大学图书馆藏书丰富,不仅拥有纸质文献还有各类电子文献,向公众开放,担负社会教育职能,已成为信息化时代的一种发展趋势。本文通过对美国圣何塞大学图书馆的调查,在图书馆的运作机制、管理理念、社会化服务,提高资源利用率等方面对我国高校图书馆建设及发展有一定借鉴作用。 University Library is rich in books, not only has paper documents and various types of electronic documents, open to the public, social education functions, has become a trend of development of the information age. This article, through the investigation of the University of San Jose in the United States, has some reference to the construction and development of Chinese university libraries in terms of the operating mechanism, management philosophy, social services and resource utilization.