Frontiers in Computing and Intelligent Systems 
ISSN: 2832-6024 | Vol. 1, No. 3, 2022 

 

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Research on the Innovative Development of University 
Library Subject Services Under the Background of Big 
Data 

Xuefei Yao 

Wuhan University Library, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China. 

 

Abstract: The university library is an important institution responsible for disseminating knowledge. In order to improve the 

service level of the library, the subject service model has been adopted in recent years, but there are still some deficiencies in the 

construction of this service. By analyzing the current situation of the development of subject services in university libraries, this 

paper further analyzes the effective path of innovative subject services in university libraries under the background of big data. 

Keywords: Library; Big data background; Subject service. 

 

1. Introduction 

Under the background of big data, university libraries must 

keep up with the development of the times, carry out 

innovative construction of subject services, and effectively 

give full play to the value of subject services. Based on this, 

this paper briefly describes the innovation path of university 

library subject service. 

2. The significance of innovative 
subject services in university 
libraries under the background of 
big data 

The academic library subject service is based on providing 

users with open, professional and personalized services, and 

effectively meets the information needs of different types of 

users. With the advent of the era of big data, all kinds of work 

in colleges and universities have developed rapidly. Whether 

it is scientific research personnel, teachers or students, the 

demand for information resources has changed to some extent. 

To this end, it is necessary to further innovate the subject 

service model of the library according to the actual situation, 

starting from the needs of users for subject services, to 

improve the level of subject services, to seek new 

development breakthroughs, and to promote the healthy 

development of university libraries [1] . 

3. Analysis of the current situation of 
the development of subject services 
in university libraries 

The subject service of the university library has always 

been an important way for the main users to obtain valuable 

information. However, because many colleges and 

universities do not pay much attention to the construction of 

the library, there are some problems in the development of 

their subject service. Specifically, the following points are 

included. First, there is a shortage of professional talents in 

subject services and the quality of librarians is not high, and 

the staffing of corresponding positions in subject services is 

also lacking, which hinders the further development of library 

subject services. Compared with some foreign university 

libraries, China's university library The library subject service 

urgently needs to be improved, especially to strengthen the 

construction of professional talents, so as to improve the 

service level; second, the content of subject service is 

incomplete and narrow in scope. At present, more and more 

university libraries begin to pay attention to the development 

of subject service, but in actual service The content and scope 

still need to be improved, mainly because most of the service 

content has not kept up with the development pace of 

academic research and teaching practice, resulting in 

backward content and slightly limited service scope, such as 

paying more attention to teachers and university researchers. 

Provide subject services, but do not pay much attention to 

providing subject services for students, which affects the 

effect of services; third, the relevant management mechanism 

of related subject services is not sound enough, and library 

subject services should develop continuously, so the 

corresponding management mechanism must play an 

important role However, at present, most colleges and 

universities do not pay much attention to the strengthening of 

the management mechanism. 

4. Effective paths for innovative 
subject services in university 
libraries under the background of 
big data 

4.1. Human resources for innovative 

construction of discipline services 

In recent years, many university libraries have encountered 

the problem of too few subject librarians or low quality of 

librarians. Therefore, under the current big data environment, 

it is necessary to further innovate and build human resources 

for subject services to ensure subject services. level up. In-

depth study of the causes of human resource problems in most 

university libraries is usually due to insufficient policy 

support, which makes it difficult to introduce high-quality 

talents, and the construction of librarians has always been 

superficial. Based on this, strengthen innovation and 

construction of disciplines to serve human resources 

necessary. For example, the leaders of the university library 

can take the initiative to propose to the school the 

requirements for improving the structure of the librarian team, 



 

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apply for relevant funding and policy support, and alleviate 

the current predicament of the development of the discipline 

service of the university library. In terms of recruiting 

librarian talents, the The library management is solely 

responsible for adopting reasonable employment methods to 

expand talent recruitment channels. For example, combining 

on-campus recruitment and social recruitment, combined 

with the practical needs of the development of library subject 

services, targeted recruitment of talents from different levels 

to improve books Librarian team configuration, in addition, 

special introduction of professional talents can also be carried 

out, or job competition can be conducted in the library to 

ensure that talents can be in the most suitable positions. 

