The construction of an autonomous knowledge system for Chinese library science has become a major issue for our library community. Focusing on the knowledge system presented in library science textbooks over the past century, this paper first examines the five stages in the evolution of the autonomous knowledge system for Chinese library science: western introduction and indigenous inception; discipline reconstruction and theoretical consciousness; assimilation of western theories and systematic standardization;digital transformation and knowledge reconfiguration and independent construction and intelligent integration. Subsequently by examining the concept of “autonomy” embodied in each stage from the perspectives of knowledge writing and knowledge evaluation, the paper proposes accelerating the development of Chinese knowledge writing in library science textbooks.

The journals of local library associations published during the Republic of China period（1912-1949） provide an important window into the development of local libraries. Based on an extensive collection of these journals from across China, this paper systematically examines their publishing purposes, content, authorship, and publication status through content classification, author distribution analysis, and qualitative textual analysis. It reveals their functional role and historical significance in the development of libraries during the Republic of China period. The paper finds that most local library association journals were characterized by irregular publication schedules, short publication spans, and limited influence. Their content gave roughly equal emphasis to professional research, association affairs, and members’ news. The authors were predominantly core members of the associations, exhibiting clear organizational affiliation and regional characteristics. The paper argues that these journals played an important role in regional networking, the exchange of professional experience, and the documentation of library development during the Republic of China period. They provide a local perspective for understanding the broader historical narrative of library development and are of considerable value for enriching research on the history of modern Chinese libraries and re-evaluating the significance of contemporary internal publications of professional organizations.

This paper focuses on the practical dilemma faced by female librarians in public libraries, characterized by a high proportion of employment but low professional identity. Using a quantitative approach, the paper constructs a structural equation model based on 371 valid questionnaires to systematically analyze the mechanisms influencing professional identity within this group. The findings reveal a structural contradiction in professional identity, manifested as high professional behavior but low professional affect. Work-family conflict indirectly undermines professional identity through the dual mediating pathways of job burnout and job satisfaction. A bidirectional negative feedback loop exists between professional identity and turnover intention, mediated by job satisfaction. In addition, the satisfaction of safety needs and esteem needs exerts a significantly stronger driving effect on professional identity than the satisfaction of self-actualization needs. Based on these findings, the paper proposes targeted management recommendations, providing empirical evidence for enhancing the professional identity of female librarians and optimizing human resource management in public libraries.

Lowering the barriers to reading ancient books and promoting the creative transformation of fine traditional Chinese culture have become strategic priorities in the development of the public reading service system. Drawing on Collins’ Interaction Ritual Chain Theory as the core analytical framework, this paper takes the Zhejiang practice of the Traditional Chinese Book-Sunning Festival as a case study to systematically analyze the innovative mechanisms through which immersive narrative drives the public dissemination of ancient books. The paper finds that five-dimensional narratives are organically integrated into the four elements of the interaction ritual chain—bodily co-presence, shared focus of attention, shared emotional experience, and group symbols—jointly generating strong emotional energy. This process shifts audiences’ reading motivation from instrumental rationality toward emotional identification, transforms historic libraries into “sites of memory”, and activates ancient book resources from “stored memory” to “functional memory”. In response to practical challenges such as emphasizing display over reading, this paper proposes optimization pathways based on the generation and maintenance mechanisms of emotional energy, including transforming “spectatorial book appreciation” into “inquiry-based reading”, establishing a regular reading ecosystem, and deepening the accumulation of cultural value. These approaches provide theoretical references and practical insights for integrating the revitalization of ancient books with nationwide reading initiatives.

Against the backdrop of the Digital China initiative and the market-oriented reform of data element allocation, ancient books are being transformed from traditional documentary resources into data elements with substantial development potential. The participation of social forces in the construction of ancient book data elements in libraries is not only a practical choice for alleviating public financial pressure and introducing advanced technologies, but also an inevitable pathway for promoting the creative transformation of fine traditional Chinese culture. On the basis of systematically identifying the major issues currently existing in social participation, including motivation mechanisms, the alignment of professional capabilities, the unification of data standards, and value co-creation, this paper proposes a systematic optimization framework from five dimensions: enhancing institutional recognition, establishing a full lifecycle quality control mechanism, promoting data sharing and cross-entity collaboration, innovating crowdsourcing and community mechanisms, and strengthening security and ethical governance.

Against the backdrop of deepening the cultural tourism integration, red public cultural spaces urgently need to innovate their narrative design to respond to public demand and meet societal expectations for high-quality public cultural spaces. Based on an analysis of high-frequency words, sentiment tendencies, and semantic networks in online public reviews, the paper shows that public perceptions of New Fourth Army red public cultural spaces are generally positive; however, most experiences remain limited to sightseeing. The depth and breadth of immersive experiences still need to be enhanced, and the level of spiritual and emotional resonance requires further strengthening. In response to these practical needs and challenges, and drawing on the three-dimensional structural model of “cognition-emotion-integration”, this paper identifies key conditions for fostering public participation in immersive experiences within New Fourth Army red public cultural spaces： clear objectives and timely feedback mechanisms; immersive construction of spatial and emotional environments; and incentive-based designs that encourage interaction and participation.

