【Purpose/significance】Summarize the basic characteristics of library knowledge management in the era of big data, guarantee the availability, accessibility, quality and safety of library data through data management, easy access for readers, realize the rational distribution of knowledge resources.【Method/process】Compare Superstar discovery system and CNKI OKMS knowledge discovery base, review the practical means of data governance in MARC description and DC metadata standard control, knowledge discovery, knowledge visualization, and knowledge safety control.【Result/conclusion】The development of library’s big data application demand is based on data governance, carry out global cooperation to deal with network attacks, coordinate development with government overall data planning strategy, combine theoretical research with multi-discipline practical knowledge are the development trend of university library data governance.