Talents, in the process of recruiting talents, we can use 

competitive assessment methods, combined with the 

background of subject services, and examine in detail the 

subject foundation, language communication ability, foreign 

language level and computer skill level of talents, so as to play 

the role of subject service, and can also face social 

recruitment. Talents with relevant teaching and research 

experience. In addition, the library should also carry out 

unified training for the original librarians, implement the re-

education system, and improve the level of their subject 

services. The communication mechanism of service talents 

provides opportunities for talents to learn from each other, 

and then continuously improves their own quality. The library 

can also invite high-quality subject service talents at home 

and abroad to come to the school for experience 

communication and professional guidance, so as to improve 

the school's librarians. Comprehensive literacy, is committed 

to creating a high-quality, international and compound 

discipline service talent team [2] . 

4.2. The specific content of innovative 

construction discipline services 

Through visits and online research, we have learned about 

the current construction of subject service content in most 

university libraries, and found that under the current 

background, to achieve innovative development of subject 

service, we must clarify the content positioning of subject 

service, deepen and broaden the scope of subject service 

content. Specifically, when innovating the construction of 

subject service content, we need to start from two levels. 

The first is to start teaching and practice in colleges and 

universities, and provide corresponding subject services for 

college teaching staff, that is, college teachers, in order to 

further enrich the service content. Corresponding subject 

service librarians can establish contact with teachers of 

various majors, appropriately participate in teachers' teaching 

activities, and fully understand the teaching content and 

arrangements, so that they can provide targeted subject 

services and provide teaching workers with helpful 

resources. , when collecting subject materials, refer to 

teachers' suggestions. This form is also called embedded 

teaching -based user subject service. In the process of 

implementing the service, the focus is to use the advantages 

of the environment to connect teachers and users with 

librarians. Work together to promote the content construction 

of subject services; the construction of subject service content 

for learning users is based on the practice of teaching 

achievements. Subject service librarians can establish 

"knowledge partners" with learning users , namely college 

students. To understand students' needs for subject resource 

information, actively integrate into the learning environment 

of learning users , and control students ' learning trends, so as 

to further expand knowledge resources and assist students in 

learning [3] . 

Second, in terms of academic and scientific research, most 

colleges and universities have professional scientific research 

teams to carry out scientific research work, generally led by 

college professors, and some graduate students among the 

participating personnel. Among the subject service objects of 

college libraries, such Scientific researchers are also the focus, 

so the construction of subject service content can be carried 

out according to the needs of such groups. For example, let 

subject service librarians participate in front-line scientific 

research, investigate scientific research content and scientific 

research trends, establish strategic cooperative relations with 

scientific research personnel, continuously optimize the 

content of subject services, and identify the direction of 

content construction, such as conducting research in 

university scientific research teams. During project research, 

librarians can actively participate in the relevant discussions 

of the project, so that deficiencies in subject services can be 

found and improved. In order to better provide scientific 

researchers with personalized subject services, librarians 

should also understand in detail The composition of different 

positions in the scientific research team and their specific 

responsibilities and tasks. In addition, the library subject 

service also needs to evaluate and accept scientific research 

results, expand the scope of services, and further conduct 

follow-up analysis of the corresponding academic fields to 

improve service standards. 

4.3. The management mechanism of 

innovation and construction of discipline 

services 

In order to realize the innovative development of subject 

services, university libraries also need a relatively sound 

management mechanism as a foundation. For this reason, we 

must also attach importance to the construction of the subject 

service management mechanism, so as to lay a solid 

foundation for providing high-quality subject services. 

Specifically, the library should combine the current situation 

of the subject service work, establish the goal of the subject 

service development in the future, and scientifically formulate 

various management measures to ensure that the measures are 

implemented in the actual subject service, control the quality 

of the subject service, and truly Realize the openness and 

personalization of services to meet the needs of colleges and 

universities. In addition, it is necessary to establish a subject 

service feedback mechanism to provide channels for users of 

subject services to express their opinions, and to improve the 

deficiencies in practical work, which will also contribute to 

the sustainable development of university libraries. At the 

same time, establish a corresponding reward and punishment 

system to constrain the implementation of discipline service 

work and effectively improve service quality. 

5. Conclusion 

To sum up, in the era of big data, the development of 

university libraries should seek new opportunities, and should 

start from the innovation of the development of subject 

services, improve the level of personalization and openness 

of subject services, and provide various subjects in colleges 

and universities. High-quality information resource services. 

From the analysis of this paper, we can see that based on the 



 

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background of big data development, the effective paths for 

university libraries to innovate subject services include: 

human resources for innovative construction of subject 

services, specific content of innovative construction of 

subject services, and management mechanisms for innovative 

construction of subject services. 

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