• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.48 no.2
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• pp.23-51
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• 2017

This study aims to analyze and compare the components of school library laws of Korea and Japan. The laws of two nations were legislated by the members of the National Assembly, and NGO contributed significantly to the legislative process. The common parts of the two laws are objectives, definitions, responsibilities of nations, establishments, tasks, human resources, collaborative networks, and education, etc. For the task of school libraries, Korean law emphasizes the function of education, while the Japan law focuses on the basic duties of school libraries. In terms of human resources, school libraries in Korea can have a teacher librarian, a practice teacher, or a librarian, but in Japan, they can have either a teacher librarian or a school librarian. The Korea law specifies the aspects of facilities and materials, but the Japan law does not. Finally, for the educational role, the Korean libraries have reading and information literacy training that are parts of school curriculum, while the Japan libraries have only a library use guidance program and does not include reading education.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.31-58
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• 2024

This study examines the critical features of 'Library Law' introducing the public library registration system. Accordingly, we conducted a document analysis to explore the legal meaning of registration in the 'Library Law'. We also surveyed participants in the gathering of 34 regional registration authorities to gauge their perception of the registration system. The analysis revealed that the registration with 'Library Law' is a permission system in terms of procedure and method but has the effect of notarization. The estimated national registration rate is 26 percent. The perception survey of the registration authorities' officials exposed the registration-related problems such as inconsistency described in supplementary note, excessive workload, difficulties in staffing, and ambiguity in registration criteria and target. To remedy these problems, we proposed an alternative method for the government to increase the effectiveness of 'Library Law'.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.95-118
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• 2004

By amending the Japanese School Library Law in 1997, teacher librarians were legally designated for school libraries in Japan. The most important problem of implementing the amended law is how to assigning tasks between teacher librarians and school librarians. It is because that the teacher librarian has not been full time librarian, and school librarian has actually contributed for activation of school library as a professional while there were no teacher librarian. This paper investigates issues and problems related to the amendment of the law, conflicts caused by juxstaposition of teacher librarian and the possibilities of new school librarianship in Japan.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.75-94
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• 2004

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the administrative system and legislation of Canada's libraries with priority given to public library. Canada is a constitutional monarchy, a federal state and parliamentary democracy with 10 provinces and 3 territories and two systems of law(civil law and common law). There are about 1,045 public libraries in total and its governance and legislation is a provincial responsibility. For that reason. federal government did not legislate on public libraries and library act is the provincial public library statute authorizing the establishment and operation of public libraries and their management by boards. In Canada. each provincial library act provides for four types of public libraries : municipal libraries, regional libraries, districts libraries, and integrated public library systems.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.339-361
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• 2009

Librarian certification and creditable library education in Korea are defined by law(s). The law(s) has continuously been amended or reformed to meet the changes in society as well as library surroundings to date. This research investigates and analyses the evolving traces of librarian certification and creditable library education law(s), and summaries them as following: first, the trend in the changes is reviewed, second, whether the conditions to grant librarian certificates reflected on the laws have influenced the quality or professional capability of the librarians is probed, finally, problems of current librarian certification and creditable library education are elicited, and desirable future directions are suggested.

• Journal of Information Management
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.1-21
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• 2011

The copyright law is the greatest legal tool for promoting access to knowledge and information by striking a balance between owners rights and users rights. For libraries, copyright limitations and exceptions are critical to meeting our missions to support learning and research, promote the flow of information, provide equitable access to information to the public, preserve intellectual and cultural heritage. Based on these reasons, this study analysed the limitation of copyright law of Korea for library, suggested improvement of reproduction for the library preservation and distribution including rental and lending, printout and transmission of internet information resources, copy of library materials which are rarely available through normal trade channel and government publications, reproduction and electronic transmission for persons with disabilities, and proposed fair use model(limitations on exclusive rights) for libraries.

• KLA journal
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• v.4 no.7
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• pp.6-11
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• 1963

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.505-525
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is to suggest $\lceil$the copyright guideline on reproduction and transmission in libraries$\rfloor$ in order to produce and service works within the framework of the present Korean copyright law. The study examined researches on the library exemption regulation based on the present Korean copyright law and copyright remuneration. Also the study examined revised draft of present Korean copyright law. In the introduction Part of this guideline the purpose of the guideline is clarified and terms used in the guideline is defined. In the body of this guideline the copyright guideline on library exemption regulation(the article 28 in the Copyright Act of Korea) and copyright remuneration related to reproduction and transmission in libraries is in detail suggested.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.179-202
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• 2018

This study examined and analyzed the related study, Library Law, comparison of Korean Library Standards and IFLA guidelines and the status of domestic hospital library provision in order to grasp the regulations and status of domestic hospital library. As a result, the related study is very insufficient compared to overseas, and the Law and Standards for hospital libraries are not clearly and in detail in the Library Law. It is impossible to grasp the statistics and actual condition of the hospital library through the Yearbook of the Korean Library. The Korean Library Standards and IFLA guidelines also show differences in composition and key elements. According to the survey, 49 hospitals (1.3%), 8 hospitals (0.2%), 5 nursing hospitals (0.1%), 4 children's hospitals (0.1%), and 1 military hospital (0.0%) were among the 67 hospitals surveyed. Of the 49 general hospitals, 42 were advanced general hospitals, of which 17 were providing hospital libraries. The most urgent issue for providing hospital libraries is the revision of the Library Law and the Korean Library Standards, and the mandatory provision of hospital libraries, publicity through library magazines, and related research should be carried out.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.24
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• pp.53-71
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• 1993

In 1926, Alfred Lotka examined the frequency distribution of scientific productivity of chemists and physicists. He observed that the number of persons making n contributions is about $1/ n^2$ of those making one and the proportion of all contributions that make a single contribution is about $60\%$. Investigator studing the applicability of 'Lotka's Law' to Mathematics and to Mechanical engineers have fitted Lotka's Law and concluded that the law applied to these subject fields.