论图书馆学研究方法

On Research Methods of Library Science

本文回顾了人们对图书馆学研究方法的认识过程和图书馆学探索自身科学性的努力。论述了不同方法的运用不仅要依据具体对象和任务,而且与图书馆学概念、术语是否明确有关。提出学科的独立性与方法的特殊性密切相关,方法及方法论是图书馆学获得其科学地位的关键。

The process of cognition on the research methods of library science is being gradually advanced. The efforts fdr scientific character of library science and the expects for becoming a real science have made libraryexperts use some methods from other disciplines in the purpose of solving problems of library science. The independence of the disciplines and the speciality of the research methods are closely related ,so,at last library experts optimistically realize that bibliometrics and citation analysis are'special methods'for library science itself. Not only the concrete subject and purpose but also the concepts and terms of library science should be considered while using the methods above mentioned. It is the methods and methodology which make library science obtain its own position.