Abstract:

[Purpose/Significance] The "15th Five-Year Plan" defines the development direction and strategic choice for Chinese libraries in the next five years. It is based on China's national conditions and serves the characteristic development of Chinese libraries. Against the backdrop of the Chinese-style modernization, this paper explores how libraries can achieve high-quality development under the changing internal and external environment, with the aim of grasping the development direction of Chinese libraries and offering a construction path for the scientific formulation of the "15th Five-Year Plan". [Method/Process] A library strategy is an action plan based on a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the Chinese libraries' internal and external environment. Environmental scanning is a fundamental part of strategic library planning. It implies that the libraries adapts to environmental changes by seeking and using external information. The formulation of the library strategy must start from the current situation, identfiy external environmental changes such as those in the political, economic, social, cultural and technological spheres, and track responses and developments. Using the research method of environmental scanning, this paper traces the dynamics of the social environment at the macro level, the business environment at the medium level, and the system environment at the micro level, and analyzes the practical demands of the society at the macro level, the medium industry at the medium level, and the library readers at the micro level. [Results/Conclusions] Chinese-style modernization embodies both conceptual and discursive innovation. As an ideological discourse, it has four layers of meaning: socialist modernization, independent modernization, modernization for the comprehensive rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and modernization that creates a new form of human civilization. This article is guided by the theory of China's modernization and has set the main goal for the construction of China's modern libraries. It emphasizes the leading role of the concepts of "people-oriented" and "efficiency", and focuses on the three major development priorities of "professional and stable development", "intelligent transformation", and "building a national library service network". Finally, it proposes the four modern systems of "the cooperative governance system for libraries of all kinds", "the next-generation knowledge sharing and service system", "the cultural dissemination and social service system", and "the library security and guarantee system". The goal of the Chinese-style modern library is to build a national library service network that is both deeply professional and highly intelligent, organically integrating specialization and intelligence. First, to ensure the specialization of library services, then realize the wisdom to broaden the service boundary, and finally build a national library service network. A cultural communication and social service system should be built in accordance with the macroscopic social needs. A collaborative governance system should be established based on the needs of library development. A new generation of knowledge sharing and service system should be established according to individual needs. The establishment of the support system ensures the successful development of the "15th Five-Year Plan". We should consistently integrate the above three key priorities throughout the four modern systems.

Key words: library service, the "15th Five-Year Plan", environmental scan, demand analysis, strategic objectives and systems