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the amount of knowledge transfer is. The difference of knowledge potential energy among different
individuals are radical factors that promote knowledge flow in academic teams. Individuals with
higher knowledge potential energy have better knowledge spillover and transfer effect. Meanwhile,
knowledge absorptive capacity and knowledge transfer are correlated in a positive fashion, and the
stronger the knowledge absorptive capacity is, the faster the growth of knowledge.
Research on the influence factors of knowledge stickiness in academic teams to lessen the
negative effect on knowledge transfer is possible and conducive to guide the construction of
academic teams and improve scientific research ability and has certain instruction significance
in knowledge management and innovation theory. Through considering the evolution path of
knowledge stickiness and impact mechanism on the performance of cooperative innovation to
obtain the best optimal value region of all parameters, more effective knowledge transfer strategy
and innovation approach can be achieved.

Teng Yen-lin’s life, academic works and contributions
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ZHOU Yujiao〇
This paper focuses on Teng Yen-lin, a representative figure of the Second Generation or the so-called
Boone Library School Generation in the library history of China. Born in Jiangxi Province, Teng
Yen-lin (1908-1980)was a well-known library scientist, bibliographer and expert on reference work.
After graduating from Hongdao Middle School, he started his library career as a staff in Jiangxi
Provincial Library. In 1930, he enrolled in the Boone Library School, and received a systematic
Library Science education under the guidance of Samuel Tsu-Yung Seng and other forerunners.
One year later, he became an employee of the National Library of Peiping, and engaged in reading
service and reference work for nearly ten years. With the help of Tung-li Yuan, he compiled a lot
of bibliographical works and laid a solid academic foundation for himself, too. In 1939, he entered
the Teachers College of the Southwest Associated University to continue his education. In 1940,
he co-built the Tien Hsiang Middle School, which was once hailed as “The Best Middle School in
China”. Between 1941 and 1944, he acted as its principal and was believed to be seeking the route
of Mr. Tsai Yuen-pei, the renowned former president of the National Peking University. Between
1945 and 1946, he studied at the Columbia University, and did part-time work in the Harvard-
Yenching Library led by Alfred Kaiming Chiu for a short period. In 1946, he got an M.A. degree
in Education from Columbia University, and then served in the Secretariat of the United Nations
for about 10 years. In 1956, despite America’s obstruction, he came back to China and became an
associate professor in the Library Science Department of Peking University after accepting the
employment invitation from the Dean Wang Chung-min. In 1957 and 1958, he was granted three

* Correspondence should be addressed to ZHOU Yujiao, Email: 328720677@qq.com, ORCID: 0000-0002-8063-3056