Gwanak-gu Geulbit Information Library Reborn as a Resident-Friendly Space

Chamelezone Featuring 1st Floor Exhibition, Community, Seminar Spaces and 4th Floor Multipurpose Reading Room

4th Floor Multipurpose Reading Room

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gwanak-gu (Mayor Park Jun-hee) announced that Geulbit Information Library (Gwanak-ro 30-gil 23) has been newly transformed into a specialized space that residents can use in various ways by improving its aging facilities.

Selected for the '2020 Seoul Metropolitan Government District Public Library Space Improvement Support Project,' this project was promoted with a city fund support of 82 million KRW under the concept of 'All in LIBRARY,' aiming to ▲ establish a library service belt ▲ create a community space for cultural enjoyment, experience, and communication ▲ and develop an exhibition space.

Since its opening in 2006, the outdated facilities have been renovated: the first-floor digital materials room (47.6㎡) was transformed into a Chameleon Zone that can be used diversely for exhibitions, community activities, and seminar rooms, and the fourth-floor general reading room (76㎡) was designed as a multipurpose reading room for information acquisition and learning.

The district expects that by building library resource infrastructure and creating an open space that anyone in the community can easily use?from reading to local network meetings?it will contribute to revitalizing library use and increasing space efficiency.

Along with this, since the launch of the 7th local government administration, the district has created a total of five themed spaces to strengthen the competitiveness of small libraries, including a picture book specialized library (Cheongnyong-dong), a creative activity library (Seonghyeon-dong), and a media library (Seonghyeon-dong).

Additionally, a resident-participatory library was established within the newly completed Sinwon-dong complex building this year through collecting residents' opinions, and in 2021, plans are underway to improve the environment of the aging Samsung-dong community center library to create a resident-friendly complex space.

Mayor Park Jun-hee said, “We have improved the environment of the aging library to create a specialized space that residents can use in various ways,” adding, “We will continue to transform libraries from traditional spaces focused on materials and learning into resident-friendly spaces to provide healing spaces for more residents.”

1st Floor Exhibition Hall

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