Gwangyang-si Selected for Special Public Project on Humanities on the Road

Securing 30 Million Won in National Funds, Promoting the 'Our Neighborhood Humanities Education Materials Development' Project

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Gwangyang City Library has been selected as an executing institution for the special program "Developing Humanities Education Materials for Our Neighborhood," a project on humanities on the road organized by the Korean Library Association.

Last month, Jungang, Jungma, and Huimang Libraries applied for the recruitment announcement, and recently all were notified by the Korean Library Association that they had been selected as executing institutions for the project. Among local governments, Gwangyang is the only city with three municipal libraries selected.

The city will receive a total of 30 million KRW in national funding, 10 million KRW each for the selected libraries, and will promote the "Developing Humanities Education Materials for Our Neighborhood" project from this month until December to discover and confirm the humanities value of the region.

On the 11th, Gwangyang City Library signed an agreement at Jungang Library to ensure smooth progress of the project, attended by library team leaders and related personnel, as well as heads of research groups who will systematically investigate and explore the culture, history, and lifestyle of the local community.

The responsible researchers who planned and proposed the themes of this project are: △ Park Du-gyu, Chairman of Gwangyang YMCA, for Jungang Library’s "Exploring the Charm of Gwangyang-eup Village Culture 15"; △ Park Haeng-shin, Advisor of Gwangyang Writers Association, for Jungma Library’s "Speaking Words (言語) to the Rapidly Growing Jungma-dong"; △ Baek Sook-ah, General Director of Dong-A Humanities Society, for Huimang Library’s "Humanities Journey to Gwangyang’s Treasure Island, Geumho-do."

Go Geun-seong, Director of Library Operations, said, “Being selected for the project in such a short period was possible because of the responsible researchers’ love for the local community,” and added, “We expect that a humanities geography book that can approach local residents in a friendly manner will be produced through this project.”

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