Abstract: From the perspective of culture, the paper describes the development of library science education in China over the past century and analyzes the cultural factors that have influenced this development, so as to reveal the path of library science education’ s impact on culture and help library science education with chinese characteristics go global and realize the strategy of building a strong cultural country.Using the method of literature research and historical research, and with the help of the theory of cultural functions of education, this paper expounds the interactive mechanism and outcomes of library science education and culture in China for more than a hundred years. Taking history as a mirror, it proposes the developing direction of library science education boosting the realization of building a strong cultural country. The paper finds that library science education and culture are closely linked. The New Culture Movement gave birth to library science education. Chinese traditional culture has become an inexhaustible driving force to promote the localization of library science education. The Sinicization of Marxism has also profoundly affected the development direction of library science education in China. At the same time, the integration of multiculturalism has facilitated the transformation of library science education concepts. Moreover, library science education has had an important impact on culture. Under the strategy of cultural power, it should play a larger role.

Key words: Library science education, Cultural interpretation, Strategy of cultural power, Education localization, Cultural integration, Cultural innovation