Bibliometric Analysis of Domestic Human Library Research Based on CSSCI Source Journal Articles

摘要

Academic circles in Libraries had produced abundant research outcomes on the human library, which is a new service mode. A bibliometric analysis can reveal the research hots pots and development direction of the study in the field of human library, thus providing references to the relevant theoretical research and practical exploration. This paper conducted a bibliometric analysis of the literature on the human library from 2009 to 2018 by retrieving CSSCI Journal in terms of the distribution of time and subject, core authors, source journals, most cited articles, etc. Besides, it drew the co-occurrence knowledge map of high-frequency keywords with CiteSpace. In conclusion, Human Library Research tends to be saturated in China. Current researches mainly focused on service mode innovation, reading promotion, reading therapy, as well as the development and application of reader resources. With the transformation of scientific research paradigm, future research will focus on topics including the transfer of implicit knowledge, community library, information ethics, etc.