Research on the application of information technology of Big Data in Chinese digital library

Date11 November 2019
Published date11 November 2019
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1108/LM-04-2019-0021
Pages518-531
AuthorShuqing Li,Zhiyuan Hao,Li Ding,Xia Xu
Subject MatterLibrary & information science,Librarianship/library management,Hr in libraries,Library strategy,Library promotion
Research on the application
of information technology of
Big Data in Chinese digital library
Shuqing Li, Zhiyuan Hao and Li Ding
Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing, China, and
Xia Xu
Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China
Abstract
Purpose Through the case analysis of Chinas digital library, the purpose of this paper is to make readers
understand the development status, achievements and problems of Chinas digital library. At the same time, it
also enables readers to understand the common application forms of these modern information technologies
in digital libraries, so as to provide a reference basis for the application of new technologies in other countries
digital libraries.
Design/methodology/approach On the basis of literature review, the authors have analyzed a
conspicuous collection of related papers in order to make a comprehensive summary and elaboration on the
present situation of modern information technology application in Chinese digital libraries.
Findings This paper defines and analyses the concepts, contents and relationships of the three most
important modern Big Data information technologies, and then completes the analysis of the current situation
of the application of information technology in Chinese digital libraries. The block chain can achieve more
accurate information collection, mo re secure information storage and more effective information
dissemination. Artificial intelligence can improve the existing digital library service level in three aspects:
resource construction, information organization and information service. Internet plus will help transform the
traditional digital library business mode in order to adapt to the change of user-centered service.
Originality/value This is among the first structured attempts of comprehensively and generally
summarizing the application of modern information technology in Chinese digital libraries. It also contains an
original exploration of the relationship between the main kinds of modern information technology. Based on
this, a relatively complete application scenario and possible vision of modern information technology in
digital library can be built.
Keywords China, Big Data, Digital library, Artificial intelligence, Block chain, Internet plus
Paper type General review
1. Introduction
For a long time, libraries have been hoping to realize the ideal of All information for all
people at all time. The emergence of information technology has finally turned it into
reality. More than 6bn people in the world now own mobile phones, each of whom has more
computing power than the computers used in the 1969 US lunar landing program, and can
store all the collections of the Library of Alexandria in ancient Egypt. Scott Nicholson once
asserted that the changes in the library industry in the past five years have indeed exceeded
those in the previous 100 years, and that the changes in the next five years will make the
changes in the past five years insignificant (Zhang, 2011).
Although there are still many difficulties and limitations, libraries have been following
the pace of technological development. Lib2.0 will be held from the very beginning of
Web 2.0. A large number of mobile library solutions have emerged soon after the mobile
internet was put forward. After that, cloud computing, resource discovery, Big Data and
associated data, basically all the hot words in the IT field cannot escape the pursuit of the
contemporary library (Liu and Zhou, 2015).
In the era of Big Data, the technology of Big Data processing is more needed. The era of
Big Data brings not only a rapid and large increase in data resource, but also a greater
Library Management
Vol. 40 No. 8/9, 2019
pp. 518-531
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DOI 10.1108/LM-04-2019-0021
Received 14 April 2019
Revised 14 July 2019
Accepted 21 August 2019
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