2006, Vol.40, No.2

Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.84

pISSN : 1225-598X / eISSN : 2982-6292
https://journal.kci.go.kr/kslis

National libraries are responsible for collecting all publications issued in their respective countries. But national libraries vary widely in their origins and functions. In one or another form they are found in more than a hundred countries. The purpose of this paper is to suggest the backgrounds and theoretical informations to restructuring the completely centralized organizational framework of National Library of Korea. In order to achieve this goal, the national library systems of four culturally advanced countries, that is, British Library, Die Deutsche Bibliothek, Bibliothque nationale de France, National Diet Library are analysed with respect to the grounds of main library, regional libraries, departmental or subject libraries, branch libraries, and their mutual relation.

This article deals with the information poverty issue of Korean residents in Japan. In details, it introduces the substantial examples of information poverty which the Korean residents in Japan have experienced in their daily lives, and analyzes the factors causing such information poverty. The focus is on identifying the ‘relative’ information-poor groups in the Korean community. Finally suggested is a strategic method to improve both the poor information literacy of Korean residents and the poor information environment of Korean community in Japan. The data needed for discussion were collected by two methods: a full-scale survey with 532 Korean residents and an in-depth interviews with 24 samples drawn from the survey participants.

The purpose of this study is to make an recommendation for planning of widely representative library building in Jeollabuk-do based on the standards of three library components; facilities, materials and personnel. For research, the methodology of analysis of literature and case study on already established representative libraries was conducted. And the analysis on regional current circumstance to obtain standards of the representative library was conducted. As a results of this study a model of widely representative library building is presented regards on location, facilities and organization.