Abstract: ［Purpose/Significance］This paper aims to explore how to establish large-scale baseline and tracking survey projects to improve the internal cohesion and social visibility in the field of library, information and archives management during the 14th Five-Year Plan period. ［Design/Methodology］Through literature research and case studies, this paper firstly defined the concept, characteristics and reviewed related work of "large-scale baseline and tracking survey projects". Then, it discussed the strategic significance, proposition assumption and action guidelines of creating large-scale baseline and tracking survey projects in this field.
［Findings/Conclusion］Establishing large-scale baseline and project-tracking system should become a strategic action in the field of library, information and archives management during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, which has strategic significance of improving the external visibility of the discipline, discovering new research topics, providing measurement standard of practice and providing a gathering platform for cooperation. Practice in the field of library, information and archives management could be carried out from three dimensions, which are basic issues, social issues and hot issues. Moreover, this field should place importance in exploring feasible issues of large-scale baseline and tracking survey, creating open platform of baseline and tracking survey, and integrating forces to initiate and operate the baseline and tracking survey projects.
［Originality/Value］This paper provides a strategic reference for improving discipline visibility and ensuring long-term development for the field of library, information and archives management during the 14th Five-Year Plan period.

Keywords: Library, information and archives management, Baseline survey, Discipline visibility, The 14th Five-Year Plan period, Information literacy, National reading, Digital humanities