Mr. Liu Kwoh-Chuin published a total of 237 articles and speeches on library science throughout his life, but only 5 of them expressed his understanding of the nature and function of libraries, as well as his thoughts on the theoretical system of library science. These works were The Nature of Modern Libraries(1919), The Nature and Function of Modern Libraries(1922), The Essentials of Library Science (1934), What is Library Science (for Discussion) (1957), and Introduction to Library Science (1957). The article is based on these five representative library science articles, taking them as a whole, and combining with Mr. Liu Kwoh-Chuin's lifelong library science practice, exploring the theoretical context of his library science thought formation, development, and gradual improvement.
the practice of establishing the National Northwest Library is not only the embodiment of Mr. Liu Guojun's thought of running the library rooted in China, but also an important part of the Chinese library education that Mr. Liu Guojun devoted all his life. This paper investigates the practice of establishing the national northwest library into the Chinese library education cause that Mr. Liu Guojun has devoted all his life, and analyzes that it is inevitable for Liu Guojun to attach importance to the library education practice. Based on this, this paper summarizes Liu Guojun's practice of establishing the National Northwest Library with "serving the northwest as the purpose, the combination of theory and practice as the method, the trinity as the goal, based on the northwest as the characteristic, and the spirit of hard struggle". By taking root in China and devoting itself to the practice of library education with Chinese characteristics, it can not only reflect Mr. Liu Guojun's outstanding contribution to the development of Chinese library education, but also provide reference for the current development of library education practice with Chinese characteristics.
The selection and employment of personnel was the key to the successful founding of the National Northwest Library by the famous librarian Liu Kwoh-Chuin. Through the organization of archival historical materials, this paper conducts an in-depth study and discussion on the personnel system of the National Northwest Library from aspects such as the size of librarian group, characteristics, academic achievements, and social influence, and comments their spirit and historical contributions as patriots who insist on cultural resistance against Japan in the Northwest,and as pioneers of library education, practitioners of modern Chinese library. This paper summarizes their spirit of patriotism, admiration for culture, keep-improving, perseverance, and dedication, explores the era value contained in them, and provides reference the continuous prosperity and development of the librarianship in the new era.
Amid the unprecedented global changes of the past century and the overarching strategy of China's national rejuvenation, the role and significance of frontiers have undergone fundamental transformations. These changes necessitate the development of a border governance theory and discourse system with distinct Chinese characteristics. In this context, the digital revolution has provided timely solutions, leading to the emergence of the digital strong-border strategy. Building on an analysis of the era-specific demands for frontier governance, this paper elucidates the theoretical connotations of the digital strong-border strategy and explains the new frontier dynamics shaped by this approach. It further constructs the "physical-society-digital" ternary spatial theoretical framework of the digital strong-edge strategy. Subsequently, the paper delves into the inherent logic, key tasks, and the evolution of governance paradigms under the digital strong-border strategy. Building on the "2522" framework of Digital China construction, this paper proposes a practical pathway for implementing the digital strong-edge strategy. The proposed pathway emphasizes four key aspects: technological empowerment, strategic integration, innovation-driven development, and collaborative cooperation.
Public data is a crucial new production factor in the context of the digital economy. In public data governance, there is an urgent need to develop a set of solution that gain broader international recognition to promote resource data and maximize the value of public data. This paper uses fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to conduct conditional combination analysis on 38 countries worldwide, exploring the synergistic effects and driving paths of technological, organizational, and environmental factors on public data governance. It reveals the core conditions and complex interactions that influence public data governance. The findings suggest that there are multiple equivalent explanatory pathways for public data governance, which can be summarized into two models: external digital relationship driven and internal institutional driven. These results help explore multi-stakeholder governance policies for public data that suit global development. Based on balancing public data privacy rights and openness, they promote the establishment of an open and mutually beneficial new framework for public data governance.
Teams are one of the most important organizational forms for complex innovation activities, and team science, which focuses on exploring the interaction processes and efficiency enhancement in team innovation, has become a popular research field. The essence of innovation lies in knowledge combination, and introducing new knowledge into teams is a key approach to enhancing team innovation capability. However, how this new knowledge influences innovation performance remains unclear. This paper proposes the concept of team knowledge freshness to define and measure the new knowledge combination from the perspective of team knowledge composition. Based on this, the study investigates the impact of knowledge freshness on innovation performance from three dimensions: innovation quantity, innovation quality, and innovation breadth. The findings are as follows: There is an inverted U-shaped relationship between team knowledge freshness and various dimensions of team innovation performance; When the same amount of new knowledge combination is introduced into a team, the greater the knowledge distance within the combination, the more it contributes to improving team innovation performance; Small teams and large teams exhibit opposite patterns: small teams are better suited to medium-to-low levels of knowledge freshness, while large teams perform better with high levels of knowledge freshness.
The paradigm of artificial intelligence (AI) governance has emerged as a guiding, normative, and systematic framework to address challenges in responsibility allocation, resource distribution, rule-making, and problem-solving in AI governance. By introducing the theory of paradigm shifts, this study posits that the progressive and dynamic nature of AI governance paradigms is rooted in the continuous emergence of challenges in AI development and the ongoing need for adjustments in governance orientations, stakeholders, and content. This paper conducts a quantitative analysis of AI policies released by major countries and international organizations, examining the temporal evolution of policy-issuing institutions and document types. Using BERTopic modeling, it identifies and summarizes the shifting focal points of AI governance across different stages. By deconstructing the transformative trends of the AI governance paradigm, this study sheds light on the inherent complexity of AI governance.