• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.151-170
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to analyze performance factors of the school and community libraries in its beginning, growth, development, and expansion to identify the assignment of the movement at the present stage. In this study, we performed interviews with those concerned with the school community and library movement and collected various relevant literature. The school and community libraries movement can be divided into five stages including beginning, growth, development, expansion, and turning point. Therefore performance and significance of school and community libraries shown in the history of the movement may be summarized as follows. First, school and community libraries were established mainly in areas isolated from cultural benefits, contributing to resolving problems such as a lack of public libraries and concentration of small libraries in certain areas. Second, the movement promoted the operation of school libraries by providing books for small-sized elementary schools in farming & fishing villages and mountain villages, libraries that were insufficient in books. Third, the movement utilized the minimal personnel, books, and spaces of school libraries to provide library services to community residents, securing permanence of library services, if nothing else. Fourth, school and community libraries played the role of local community-based libraries, intensifying the community spirit of residents and vitalizing communities.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.47 no.2
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• pp.25-43
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• 2013

South Korea has fewer public libraries than other developed nations of OECD. This calls for a more diverse role of school libraries in the geographically isolated areas. School libraries should provides services for not only its students and faculty, but also the surrounding neighborhood as a part of cultural community. Based on the needs for an expanded role of school libraries, this research aims to identify the necessary factors for school libraries to provide services to their local residents. Two things should be identified for this research. First, we should confirm the necessity of policies that provide library services to local residents of school libraries. Second, we should propose a way to have the libraries as a part of cultural community where meet the information and cultural demand of their local residents. The study surveyed users, school principals and working-level staff members of cultural communities in order to study the two questions. These groups were from Uri-school Village Library, which is supported by the NHN Culture Foundation. Through the survey, the research confirmed the need for a consistent outside assistance, job training, open door policy for local residents and diverse library services in order for school libraries to serve their local community.

• KLA journal
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• v.37 no.2 s.297
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• pp.18-34
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• 1996

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.39 no.3
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• pp.27-52
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• 2008

This paper tries to interpret the processes of small libraries changing sociological role and its direction of movement in Masan City. The roles of small libraries are changing according to the aspects of the communities. Thus the roles of the small libraries in Masan have also changed with the various changes in Korean society. The periods are divided into three : 1980's : the appearances of civil libraries, 1990's : maeul libraries that the citizens have established and participated, 2000's : small libraries that have established from cooperation of government and private. By the three periods this paper interprets the processes of small libraries changing sociological role and its direction of movement in Masan City.

• KLA journal
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• v.12 no.11
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• pp.2-5
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• 1971

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Information Management Conference
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• 2010.08a
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• pp.123-131
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• 2010

작은 도서관은 정책이 아닌 시민들의 자발성을 바탕으로 마을마다 부족한 도서관의 인프라를 구축하고자 시작된 풀뿌리 시민운동이자 대안 공동체 운동이다. 1960년대 마을문고 운동으로 시작된 작은 도서관은 현재의 21세기 지식기반사회에 이르기까지 많은 수가 마을 중심에서 지역주민들에 의하여 설립, 운영되고 있으며, 독서실 이미지의 도서관을 벗어나서 진정한 의미의 도서관을 찾아가고 있다. 본 연구에서는 작은 도서관의 개념과 전국의 사례에 비추어 1998년대 후반부터 시작된 대전의 작은 도서관 운동의 현 단계와 발전 방안을 모색해보고자 한다.

• KLA journal
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• v.54 no.3
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• pp.25-30
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• 2013

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.429-448
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• 2008

The number of public libraries is not good enough in Korea. The main reasons why there are not many libraries are: the lack of people's recognition of necessity and importance of public libraries, stingy investment by the central and local governments for building public libraries, and no policy on effective building of public libraries. Now, there should be a policy on building and operating small-size public libraries that the developed country adopts. Redevelopment of local areas and reconstruction of old apartment complex are the best chance of building small-size libraries in those areas. The apartment complex in which this study took place is going to be reconstructed in the near future. A small-size library can be built with a district office and a post-office as a multi-complex building. Building a small-size library with public institutions or business buildings in the place of redevelopment of local areas and reconstruction of old apartment complex is one of the best solution of solving the lack of public libraries in Korea.

• KLA journal
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• v.46 no.11 s.366
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• pp.45-49
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• 2005

• KLA journal
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.13-14
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• 1974