The high-quality development of cultural and tourism integration creates new opportunities for enhancing the spatial quality, supply efficiency, and service effectiveness of regional public cultural service resources. This can innovatively expand the coverage of public cultural services and achieve cross-border integration of regional resources. This study utilizes POI (Point of Interest) data on public cultural service resources from 130 cities within the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Employing comprehensive spatial analysis tools in ArcGIS, such as the nearest neighbor index, standard deviation ellipse, kernel density analysis, and the geographical detector model, the research explores the spatial distribution characteristics and influencing factors of these resources. Based on the findings, the study proposes strategies to optimize the spatial layout of public cultural service resources in the Yangtze River Economic Belt and promote the coordinated development of regional cultural tourism integration. Recommendations include building cultural comprehensive zones, improving financial guarantee mechanisms, accelerating transportation integration, and increasing investment in scientific and technological innovation.

The surviving sites of the former Zhejiang Provincial Library are primarily located on Gushan Road and Daxue Road. The White Building on Gushan Road and the facility on Daxue Road were specifically constructed as library buildings during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China period. These buildings feature Western architectural styles and spacious interiors, reflecting the era's trend of Westernizing library construction. Under the diligent stewardship of directors such as Chen Xunci, the Zhejiang Provincial Library achieved notable success in collection development, business management, cultural promotion, and academic research, establishing itself as a national leader. The multiple transcriptions and supplements of its Wen Lan Ge Si Ku Quan Shu(Complete Library of Four Treasures), and its relocation during the Japanese invasion of China, create a poignant chapter in its history.

The promotion of scientific popularization in children's reading activities is not only a crucial path for implementing the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education but also a cornerstone for advancing nationwide quality education. It holds significant importance in continuously enhancing China's soft power in scientific and cultural aspects. This paper employs a case study approach to thoroughly analyze the practices and experiences of the East Branch of the Shanghai Library in carrying out scientific popularization in children's reading promotion activities, including immersive interactive courses and youth scientific competitions. The study summarizes and synthesizes a series of developmental recommendations, such as advancing the content construction of scientific popularization activities, creating high-quality, distinctive and specialized brands, and strengthening multi-party collaboration. The aim is to promote the sustainable development of the promotion of scientific popularization in children's reading at libraries.

Utilizing grounded theory and qualitative analysis software NVivo12plus, this study conducts a coding analysis of the research librarian title assessment criteria across 31 provinces (autonomous regions, and municipalities) in China. Four fundamental evaluation dimensions are identified: ideology and morality, basic qualifications, professional competence, and research capability. The study outlines several guiding principles, including prioritizing moral character, favoring highly educated individuals, encouraging long-term dedication to library and information science, implementing differentiated evaluations, emphasizing the practical impact of professionals' work on society and the industry, and promoting thorough, long-term research. The study also highlights a shift from "paper-centric" evaluations to a more balanced approach and analyzes of potential risks such as exacerbating professional burnout, fostering a utilitarian approach to career development, and hindering team cohesion.

This study conducts a content analysis of 59 book lists and 415 bibliographies from empirical research on children's reading therapy published between 2008 and 2023. The analysis covers four main aspects—target audience, book list sources, bibliographic characteristics, and therapeutic effects—across nine sub-dimensions. The findings reveal that the segmentation of children's needs is growing ever more precise and detailed, with book themes, genres, and formats showing strong relevance. Reading therapy demonstrates significant efficacy in improving children's emotional, behavioral, and cognitive issues. However, there is a need for China to focus on local culture to enhance the innovation, systemization, scientific rigor, and meticulousness of reading therapy practices, including the development of book lists, local reading materials, professional training, and follow-up evaluations.

With the penetration of cutting-edge technologies such as data mining, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and voice search, traditional libraries are transitioning into smart libraries. However, the evaluation of their intelligence remains an unresolved issue in academia. This article, through a review of relevant domestic and international literature, constructs an element system for evaluating library intelligence from five angles: technological intelligence, spatial intelligence, service intelligence, operational intelligence, and humanistic intelligence. It establishes a mathematical model for assessing library intelligence and solves the model through a case study analysis. Using the Euclidean distance calculation, the intelligence value for the case library is determined to be 1.79, indicating a moderate level of intelligence. Subsequently, the model is used to rank the sub-elements constituting the intelligence of the case library, revealing that spatial intelligence is one of its weak areas. This information provides academic insights for addressing its shortcomings.

