今天，图书馆正处在从旧范型向新范型过渡的探索阶段，没有成熟的模式可循。《转型与超越——无所不在的图书馆》作者吴建中试图从复杂多变的环境中理出一条主线，并以此贯穿图书馆业务的整个过程，这条主线就是以人为本。《转型与超越——无所不在的图书馆》从“人”、“资源”、“空间”三要素出发，突出人在图书馆的位置，整合全媒体的资源，发掘图书馆作为场所的价值。

Chapter One People

 I. People-oriented library

Rebranding

Library vs. Cangshulou

 II. From serving on-site readers to serving a wide range

of stakeholders

Stakeholders

User Guidance

Activating potential readers

Stimulating its own vitality

 III. From the library of books to the library of

people

Library 2.0 and the Second Life of Library

The library of people

Chapter Two Resources

 I. The mission of the library and media resources

The mission of the library

Omnimedia Resources

 II. Activating physical resources

Library physical resources

Collection for use

 III. Activating virtual resources

Digital trend

Collection of digital resources

E-book

 IV. Activating mobile resources

Paying attention to mobile information

Unstructured data

Zero information

Gray literature

"Geocentric theory" and "heliocentric theory".

Chapter Three Space

 I . Discovering the value of the library as a place

The eternal library

Landmark buildings

Library 2040

 II. Developing the value of libraries as a third place of

the city

Third place

The Heart of the City

 III. The library is a highly integrated virtual and physical

communication space

Social network

UnLibrary

Creation library

Chapter Four The Back Line

 I. Acquisitions -- controversy over the transformation

from the theory of value to the theory of

demand

For whom are books selected?

From the "value theory" to the "demand theory"

 II. Collection development

Book selection principles

Collection development policy

The influence of digitization on the collection

development policy

Conspectus

 III. From library-centered cataloging to reader-

centered cataloging

Library-centered cataloging vs. user-centered

cataloging

Future-oriented cataloging skills

 IV. User-oriented classification ideas

David Weinberger's chaos and order

Beyond libraries

Library classification system faces challenges

Chapter Five The Front Line

 I. The influence of e-books on the library reading and

loan services

Library c-book services

The issue of the library e-book services

 II. Information Commons

Information commons

The difference between information commons and

learning commons

 III. Virtual Reference Services

Seeking synchronicity

The development of virtual reference service

Chapter Six Transcendence

  I. Transformation

The LTL inspiration of the Lincoln University

Library

Towards the intelligent library

  II. Cooperation

HathiTrust

Serving the World Expo

Robert Axelrod's cooperation theory

 III. International exchange

Global reach and local touch

Window of Shanghai

Multicultural Services

List of Pictures

Index