[Purpose/signifiance] The purpose of this research is to shed light on the tendency of library, information science and archives development under the context of construction of new liberal arts. [Method/process] Based on the literature review of the academic papers published in 2020, this article explored the inhered logical structure of library, information science and archives disciplines as the construction of new liberal arts from a perspective of theoretical framework of hierarchical social epistemology. [Result/conclusion] The findings of this research include that: a) library, information science and archives will benefit from integrating with data science and digital humanity. b) Improving the understanding of users’true need of library and archives is urgent for the discipline development. c) It is necessary to involve in the various digitalized social memory projects. d) Professional library, information science and archives training programs should pay more attention on the preservation and organization of the traditional cultural resource records.