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Bong Suk Park's Philosophy in Korean Cataloging Rules for Oriental Books ("조선동서편목규칙"을 통하여 본 박봉석의 사상)

  • Chung, Ok Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.309-325
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study is to study Bong Suk Park's thought and spirit in Korean Cataloging Rules for Oriental Books for illumination and revaluation of Bong Suk Park's library philosophy that was a pioneer of Korean library. The study examined a compilation backgrounds, configurations and characteristics of Korean Cataloging Rules for Oriental Books. A criticism of Korean Cataloging Rules for Oriental Books, creation and change process of Korean Cataloging Rules were examined. Though Bong Suk Park was worked from 1945 to 1950 for five years for Korean Library, he made a lot of contributions to Korean library. Based on this, the study examined the Rules, his thoughts and spirit in Korean Cataloging Rules for Oriental Books.

Ranganathan, Dewey, and Bong-Suk Park

  • Oh, Dong-Geun
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.46 no.1
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    • pp.11-27
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    • 2012
  • This article investigated the lives and careers of three great librarians in India, USA, and Korea: S. R. Ranganathan, Melvil Dewey, and Bong-Suk Park, respectively. It also explored their influences and contributions. Their births and early years, and marriage; college years; commitment toward librarianship and careers; achievements in other areas; personalities; and commemorative activities, among others, were analyzed. Their contributions to librarianship and library community in the general theory of library science, professional education, classification and cataloging, library administration and management, and library associations and library movement were also investigated. Special focus was on Bong-Suk Park, with a special regard to his unrealized dream for the Korean library community as well as insufficient estimation related to him and his achievements.