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http://dx.doi.org/10.16981/kliss.53.2.202206.285

Analysis and Suggestion of the Classification Status of Korean Diaspora Literature  

Yeo, Ji-suk (경북대학교 사회과학연구원)
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Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society / v.53, no.2, 2022 , pp. 285-304 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigated Korean diaspora literature with the bilingual feature, which was published in a local language other than Korean, focusing on literature classification status in domestic library's materials. As a result of the investigation, domestic universities and public libraries that owned the diaspora literature materials were classifying the original work by the languages or focusing on the author's work. Nowadays, the Literature classification codes of KDC have on the language of the original work but no code on the author. Nevertheless, domestic libraries were classifying diaspora literature works by the author, not by the language of the original work, so that the same author's works were gathered in one place. This study proposes an option to classify "Korean national literature" that covers Korean diaspora literature and Korean literature into 810 of KDC to resolve the confusion in the classification of Korean diaspora literature. However, this option is a trial proposal for libraries with special needs for Korean diaspora literature classification, and further investigation and research will be necessary to apply this option.
Keywords
Literature Classification; Korean Diaspora Literature Classification; Bilingual Literature;
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