3ResearchPaperCJLISVol.8No.3,2015pp3–21NationalScienceLibrary,ChineseAcademyofSciences(SRED)—PracticeoftheNSLC*XiwenLIU1,2†,YulingSUN1,PingJIA1,FangCHEN1,HaoPENG1,YafeiYAN1,LuDONG1,XiaoliCHEN1,ShushuCHEN1,WenjiaoGUO1&ZhuangLI11NationalScienceLibrary,ChineseAcademyofSciences,Beijing100190,China2CenterforStudiesofInformationResources,WuhanUniversity,Wuhan430072,ChinaAbstractPurpose:Bycasestudiesoftheserviceforregionaleconomicdevelopment(SRED)carriedoutbytheNationalScienceLibraryoftheChineseAcademyofSciences(NSLC),thisarticletriestodescribebasicdirectionsofspeciallibrariesintheSRED.Design/methodology/approach:BycomparingtheaimsandserviceformsoftheSREDprovidedbydomesticandforeignlibrariesandinformationserviceinstitutions,theauthorsexaminedthebasicservicesprovidedbyspeciallibraries.ThroughasummaryoftheSREDexplorationcarriedoutbytheNSLC,theauthorsintroduceitsmaincontent,servicemethods,products,andservicemechanisms.ByanalyzingtheinformationneedsofSREDusersandsummarizingusers’practicalexperiencesofservices,theauthorsproposeadesignfortheSREDframeworkoftheNSLC.Inaddition,theauthorsmentionkeypointstobenoticedduringtheprocessofserviceimplementation,illustratingthemwithanumberofselectedSREDcases.TheauthorssuggestthattheSREDnetworkandjointservicemechanismareeffectivewaystoimplementSREDservices.Findings:Basedoninformationresourceandexpertnetworks,speciallibrariesliketheNSLCcancarryoutSREDtomeetuserrequirements.TheNSLChasnotonlyconstructeditsownSREDframework,buthasalsoexpandedthepatronservicetotheindustrialintelligenceservicearea.BysettingupanationwideS&T(scienceandtechnology)noveltysearchnetworkandaliteratureandinformationservicealliance,theNSLCprovidesavarietyofinformationtrainingservices.ThisenrichesthecontentoftheknowledgeserviceofspeciallibrariesandenlargesthelibraryserviceoftheNSLC.Researchlimitations:TheSREDofChineselibrariesisstillintheexploratorystage.Questionsashowtoscientificallydesignservicecontentandservicemodes,andhowtoestablishasustainableregionalservicesystembasedonuserneedsarestillbeingresearchedReceived:Aug.7,2015Revised:Aug.17,2015Accepted:Sept.17,2015*ThisworkisjointlysupportedbytheNationalScienceLibraryoftheChineseAcedemyofSciencesandtheBureauofDevelopmentandPlanningoftheChineseAcademyofSciences.†Correspondingauthor:XiwenLiu(E-mail:Liuxw@mail.las.ac.cn).ChineseJournalofLibraryandInformationScienceVol.8No.3,20154SpecialFeatureNationalScienceLibrary,ChineseAcademyofSciencesStrategicTransformationofSpecialLibrariesanddiscussed.Furthermore,weneedtopaymoreattentiontotheconstructionoftheservicenetworkandrespondmorequicklytofeedbackwhilecreatingtheSRED.Practicalimplications:TheSREDexperienceoftheNSLChasshownthatspeciallibrariescanimplementaknowledgeserviceforeconomicdevelopment,andtheSREDisanimportantdirectionofknowledgeservicesforspeciallibraries.Originality/value:ThroughdescribingapracticalSRED,thispaperprovidesavaluablereferenceforlibrariesinthetransformationprocessfromlibraryservicetoknowledgeservice.TheexperimentalSREDoftheNSLChasverifiedtherationalityofourserviceframeworkinsupportofregionaleconomicdevelopment.KeywordsServiceforregionaleconomicdevelopment(SRED);Servicemodelofregionaleconomicdevelopment;Libraryknowledgeservice;NationalScienceLibraryoftheChineseAcademyofSciences(NSLC);Industrialintelligenceservice;Technologyintelligenceanalysis;Businessintelligencedemand;ServiceAllianceofDocumentandInformation;Jointinformationservicemechanism1IntroductionAsanationalprofessionalinformationserviceinstitution,theNSLChasthefollowingfunctions.Itnotonlyprovidesdocumentandinformationservicesforscientificresearchinstitutionsandresearchgroups,andS&TinformationliteracytrainingforresearchersandgraduatestudentsoftheCASitself,butalsocarriesoutliteratureinformationservicesforscientificresearchstrategyandplanning,researchpolicies,andscientificmanagement.OnthepremiseofensuringliteratureandinformationneedsoftheresearchinstitutionsoftheCAS,theNSLChascarriedoutliteratureandinformationservicesinrecentyearsaccordingtothestrategicintelligenceneedsforindustriesandregionaldevelopment.Theseactivitieshavenotonlysupportedresearchandregionaldevelopmentdecision-making,buthavealsoenhancedresearchanddevelopmentofindustrialtechnology,technologyselection,andprojectapplicationsofenterprisesandresearchinstitutions.Theterm“servicesforregionaleconomicdevelopment(SRED)”inthisarticlerefersonlytostrategicandtacticalintelligenceservicesandotherinformationservicesforsupplyingtheliteratureneedsofresearchactivitiesprovidedbyspeciallibrariesforlocalgovernments,enterprises,technologicalresearchanddevelopmentinstitutions,andsocialorganizations.2SREDofpublicandspeciallibrariesLiteratureandinformationserviceintheSREDcanbetracedbacktothe19thcenturyintheUSA.Thesignificantcharacteristicsaretheevolutionofspecial5XiwenLIUetal.ResearchPaperNationalScienceLibrary,ChineseAcademyofSciencesSpeciallibraryservicesforregionaleconomicdevelopment(SR