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Information Poverty of Minorities and Responsibilities of Libraries in Korean Society

  • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
  • Abbr : JKLISS
  • 2019, 50(4), pp.1-31
  • DOI : 10.16981/kliss.50.4.201912.1
  • Publisher : Korean Library And Information Science Society
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : October 18, 2019
  • Accepted : December 6, 2019
  • Published : December 31, 2019

LEE,JAE WHOAN 1

1부산대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this article is to find out both strategies and methods that Korean libraries could be reborn and recognized as an essential public good for the information poor. To the end, the first discussion is about the Korean society’s intrinsic standpoints on social minorities and information poverty. And the second discussion is on how the Korean library community has approached and met with the information poverty issues of social minorities. Special concerns are on analysing the achievements and limitations of Korean library policies for social minorities. Also investigated are the indigenous factors that have impeded the further development of library services for the information poor. And finally this article requests for scholarly efforts to strengthen the theoretical basis of library policies for social minorities, together with strategic suggestions for Korean librarians who wish to renovate their specialized services for social minorities.

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