of national scientific leadership provides a new analytical perspective for understanding the leading positions in international collaboration, which is of significant theoretical and practical importance for promoting win-win cooperation and enhancing collaborative innovation efficiency among countries.

The rapid growth of academic papers and the increasing degree of specialization in disciplinary fields pose higher demands on automatic classification methods. This paper investigates the applicability of large language models (LLMs) in classifying academic papers in the humanities and social sciences. It compares the performance of traditional machine learning models and LLMs (including Qwen-7B, Llama2-7B, Llama2-7B-hsse, and GPT4), through subject classification experiments. It further explores the performance of LLMs across different scales of labeled data. The study shows that the domain-specific large language model Llama2-7B-hsse exhibits a significant advantage with an overall classification F1-score of 89.22% across 21 categories, while requiring only one-fifth of the training data needed by the benchmark model SsciBERT. The findings highlight the effectiveness of domain incremental training and fine-tuning strategies based on large language models for enhancing automatic classification, especially in resource-limited scenarios, while providing new ideas for knowledge organization and interdisciplinary research.

Lin Shu was a famous scholar of classical Chinese prose ,translator and calligrapher-painter during the late Qing and early Republican Era, and his friend Yao Yonggai was also a scholar of classical Chinese prose and an orthodox successor of the Tongcheng School. The two of them shared the same aspirations and sympathized with each other. The hand scroll Listening to the Spring in Mount Fushan which is collected in Anhui Museum is an important piece of evidence of the friendship between Lin Shu and Yao Yonggai. In the hand scroll, there are also several poems and prefaces written by scholars such as Shen Zengzhi, Xu Zongliang, Ma Qichang, Zheng Gao, Chen Yan, Zhang Xigong, Hu Chaoliang and others, addressed to Yao Yonggai. The content involves related topics such as the Tongcheng School and the Maxi Yao Family School, These contents are important literature material for studying the Tongcheng School.

The Gesheng Jincheng Shumu copied by Zhang Zongxiang collected in Zhejiang Public Library is a precious submission document for the Siku Quanshu. This transcript is completed approximately between 1927 and 1944 and was donated to Zhejiang Public Library in 1961. Although the original order of the volumes has been disrupted, it can be reordered based on Zhang’s statistical list. The original manuscript of Gesheng Jincheng Shumu from the Sikuguan Jincheng Shujidibu system is different from the printed edition which is collected in Hanfenlou Miji. Gesheng Jincheng Shumu is valuable for reordering the disordered sequence and supplementing missing content of Sikuguan Jincheng Shujidibu.