图书馆专业时刻面临着“自身的危机”.图书馆究竟是简单的“书库”还是“情报中心”?是传送机构还是报导机构?图书馆人员认为这些是很重要的问题,因为这些问题既不是毫无价值的,也不会有显而易见的答案.在理论方面,对于著者目录与主题目录的相对重要性,英国皇家学会不列颠博物馆的图书馆于1847——1849年就已清楚了.那时,答案是明确的:图书馆的作用是保存历史文献,以满足未来的需要.尽管这两种目录都需要,但为了揭示图书馆 Librarians are faced with a “crisis of their own.” Is the library a simple “bookstore” or “intelligence center?” A transmitter or a reporting agency? Librarians think these are important issues , Because these questions are neither worthless nor obvious answer.Really, in theory, the relative importance of the author directory to the subject directory, the British Royal Library of the British Museum in 1847-1849 Clearly, the answer was clear at the time: the role of the library was to preserve historical documents to meet the needs of the future.Although both catalogs were needed, in order to uncover the library