A Study of Subject Service in Chinese Academic Libraries

摘要

This article explores the current status and challenges of subject service in academic libraries innmainland China. The authors selected top thirty universities nominated by Chinese UniversitynAlumni Association (CUAA) in 2009 and examined their library webpages in order to identify thencurrent state of subject service. The study concludes that subject service has not been popularizednand its development is uneven. Subject service is an emerging trend of reference service innacademic libraries. Subject librarianship is facing great challenges and opportunities in the future