Studying the publication trends, research hotspots, and disciplinary frontiers in the international library and information science field is instrumental in advancing the development of library and information science in China and enhancing academic discourse. This article utilizes data from foreign-language papers published in the top 20 journals ranked by impact factor in the field of library and information science in the 2022 Journal Citation Reports. Using the Citespace tool, the study analyzes the development status of the international library and information science field from 2012 to 2022, focusing on research status, knowledge base, research hotspots, and frontier analysis. The research findings indicate that the literature in this field is steadily growing, with core authors and prolific institutions primarily located in Europe and the United States. The research focus is predominantly on information services, knowledge management, and technological innovation, with emerging technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence being widely adopted as research methods. As information technology continues to evolve, the research themes in library and information science are shifting from traditional user experience-focused information services to novel knowledge services.

This article is based on a commemorative essay written by friends and students of Zhao Wanli in the contemporary literature circle, focusing on the foundational knowledge, academic origins, achievements in bibliography and cataloging, scholarly scope and style, as well as contributions to preserving and inheriting ancient Chinese texts at the National Library of China and his role in teaching and nurturing talent. The paper provides a comprehensive overview of Zhao Wanli's outstanding contributions to the protection and inheritance of Chinese classical texts in the field of literature, bibliography, and cataloging.His elevated spirit, selfless attributes, and outstanding academic feats are poised to inspire successive generations of scholars to wholeheartedly commit themselves to the safeguarding and perpetuation of invaluable historical documents and classical literature.

Multi-sensory interactive experiences are widely employed in museum exhibitions and show significant feasibility in library exhibition services. The National Library's "Oracle Bone Inscriptions Memory" exhibition incorporates a multi-sensory design concept, featuring eight interactive projects to provide visitors with a novel exhibition experience. This article utilizes a combination of questionnaire surveys and interviews to gather insights into visitors' actual experiences during the exhibition. It analyzes the practical effects and potential areas for improvement in the application of multi-sensory interactive experiences in library exhibitions, specifically focusing on the extensive use in exhibitions related to classical literature and documents. The findings aim to provide valuable references for the widespread implementation of multi-sensory interactive experiences in library exhibitions.

The provision of research influence evaluation services is an important approach for university libraries in China to leverage their expertise, expand service offerings, and enhance their impact. This study carefully examines the background and motivations behind the development of these services in Chinese university libraries. It provides a brief overview of the current status of development and summarizes the practical experiences of the library at Beijing Normal University in offering such services. The study concludes with suggestions for ensuring the effective operation and sustainable development of these services.

This article provides a comprehensive overview of foreign research on information poverty, with the aim of offering insights for top-level planning in China's research on information poverty and strategies for information poverty alleviation. The review covers various aspects of foreign research on information poverty, including diverse definitions, research methodologies, demographic profiles, causal analysis, and mitigation measures. Information poverty is the result of the complex interplay of multiple factors, with causes categorized into external environmental factors and individual information-related factors. Existing measures to address information poverty include the formulation of information poverty alleviation policies, the exploration of information symmetry channels, and the extension of public information services. Finally, this article discusses the implications of foreign research on information poverty for China's strategies to alleviate information poverty and for domestic scholars.

This article focuses on Guangdong Province as its research subject and constructs a coupling and coordination model for public library service provision and regional innovation drivers. It analyzes the levels of public library service provision and regional innovation drivers in Guangdong Province from both temporal and cross-sectional perspectives, as well as the degree of coupling and coordination development between these two systems. The research results indicate that the coupling and coordination between public library service provision and regional innovation drivers in Guangdong Province have gradually improved. However, there are still challenges, such as insufficient citizen participation in service provision. Based on these findings, relevant recommendations are proposed to promote the coupled and coordinated development of these two systems.

