Abstract: he newly built institutes of higher learning in western prefecture-level cities, after going through the first round of school-running evaluation, attaches greater importance to the scientific layout of majors and professional construction, the optimization reform of the talented people training schemes, and the role of the college’s serving the local economic and social development. However, great gap lies in between the library-running philosophy, library collection system, service paths and the school-running philosophy, goal and orientation of the universities. Therefore, it is proposed that the library-running philosophy, collection construction and service should be directed to serve teaching and research, to the turning out of qualified graduates and make contribution to the local social-economic development.