Objective

Supports research for Korean Studies by increasing accessibility of NLK digititized materials from overseas libraries

Current status of digitized materials

Current status of digitized materials table - this table includes Type, No. of contents, No. of Books, No. of files(pages).
Type No. of contents No. of files(pages)

Monographs

Old books

119,851

25,752,186

Old maps

123

5,293

Official publications

47,186

10,157,243

Textbooks

39,201

9,923,944

General books

1,082,796

286,973,837

children’s books

111,287

14,021,118

materials of the Japanese government general of Korea (~ 1945)

82,267

35,739,703

Thesis

161238

22,793,552

Korea-related materials in foreign language

9,307

5,150,818

Classical novels in Korean

903

88,554

Serials

Official gazettes

336,239

(article)

147,133

Newspapers

8,207,464

(article)

394,847

Magazine·journals (article)

77,805

(article)

19,515,685

Magazine·journals (volume)

125,325

(volume)

Non-book materials

Music scores

157,367

587,100

Others

114,085

2,716,821

Total 10,672,444 433,967,893

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Partner Libraries table
Country Library Cultural Service Center
54 146 23

How to use

Free use

- Applicable to materials with copyrights expired or those permitted for free use

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- Applicable to digital materials with copyrights

- Accessible through designated PCs within partner libraries of the National Library of Korea

 * Copyright fee incurred when viewing/printing full-text materials in partner libraries is covered by the NLK.

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