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 Books No. of files(pages)

Monographs

Old books

73,115

134,297

17,194,261

Old maps

123

196

5,293

Textbooks

3,843

4,485

918,485

General books

870,820

885,794

208,698,623

children’s books

82,991

91,052

10,618,978

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

82,267

91,849

35,739,703

Thesis

151,286

151,568

20,374,512

Korea-related materials in foreign language

9,307

15,064

5,150,818

Classical novels in Korean

903

915

88,554

Serials

Official gazettes

336,239

(article)

3,821

147,133

Newspapers

7,055,311

(article)

672

392,401

Magazine·journals (article)

77,778

(article)

5,063

14,730,352

Magazine·journals (volume)

96,714

(volume)

92,426

Official publications

Monographs

19,525

24,175

4,356,464

Serials

-

-

-

Non-book materials

Music scores

157,367

178

570,513

Others

37,460

37,460

-

Total 9,055,049 1,539,024 318,986,909

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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

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