Modeled after American library schools,Boone Library School,Paris Library School and Japan Library School are all pioneers of library science education in China,France,and Japan respectively. This article adopts both historical and comparative research methods,utilizing archives,memoirs,and other historical materials to study the indigenization paths of these three institutions during their initial construction period from the perspectives of founders and faculty,curricula and teaching,training objectives and students,and educational funding and institutional affiliation.In terms of founders,faculty and training objectives,Boone Library School achieved the indigenization of management and faculty,and was committed to building “one library school for all China”. Japan Library School''s primary goal was to train professional librarians for Japan and completed the “Japanization” of management and faculty in 1956. Paris Library School aimed to become an international library school,but it had never been able to shake off the impression of “education run by outsiders”. In terms of curricula and teaching,the curricula of all three schools focused on aligning with their own academic traditions and diversified cultures. However,the influence of American library school curricula was much greater than the influence of their own cultures on the curricula of Paris Library School and Japan Library School. In terms of funding,Boone Library School and Japan Library School showed a trend of decreasing foreign funding and increasing domestic funding. Paris Library School had never been able to solve the problem of stable funding sources. In terms of institutional affiliation,the separation of Boone Library School from its parent institution and the strengthening of the relationship between Japan Library School and its parent institution both reinforced their “localization”. However,Paris Library School was unable to maintain its independence,failed to merge with a university,and “drifted” in a foreign country without roots until it closed in 1929.The study suggests that the indigenization of library science education is a kind of comprehensive indigenization construction,including the localization of “people”,knowledge system,and “things”. Indigenization is crucial for new institutions to successfully pass the initial construction period. Among the three schools,the indigenization degree of Boone Library School was the highest,which embarked on a “Chinese style path” of library science education. Japan Library School adopted a gradual indigenization approach. The internationalization degree of Paris Library School was excessive while its indigenization degree was insufficient,and its ultimate closure was deeply related to flaws in its development strategy.Through international comparison,the paper presents a clearer development path and internal mechanism of the indigenization of library science education in China,represented by Boone Library School. The experiences or lessons from the localization history of the three schools also have practical reference value for constructing “Chinese library science” and its indigenization in other countries during the future process of “going global”. 94 refs.