The digital cultural strategy has prompted public libraries to delve deeper into reading promotion, providing both direction and guidance for innovative approaches in this area. This article takes the profound impact of the digital cultural strategy on library reading promotion as a starting point, combining typical cases of reading promotion at Hangzhou Library under the digital cultural strategy. It proposes innovative development strategies for library reading promotion under the digital cultural strategy from three main aspects: shifting service paradigms, emphasizing digital reforms on the supply side, and reshaping the "space" of reading services; optimizing the collection of digital resources, enhancing the effectiveness of co-construction and sharing, and establishing an intelligent reading promotion system; and reinforcing the intelligence of reading scenes, integrating emerging technology application services, and elucidating multidimensional reading promotion services.

The Extant Catalogue of Books in Japan is the earliest surviving Japanese imperial compilation of Chinese books. Its content, format, and ideological framework were primarily influenced by the most comprehensive catalog of historical records and literature from the early Tang Dynasty in China, the Sui Shu Jing Ji Zhi. This reflects a multifaceted acceptance that is valuable for bibliographical research. This paper conducts a comparative study of the Extant Catalogue of Books in Japan and the Sui Shu Jing Ji Zhi from the perspectives of the usefulness of records, the orderliness of classification, and the ethical value. The study concludes that ancient Japan’s strategy, experience, and wisdom in accepting Chinese cataloging principles are beneficial for enhancing displaying the ideological and practical systems influence of Chinese library science.

This article discusses Suzhou Library's response to the government's call to accelerate the construction of an innovative public service platform and its practical exploration of cooperation with industrial parks from multiple perspectives. This cooperation model encompasses macro-level collaboration between the main-branch library system and the industrial park and micro-level point-to-point collaboration between specialized library departments and businesses within the industrial park. Over several years of practice, the cooperation between the library and the industrial park has achieved significant outcomes in three aspects: the extension of the enterprise service tentacles based on the mainbranch library mode, the provision of high-quality information services to meet industrial park requirements, and the empowerment of the private sector. In the future, public libraries and industrial parks can continue to innovate in areas such as IP incubation, culture and arts, internships and employment, metaverse, and live streaming.

Academic norms education in university libraries plays a crucial role in preventing academic misconduct among international students and enhancing their ability to write scholarly papers in accordance with standards. This article employs an action research approach, focusing on the embedded academic norms education activities conducted in collaboration between Fudan University Library and the International Cultural Exchange School. The study aims to comprehend the current status and requirements of academic norms education for international students in universities, identify challenges faced by international students in academic activities and norms education, and explore optimization strategies. The strategies discussed include the development of a multi-level educational content system, diversification of teaching methods, enhancement of librarian cross-cultural teaching competencies, and promotion of collaboration between the library and internal university departments.

This study employs a comprehensive approach integrating methods such as literature review, historical document interpretation, and historical research, focusing on periodical data from Guangdong during the Republic of China period (1912-1949). It discusses various aspects of periodical data, including publication time, publishing institutes, publication frequency, format size, geographical distribution, and library collections. The aim is to provide a macroscopic reflection on the publishing development history of periodicals in Guangdong, to analyze historical issues and contemporary significance reflected behind the periodicals, and to further interpret the important historical value and publishing significance of periodicals in Guangdong during the Republic of China period.

Libraries often present their digital resources using text, yet there is limited empirical evidence on the most legible color combinations for text presentation. In light of this, the present study encoded 16 common backgroundcharacter color combinations and conducted eye-tracking experiments involving 89 participants to investigate the pupillary dynamics of digital text presented in different color combinations. Subsequently, the study analyzed the impact of these color combinations on reading legibility. The findings revealed that, for positively valenced digital text (i.e., dark characters on light backgrounds), blue and red characters on white backgrounds exhibited better legibility. Conversely, for negatively valenced digital text (i.e., light characters on dark backgrounds), white characters on blue and green backgrounds demonstrated enhanced legibility. This study provides empirical evidence to guide libraries in choosing appropriate color combinations for presenting their digital text content.

Trend culture is an inevitable cultural process in urban development, and it holds significant relevance for the popularization and innovation of library reading services. This article, through a comparative analysis of the characteristics of trend culture and the development traits of the library sector, elucidates the value of trend culture for library services. It investigates and analyzes current practices and issues in libraries introducing trend culture into their services. From a conceptual standpoint, the article proposes pathways for libraries to innovate their reading services by integrating trend culture and offers solutions to address the drawbacks associated with trend culture.

