Butler's An Introduction to Library Science used the theory of philosophy,sociology,pedagogy, psychology and history to explain the basic problem of library science which revealed the nature and function of books and libraries,discussed the fundamental principle of library science and deeply analyzed the research field and research method of modern library science.As a theoretical work on library science,though the book has been published for over 80 years,it still has guiding significance for today's research on library science. Before the publication of the Chinese version translated by Xie Huan,the authors introduce the brief biography of Butler and summarize the essence of An Introduction to Library Science,which is helpful to read and comprehend this classical book.%巴特勒的《图书馆学导论》(1933年)利用哲学、社会学、教育学、心理学、历史学等理论来阐述图书馆学的基本命题,揭示书籍、图书馆的本质及其功能,探讨了图书馆学的基本原理,剖析了现代图书馆学的研究领域和研究方法.该书作为图书馆学理论著述,虽然已经出版80多年,但对当今的图书馆学研究仍有指导意义.在谢欢翻译的中译本出版之前介绍巴特勒的生平、撮述《图书馆学导论》的精义,有助于阅读、理解这部经典著作.
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