網路社會正快速的成形蔓延中，資訊時代的數位文件似乎正加速宣告「無紙化社
會」的到來。圖書館這個機構、建築物、空間似乎也將隨之虛擬化、電子化，如何看待此種
變化的面貌?本文指出，圖書館虛擬化的思考，應承繼Shera的圖書館研究的社會知識論;換
言之，不能脫離社會的與人類的社會學想像力(sociological imagination)。就圖書館空間
性格的研究而言，應置於空間與社會的關係中來看，而且，圖書館空間的研究，就是圖書館
與社會之關係的研究。換言之，方法論上應從本質上討論圖書館何以存在的社會性建構
(social construction)的社會事實(social facts)。本文從圖書館史進行考察，並以
Bourdieu論日常生活實踐(practices)的理論角度，分析圖書館興起過程中的文化資本鬥爭
(cultural capitals struggles)。

In the rising of network society, the growth of digital documents seems
accelerate the coming of "paperless society." Library is affected by these phenomenon.
As an institution, a building, and a public space, how does the public perceive the
transformation of the library? From Shera's social epistemological point of view,
the author suggests that, historically and anthropologically, sociological
imagination is inseparable when contemplating issues of the virtualized library.
Studies in the character of library space should lie in the relations of space and
society; namely, the studies of library space is the studying of the relationship
between the library and the society. Methodologically, it is essential to discuss
the social construction and the social facts of why the library exists. Struggles
of cultural capital in the process of the rise of library are investigated from the
aspects of library history and the theory of practices by Bourdieu.