Promotion of International Standardization for Digital Transformation in the Library and Information Industry

Korea Appointed Chair and Secretary of the International Standardization Committee for Interoperability of Library and Information Technology

Lee Seung-woo, Director of the National Institute of Technology and Standards, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] Global standardization centered on South Korea will be promoted to accelerate the digital transformation in the field of library and information science.

The National Institute of Technology and Standards under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced that South Korea has been selected as the secretariat country of the Library and Information Technology Interoperability Standardization Committee (TC46/SC4) at the ISO Technical Management Board (TMB).

This committee deals with technical standards to facilitate public data access for library and information service providers and to implement an interoperability infrastructure for digital library and information.

Through voting by full member countries, Professor Oh Sam-gyun of Sungkyunkwan University was elected as chair, and Shim Myunghyun, a specialist at the National Institute of Technology and Standards, was elected as secretary.

The government aims to convert all existing analog information and non-standardized library and information into digital library and information based on international standards through this committee.

They plan to systematize Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) and actively promote international standardization of interoperability technologies for various data.

Furthermore, through international standards, they plan to induce integration of all domestic and international academic information systems and promote the establishment of copyright protection, publishing, and distribution systems for digital library and information.

Lee Seung-woo, president of the National Institute of Technology and Standards, evaluated, "This international chair and secretariat appointment has become an opportunity for South Korea to lead international standardization in the field of digital library and information."

He added, "Through this, we will support the successful promotion of digital transformation in the library and information industry and simultaneously support the creation of various markets suitable for changes in the library and information industry ecosystem such as digital publishing, distribution, and management."

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