Taking Sea Libraries in Yantian District, Shenzhen as a case, this paper provides an in-depth analysis of the brand-building practices of urban public reading spaces. Sea Libraries has established its brand identity through a toplevel design that integrates standardization with localization. It has built a brand content ecosystem centered on marine culture, technological innovation, and high-quality aesthetics, complemented by an integrated communication strategy, thereby forming a distinctive model for brand development. Based on the experience of this case, the paper proposes that the brand building of urban public reading spaces should focus on enhancing service efficiency through technology-driven innovation, improving service quality through deep local engagement, strengthening user engagement through emotional connection, and reinforcing sustainable development through resource integration.

With university libraries rapidly transforming from repositories of documentary resources into platforms for learning support and academic exchange, disciplinary libraries, which are closely coupled with academic departments, majors, and institutional strengths, have increasingly assumed the important carrier of explicitly expressing disciplinary culture. By combining literature research and comparative case analysis, this paper summarizes six dimensions of the explicit representation of disciplinary culture. Based on an analysis of the practical challenges in the spatial layout of university disciplinary libraries and observations drawn from representative cases, it identifies five pathways such as promoting the reorganization of spatial zoning based on disciplinary knowledge genealogies, enhancing the visibility of disciplinary culture through the node-based presentation of distinctive resources, improving the effectiveness of spatial behaviors through the chain-based organization of the “collection-reading-research-application” process, coordinating discipline-oriented narrative signage systems with specialized service interfaces, and facilitating the dynamic iteration of spatial layouts through usage evidence. The paper further proposes corresponding support mechanisms, including librarydepartment collaboration, resource and funding allocation, role-based collaboration, and operational evaluation, with a view to providing references for the spatial renewal and disciplinary distinctive development of university libraries.

Rural reading is an important means of promoting rural cultural revitalization and enhancing the spiritual outlook of rural residents. Based on field investigations conducted across 19 townships and 32 administrative villages in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, this paper finds that the supply side is characterized by structural imbalances, while the demand side is constrained by both internal poverty and external constraints. These issues are specifically manifested in the underutilization of reading spaces, the disconnect between collections and readers’ needs, discontinuities in service provision, and the digital divide. In response, the paper develops a precision service framework centered on user-demand profiling and proposes optimization strategies from four dimensions: space, resources, personnel, and time. Specifically, it suggests revitalizing rural reading rooms and optimizing new types of reading spaces; establishing differentiated collection development mechanisms and expanding diversified, integrated reading resources; cultivating reading promotion teams that combine institutional support with endogenous development, while establishing long-term mechanisms that integrate spiritual incentives with resource preference; and optimizing mobile services through fixedtime and fixed-location delivery, creating reading fairs embedded within everyday rural life scenarios.

From the perspective of users’ continuance intention, this paper explores the factors influencing the use of public library audiobook platforms in the context of digital intelligence, providing references for the transformation and improvement of audiobook services. Based on the Value-based Adoption Model (VAM) and the FLOW theory model, this paper constructs a research model of users’ continuance intention for public library audiobook platforms and proposes corresponding hypotheses. Taking Hangzhou as the sample area, data were collected through questionnaire surveys, and structural equation modeling was applied for empirical testing. The results show that perceived usefulness and social influence have significant positive effects on perceived value; perceived value, flow experience, and social influence all have significant positive effects on users’ continuance intention; perceived value partially mediates the relationship between social influence and continuance intention, and flow experience fully mediates the relationship between perceived value and continuance intention.

To improve the effectiveness of bibliotherapy services, this paper constructs a theoretical model for library bibliotherapy services based on Interaction Ritual Chain（IRC） theory, grounded in the intrinsic compatibility between bibliotherapy and IRC theory. Targeting individuals suffering from fatigue due to workplace involution, the paper conducts an exploratory empirical investigation through a four-week controlled comparative experiment, employing control experiments, variable control, and quantitative analysis methods. The empirical results demonstrate that the proposed model significantly outperforms traditional approaches in alleviating occupational burnout, enhancing emotional energy, and strengthening group identity. Therapeutic space, therapeutic literature, and therapeutic guidance methods are identified as key factors influencing emotional experience. Based on the findings, the paper proposes optimization strategies focusing on the expansion of therapeutic space dimensions, the improvement of selection mechanisms for therapeutic literature, and the standardization of therapeutic guidance methods.

To defend against Wokou pirates, the Ming court established Sanjiangsuo at the Sanjiang estuary in Shaoxing. Sanjiangsuo left a profound historical imprint on the local area. After the abolition of the Wei-Suo military system in the early Qing Dynasty, local literati and gentry spontaneously compiled the Sanjiangsuo Zhi following the stylistic conventions of prefectural and county gazetteers, in order to affirm its identity as a distinct geographical unit. The Sanjiangsuo Zhi was first compiled during the Kangxi reign, supplemented during the Qianlong reign, and finalized during the Guangxu reign. It was produced over more than two centuries through the contributions of multiple compilers, preserving rich historical and geographical information on the Sanjiang estuary. The work was never independently printed, and the manuscript version has been lost; however, manuscript copies and lead-type editions still survive. This paper introduces the institutional evolution of Sanjiangsuo and discusses the compilation history, textual transmission, structure, content, and documentary value of the Sanjiangsuo Zhi.