Abstract:

Six major library science periodicals, including Journal of Documentation, The Library Quarterly, IFLA Journal, Library Trends, Library Management, and The Journal of Academic Librarianship, which are selected to analysis of these research articles in 2013 through a detailed literature review. There are stable research topics, such as information behavior, information retrieval, information literacy, library management and information service; there are research fronts and hotspots, such as library and diversity, community informatics, research data services, social network and game program.

Keywords: Information behavior, Information retrieval, Information preservation, Library management, Information service