With the arrival of the era of big data,the concept of big data,methods of big data and various intelligent technologies have brought opportunities and challenges to the development of information science.This paper believes that in addition to inheriting the traditional styles that have been closely linked to hotspots,the volume also has a tradition of combining the characteristics of information technology and humanities,and the research horizon has reached domestic and international balance,diverse research methods,and pooled several national fund projects.The phased results of this paper focus on the information methods and technologies in the big data environment in"Advances in Information Science"(Vol.12),the construction of information science under the big data environment,the intelligence analysis and intelligence support to support innovation,and the center-oriented information behavior research are reviewed.It is thought the book could be of benefit to scholars and practitioners of information science.