National Library of Korea

The National Library of Korea is located in Seoul, South Korea and was established in 1945. It houses over 10 million volumes, including over 1,134,000 foreign books and some of the National Treasures of South Korea.

National Library of Korea

국립중앙도서관
Established	October 15, 1945 (1945-10-15)
Location	Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Branches	2
Collection
Size	12,565,821
Legal deposit	Library Act, art. 20
Access and use
Circulation	library does not publicly circulate
Population served	all citizen (age over 16)
Other information
Director	Suh Hye Ran, Chief Executive
Website	www.nl.go.kr

Korean name
Hangul	국립중앙도서관
Hanja	國立中央圖書館
Revised Romanization	Gungnip Jungang Doseogwan
McCune–Reischauer	Kungnip Chung'ang Tosŏgwan

It was relocated within Seoul, from Sogong-dong, Jung-gu to Namsan-dong in 1974, and again to the present location at Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, in 1988. It was transferred from the Ministry of Education to the Ministry of Culture in 1991.

Public transport connection

Exterior of National Library of Korea

The library is served by Seoul Subway Lines 3, 7 and 9 which all connect at Express Bus terminal Station.

See also

• National Digital Library of Korea
• National Library for Children and Young Adults
• Information Center on North Korea
• The National Library for the Disabled
• National Assembly Library of Korea
• List of national and state libraries

External links

• Official website (in English)

References

• Choi, Yoon Kyung; Chung, Yeon-Kyoung (2014). "A Study on Improvements for High Quality in National Library of Korea Subject Headings List". Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science. 48 (1): 75–95. doi:10.4275/KSLIS.2014.48.1.075. ISSN 1225-598X.