Lotte Scholarship Foundation Provides Emergency Support for 'Book Dream' Digital Library for Elementary, Middle, and High School Students

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] Lotte Scholarship Foundation announced on the 16th that it will urgently open the 'Book Dream' digital library for elementary, middle, and high school students nationwide by the 15th of next month, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Kyobo Bookstore.

The 'Book Dream' digital library was established for students facing 'online school openings' due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Students are unable to use their usual school libraries, and the methods of using digital libraries vary by metropolitan and provincial education offices, making nationwide support difficult. However, this reading support links the Ministry of Education's comprehensive reading education system with Kyobo Bookstore's servers, allowing students to easily access the library.

Additionally, the digital library is stocked with approximately 30,000 titles, including essential youth reading books, recommended books, humanities, general knowledge, history, self-development, and audiobooks. The Lotte Scholarship Foundation is supporting about 400,000 book accesses with a budget of 100 million KRW.

Heo Seong-gwan, Chairman of the Lotte Scholarship Foundation, stated, “Through this urgent support, we hope that students' reading activities will not be interrupted during the online school opening period and that continuous reading education can proceed.”

Meanwhile, since its establishment in 1983, the Lotte Scholarship Foundation has provided scholarships totaling 71.8 billion KRW to about 47,800 domestic and international university students and supported education welfare projects with 72.7 billion KRW, conducting scholarship projects worth a total of 144.7 billion KRW.

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