Subjects: Library Science,Information Science >> Library Science submitted time 2023-10-08 Cooperative journals: 《知识管理论坛》
Abstract: [Purpose/significance] Through the analysis of the conference information in the field of library and information science, this research analyses the current situation and distribution characteristics of academic conferences in the field of library and information science, and reveal the development of LIS. [Method/process] This research discovers the development of the conference by collecting the information of the “meetings of LIS” from August 31, 2019 to August 31, 2020, the basic information and the communication of the conference. Used quantitative research methods to analyze the meeting time, location, organizer, etc.; explored the difference in attention between domestic and foreign and different platform meetings; conducted text mining on the theme and background of the meeting to reveal features of academic conferences in the new era. [Result/conclusion] The research found that offline academic conferences for LIS are mainly held on weekends, and there is no fixed time for online conferences. The venues are mainly concentrated on universities or cities with rich resources in the subject of LIS, such as Wuhan, Beijing and Shanghai. Scholars pay more attention on foreign conferences than domestic conferences. The conference was held around the innovation, wisdom, integration and openness, and the content of meetings has become increasingly rich.