Practice and Enlightenment of Subject Service in U.S.University Libraries

After using the means of network access to investigate the practice of subject service in U.S.university libraries,we found that U.S.university libraries arrange subject librarians to response for the subject service,whose information are mostly placed in the column of personnel information,research support and service on the library homepage,and they often come from different branches or different departments.The content of subject service in U.S.university library mainly contain research consulting service,utilization of subject resources service,discipline curriculum guide,library utilization teaching,subject research results storage service,subject data management service,open access publishing service,and so on.Learning from the experience of subject service in U.S.university libraries,Chinese university libraries should take the flattening mode in organizing the personnel,carry out subject service in many to many model,strengthen the service consciousness,plan subject service contents systematically,and set up the university library subject service alliance.3 figs.16 refs.