摘要本文旨在介绍20世纪70年代以来对世界社会学科产生广泛影响的跨学科理论——活动理论，及其在图书馆情报学领域（library and information science，LIS）的应用，展示这一整体性理论对分析和解决LIS问题的价值。在详述活动理论的起源发展、分析单元和主要思想之后，本文分析了LIS应用活动理论的中外论文，从“应用领域”、“研究问题”、“所应用的活动理论思想”、“应用路径”和“应用价值”等维度，展示了活动理论在LIS的应用现状和特点。该研究显示，截至目前，活动理论主要被应用于信息素养、信息系统和信息行为研究；活动理论的“中介调节”、“内外化”、“活动结构”、“矛盾”思想及其对情境的关注被广泛运用于上述研究领域；其应用路径主要有“使用其概念框架定义情境因素”、“使用其理论思想形成分析路径”和“基于其视角发展新框架和模型”三种。此外，活动理论在LIS的应用价值体现在四方面，即“为LIS相关领域提供共同的对话基础”、“为LIS研究提供整体性视角”、“为LIS相关问题提供发展视角”和“强调理论向实践转化”。上述研究显示，活动理论作为一种整体性理论，对LIS相关问题的解决具有显著的应用合理性和实用性。
周文博. 活动理论及其在图书馆情报学领域的应用[J]. 情报学报, 2020, 39(3): 274-283.
Zhou Wenbo. Activity Theory and Its Applications inLibrary and Information Science. 情报学报, 2020, 39(3): 274-283.
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