Abstract: Through the investigation on university library characteristic resource construction in Xinjiang, unbalanced development, insufficient sharing, lacking of resources with ethnic features, deficient promotion, maintenance and update and other issues are found. The countermeasures are put forward that balanced development should be weighed as well as co-constructing and sharing, ethnic features highlighted, promotion, maintenance and update strengthened so as to achieve sustainable development.

Key words: characteristic resources;Xinjiang;university library