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http://dx.doi.org/10.16981/kliss.50.4.201912.1

Information Poverty of Minorities and Responsibilities of Libraries in Korean Society  

Lee, Jae-Whoan (부산대학교 문헌정보학과)
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Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society / v.50, no.4, 2019 , pp. 1-31 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Social minorities; Information poor; Information poverty; Information gap; Digital divide; Library policies; Information policies;
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