Abstract:

Big data has become a research hotspot in the field of library and information science in recent years. Literatures on the subject of big data from CNKI are collected, and with the help of SPSS and UCINET, we use the word frequency statistics and coword analysis method to proceed cluster analysis, strategy coordinate analysis, diagram analysis and coreperiphery  structure analysis. The analysis results show that the hot research mainly focus on eight topics, including smart library and the internet of things, data mining and processing, big data and enterprises competitive intelligence, big data and university library, big data and information analysis, big data and knowledge service, big data and public library, big data and digital library. Finally the paper analyses  the research topics detailedly and attempts to provide reference on big data research in library and information science.

Keywords: Library science, Information science, Big data, Research hotspot, Theme analysis, SPSS