【Purpose/significance】The methodology framework of co-word analysis is used to reveal the dominating research paradigms for the field of digital library research in the Big Data Era, promising to furnish the content foundation and theoretical basis for the future analysis and research.【Method/process】With methods of vector dynamic model, clustering analysis, MDS(Multi-Dimensional scaling) and block models analysis, the knowledge structure and frontier trends for the field of digital library research in the Big Data Era are studied detailedly.【Result/conclusion】Through mapping knowledge domains and theoretical analysis, it is found that there are three dominating research paradigms in such a field, such as the digitization construction and service strategies for information resources, the embedded value mining of information,and the innovative service of intelligent libraries.