Based on information ecology theory and service quality gap theory, this study explores the influencing factors and pathway relationships of tourism information service quality in public libraries under the culture-tourism integration context. A theoretical model of influencing factors for the quality of tourism information services in public libraries is constructed, and an analysis and evaluation of the influencing factors and their interrelationships are conducted. Based on the research findings, corresponding strategies and recommendations are proposed from four dimensions: information, information personnel, information technology, and information environment, to provide guidance for enhancing the momentum of high-quality development of tourism information services in public libraries.

Paijior girdle has been a significant component of ancient books and rubbings in China since the Song and Yuan dynasties. Over time, they have undergone changes in their placement, form, content, and artistic features. It has generally undergone an evolution trajectory from the position from the inner page to the cover, from the iconic to decorative art features, and from information recording to advertising. It has both promotional and decorative functions and can attract readers' attention in the first place, thus becoming a carrier and means of book marketing. In essence, the functions of Paiji is analogous to modern book copyright pages, and they bear a resemblance to girdles on modern books. This article traces the origin of girdlesback to the history of book printing in China since the Song and Yuan dynasties, drawing its starting point from the developmental changes in girdles, an essential element of ancient books.

Facilitating the seamless integration of tourism culture with the rich cultural resources of libraries serves as a novel avenue for libraries to innovate service models, enhance service paths, and diversify service offerings. This article surveys both domestic and international libraries using databases like WOS and CNKI. Employing literature research methods, content analysis, and  comparative analysis, it systematically reviews and summarizes the current state of research on library-tourism integration. The article highlights practical achievements in the mutual exchange and integration between libraries and the tourism industry within the context of cultural and tourism integration. Additionally, it discusses the research methodologies employed in this field, along with its limitations and future prospects. The aim is to provide insights, lessons, and inspirations for future studies on the active involvement of libraries in tourism development.

This paper examines the progress of international research on the intersection of generative AI and library development. Findings indicate that international scholars widely recognize the potential of generative AI to emulate human cognitive processes, autonomously generate information content, and provide personalized user services, including intelligent retrieval, automatic classification, and interactive Q&A. These capabilities significantly enhance the efficiency of library services and improve user experience. Nonetheless, the application of generative AI also brings risks such as data privacy breaches, copyright infringement, algorithmic bias, technological dependency, and ethical ambiguities. These risks have raised significant concern among international scholars, who have proposed various policy recommendations. These include establishing stringent data governance frameworks and privacy protection policies, promoting copyright education and compliant content acquisition, eliminating biases through diversified datasets and regular algorithm audits, enhancing transparency in decision-making, clearly attributing responsibility, strengthening system resilience against technological dependency, and formulating ethical guidelines to prevent potential risks.

This paper provides a detailed interpretation of the professionalization aspects within China's current national and local public library laws and regulations. It discusses the current state of public librarian professionalization, highlighting the significant impact of institutional design, the increasingly diverse academic and professional backgrounds of librarians, and the role of industry organizations in promoting professionalization. The paper proposes several strategies to enhance the professionalization of public librarians, including revising laws and regulations to support their professional development, clearly defining the professional roles of public librarians, rethinking the traditional approach to librarian qualification certification, optimizing the training and development mechanisms for library professionals, refining the evaluation and appointment system for librarian titles, and strengthening the coordinating functions of library industry organizations. These measures are intended to drive the high-quality development of public libraries and support the broader goal of establishing a culturally strong socialist nation.

This article reviews recent research achievements by scholars on the promotion of nationwide reading and presents practical approaches taken by Zhejiang Province in grassroots nationwide reading efforts. It discusses strengthening institutional support for nationwide reading, enhancing its influence, consolidating the public cultural service system, and improving the efficiency of nationwide reading services. In response to the existing challenges in nationwide reading initiatives, the article proposes strategies and pathways for building a collaborative promotion system, a resource supply system, and a professional service system to further advance the mechanism for the high-quality development of nationwide reading in the new era.