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open environment is also a new opportunity for libraries. Libraries should seize the development
opportunity, make full use of its core advantages, actively integrate the open environment, and go
beyond the open environment to explore innovative development path.
The authoritative library, credible library, blended library, smart library and seamless library are
the innovative development priorities in the open environment. In the open society, libraries should
be built into the authoritative knowledge centers which are generally recognized, trusted and
preferred by the public. Taking advantage of credible knowledge brand and safe communication
space, libraries should play their role in supporting academic integrity service, enhancing the
public’s continuous trust. The smart library provides smart data services based on technologies and
tools, builds intelligent library space, and inspires user wisdom in open interaction. The blended
library referring to the open service should integrates the open trend of public data, government
data and scientific data, deeply embedded in the demands of individuals, communities and society.
The seamless library means connection with community life in the dimension of time and space,
leading social culture, knowledge and information services.
As a cultural and information institution open to the public free of charge, libraries should strive
for high-quality development driven by high-level innovation, through evolving with the open
environment, gaining more social empowerment, and avoiding potential risks, so as to maintain a
mainstream culture and information position in an open society.

Higher education of library, information and archives management in China:
History and status quo
FENG Huiling, YAN Hui〇, ZHANG Shuting, YU Zitong, CHEN Siyu, GAO Chunzhi, HAN Leiqian & ZHANG Yuhao
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The research questions in this paper include: What is the history of the development of
library, information, and archives management education in China? What is the current scale,
faculty and students of library, information, and archives management education in China?
What are the experiences and developing proposals for the education of library, information,
and archives management in China? The methods of collecting data for China’s library,
information, and archives management education are as follows: the first way is a survey on
the development history and status by sending a questionnaire to all library, information, and
archives management higher education departments and schools in the national universities
and research institutes; the second way is a online survey on the 22 universities and institutions
which did not answer the questionnaire; the third way is field interviews in seven universities.
The main research findings include: firstly, with the century-long development, China’s library,
information, and archives management education started from scratch, from less to more.

∗ Correspondence should be addressed to YAN Hui, Email: hyanpku@ruc.edu.cn, ORCID:0000-0002-3649-1601.