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and the theories and methods of other disciplines, especially the comparative subjects such as
comparative education and comparative history, could be used. Furthermore, investigations from
social and cultural perspectives should be strengthened in order to analyze the effects exerted by
social contexts and cultural factors on library science education, along with the essentiality of
collecting and utilizing primary historical materials and data more so as to promote the standard
of research process and the reliability of research conclusion. Thirdly, as for the mission and
orientation, its major mission aims at exploring the fusion path of Chinese and foreign library
science education. Comparative studies on Chinese and foreign library science education serves
as the bridge between “bringing in” and “going out”, also acting as a “sieve” with the function of
quality control. Thus, it becomes an alternative way between mechanical “linguistic adoption” and
original creation, making it an essential factor to insist on local concerning, as well as reflection
and “mutual learning”. Moreover, modes of research, such as the variation mode from comparative
literature, should be innovated and enriched, and experience reference should be moved towards
theory generation so as to improve the theoretical innovation of library science. Also, a deep
understanding of the development path of library science education should be acquired and new
questions of library science research in different countries could be found. It is also of great
importance to provide practical knowledge, solutions and guidelines for exploring the future
direction of library science education and library science education reform, thus facilitating the
sustainable development of Chinese library science education accordingly.

No.6

The cognition of library science from the perspective of public cultural
service system

LI Guoxin 〇a ∗

In China, research on public culture has been gradually launched since the new century, and it
develops rapidly under the construction of public cultural service system. Public culture studies
have a natural connection with library science. From the perspective of research object, public
library itself is an important public cultural institution and public library service is an important
content of public cultural service. From the perspective of content, public cultural service and
library service are integrated and inseparable under the guidance of Public Cultural Service
Guarantee Law of the People’s Republic of China and Law on Public Libraries of the People’s
Republic of China. From the evolution of modern public libraries in China, the functions of early

* Correspondence should be addressed to LI Guoxin, Email: ligx@pku.edu.cn, ORCID: 0000-0003-0616-0438