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demands for the promptness of all kinds of knowledge information services are made. At present,
the way of information organization and processing in library which takes document carriers as the
unit, and the knowledge information service mainly supported manually cannot adapt to the change
of the current network information environment.
(2) Libraries need to keenly sense and actively participate in building a new ecosystem of
knowledge service. In the transition period of the global economy from traditional economy to
digital economy, China’s digital economy has ushered in the historic opportunity of overtaking.
Especially the consumer market of knowledge shows great potential. By March 2020, the total
number of users of online news, literature, music, video and live broadcast in China reached 3.24
billion [17] .On the basis of promoting knowledge co-creation and sharing, the multi-knowledge
consumption that combines free and paid plans has aroused a wide range of practical demands. The
third-party service providers such as publishers, Internet platform operators and digital technology
producers enter the knowledge service domain. A fairly mature knowledge service industry chain
has taken shape in digital scholarly publishing, online literature creation, online listening to
storytelling, knowledge community management and so on, which becomes a serious challenge
to the library’s function as an intermediary of knowledge and information service. It is urgent
for libraries to participate in building a new ecosystem of knowledge service with a more open
attitude.
(3) Libraries need to create more valuable physical space by using intelligent technologies.
With the popularization and application of all kinds of intelligent technologies in various fields
of economic and social life, people are more and more accustomed to smart scenes in daily life,
study and work, and the demand for smart knowledge services in reading, learning, research,
innovation and creation activities in the library becomes increasingly prominent. Under the dual
drive of technology and demand, the library faces new ideas and trends of revamping physical
library space. On the one hand, the library needs to provide the environment of information access
and communication allowing online and offline interaction, combination of the virtual and the
real, open access and linkage as well as knowledge sharing, and various services such as scene
playback, virtual reality and immersive reading. On the other hand, it is necessary to use datalized
and intelligent means to improve the management of physical space and environment, maximize
the space value of the library in interactive learning, reading, communication and sharing, and
enhance users’ sense of belonging and identity to the library.
In recent years, the Chinese government has issued a series of policy documents on the
integration of culture and science and the construction of cultural big data, which also provides
new developmental opportunities for the smart transformation of libraries. In 2019, the Ministry
of Culture and Tourism, together with six departments including the Ministry of Science and
Technology, the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, jointly issued the
Guidance on Promoting the Integration of Culture, Science and Technology. It proposed “the use
of Internet of Things, cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence and other new technologies