The rudiments, formulation and development of library ecology is a great progress.Its establishment has very important practical significance, which helps to make creative research in library science.

• 摘要图书馆生态学研究的萌芽、形成和发展是图书馆学研究发展进程的一大进步，其理论框架的确立对新时期图书馆工作研究的创新具有非常重要的现实意义。