本文以芬蘭學者賈維林(Kalervo Jarvelin)和瓦克里(Pertti Vakkari)的1990年
和1993年圖書館學信息學(LIS)內容分析為研究模型，對自1979年至1994年的中國圖書館
學信息學研究進行了內容分析。其目的是研究LIS學術論文在各個主題的分佈狀況，所使用
的研究方法和中國LIS研究與世界LIS研究的異同。研究的實例採自在LIS核心期刊發表的
文章，其中1985年1980篇，1990年2447篇，1994年2665篇。論文最多的類別是LIS基礎
理論(佔26%-32%)和信息服務(佔20%-25%)。最流行的研究方法是歷史研究法(佔25%-19%)和
無適當研究方法(佔16%-14%);而最少使用的研究方法是實驗法(佔0.2%，0.5%)和調查法
(4%-1.6%)。中外LIS研究的主要區別是中國LIS研究傾向於理論研究，而世界LIS研究則傾
向於應用研究。

This paper, which is modeled on the-studies done by Jarvelin and Vakkari
in 1990 and 1993, is a content analysis of library and information science (LIS)
research in China from 1979 to 1994. The aim is to study how research articles were
distributed over various topics, what research methods were applied, and what the
similarities and differences between LIS research in China and in the world are. The
study samples comprise 1930, 2447, and 2665 articles published in the core LIS jounals
respectively in 1985, 1990 and 1994. The largest groups of articles from each year
concerned the basic theory of LIS (26%-32%) and information service (20%25%). The
most popular research strategies were historical method (25%-19%) and not applicable
(16%-14%), whereas the least popular were experiments (0.2-0.5%) and survey method
(4%-1.6%). The main difference is that LIS research in China trended towards
theoretical research, but in the world towards applied research.