The invention relates to the technical field of archive management, in particular to an intelligent book vehicle and a control method thereof. The intelligent book vehicle comprises a movable platform, an archive accommodating frame, a controller, a power module, an input module and a display module, wherein the archive accommodating frame is arranged on the movable platform for placing and picking archives; the archive accommodating frame comprises an accommodating frame body, an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) antenna, an RFID card reader, an infrared sensor and an indicator light; the power module, the input module, the display module, the RFID card reader, the infrared sensor and the indicator light are all electrically connected with the controller; the RFID antenna is electrically connected with the RFID card reader. The intelligent book vehicle has high placing or picking efficiency.