【Purpose/significance】This paper compares and analyzes the situation of knowledge economy situation in the field of Library and Information Science at domestic and abroad,provides reference for the exploration of the development of knowledge economy in our country.【Method/process】Taking domestic and abroad library and information science literature as a sample, multi-perspective statistics and visualization analysis is done from the aspects of the number of documents, research areas, high yield of authors, research hot spots and research trends. 【Result/conclusion】The results find out the countries, research authors and research institutes which have great influence in the field of knowledge research both at domestic and abroad, make a contrastive analysis of the research hot spots and research fronts at domestic and abroad, and reveal the similarities and differences between domestic and foreign research hotspots and research frontiers in this field.