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the authorization of degrees of Library and Information Science. The transformation of Library
and Information Science Education should further maintain the values of Library Science
education, adapt to a new information environment, and cultivate world-class talents of library
and information with Chinese characteristics in the future. Furthermore, we should promote
the coordinated development of academic degree education and professional degree education,
strengthen the authorization of professional degrees of Library and Information Science and
vigorously improve the practical innovative ability of graduates.

Technology acceptance research in China: Features, issues, and the future

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LI Yuelin〇 & HE Pengfei
Information technology(IT)has been widely applied to Library and Information Science(LIS)
area. Library was one of the earliest domains that adopted computer technology. Therefore, it is
necessary to examine technology acceptance in LIS area. Since the beginning of the 21st century,
technology acceptance has drawn a lot of attention from Chinese researchers. So far, many related
studies have been published. However, it is still unknown in the following aspects: 1)What is
the status quo of the technology acceptance research in China? 2)What areas have technology
acceptance theories and models been applied to? 3)What kinds of new variables have been
introduced to refine the original technology acceptance model? How are these new variables
integrated into the original model? 4)How do researchers collect and analyze data? It is very
helpful for the researchers to understand the current status and trend if these questions can be
answered. For this end, the study takes content analysis to analyze 464 research papers published
between 2003 and 2016 in China. It develops three coding schemes, such as literature type, topic,
and empirical study to analyze the literature and performs statistical analysis. The results reveal
the following features of the research in this area: 1)The studies on technology acceptance evenly
distribute in different domains of IT application areas. Among these areas, mobile technology
application/APP and E-commerce are mostly concerned with technology acceptance. However,
it is necessary to pay more attention to technology acceptance in rural area/agriculture IT,
E-governance, and mobile learning/reading. 2)A general approach of different studies in this area
is to introduce new variables and theories to enhance or integrate these variables into the original
technology acceptance model in order to develop new models or theories. On the one hand, this
approach indicates that the original model is applicable and extendable. On the other hand, it
suggests that context and situations influence users’ technology acceptance. 3)The introduced new
variables include common variables across different areas, similar variables in different areas, and
domain variables only identified in specific domains. The introduced theories are from different

* Correspondence should be addressed to LI Yuelin, Email: yuelinli70@163.com, ORCID: 0000-0002-1496-6741