美国高校图书馆延伸服务及其对我国的借鉴意义

The Outreach Services of Academic Library in the United States and Its Implication for Academic Libraries in China

延伸服务是高校图书馆冲出图书馆围墙的限制,主动为高校师生提供的服务。以案例分析的方式介绍美国高校图书馆面向不同用户群开展的延伸服务,其中包括:大学新生、少数民族生、住校生和专门院系的师生。美国高校图书馆延伸服务的创新对我国高校图书馆更好地开展延伸服务具有重要的借鉴意义。在开展延伸服务的过程中,高校图书馆应该在拓展服务内容的基础上,合理安排时间和空间、采用灵活多样的宣传方式,并积极与高校相关部门开展合作活动。

Outreach service of academic library is one of the proactive ways for academic librarians to provide services outside the wails of library buildings. By the method of case analysis, the paper introduces the outreach services of academic library in the United States for various user communities, including freshmen, minority students, students in university residence, and faculties and students at different schools. The innovation of outreach service of academic library in the United States has positive implications for academic libraries in China. It also suggests that academic libraries should broaden the scope of service outreach, consider better arrangement of time and space, take flexible measures of publicity, and cooperate with various administrative departments within universities.