Abstract: [Purpose/Significance] Regional library consortia is capable of deepening inner-region cooperation, promoting the service ability and service level of the consortia and the members, and driving the librarianship forward. [Method/Process] Through the exposition of the smart library and its three main features, i.e. interconnection, scientific management and intelligent service, this paper points out that inner-region smart consortia is useful in increasing the information service ability of the consortia, and realizing the balanced development of inner-region libraries. [Results/Conclusions] The paper focuses on the analysis of current library consortia cooperation modes and their service actuality, and puts forward to establish a new grid-consortium of regional cooperation. It means that we should build inner-region resource sharing by horizontal collaboration, and deepen the user service lengthways, and then realize librarian open cooperation in the smart consortia, in which each librarian becomes the participant and the service node. In the end we put forward a series of safeguard measures of the synergetic development of regional libraries from obtaining policy and funding support, drawing up the consortia program, to strengthening inner-consortia featured resource construction, and building a high-quality librarian team.

Key words: smart library, regional library consortia, inner-region cooperation