[Photo] Oh Seung-rok, Nowon District Mayor, Signs Agreement for 'Neighborhood Bookstore Direct Loan Service'

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] On the 30th at 11 a.m., Oh Seung-rok, Mayor of Nowon District, signed a business agreement for the ‘Neighborhood Bookstore Direct Loan Service’ in the mayor’s office.

The district will implement the ‘Neighborhood Bookstore Direct Loan Service’ starting from the 13th to provide easier book loans to residents and to revitalize local bookstores.

Through this service, new or unowned books that are not available in local libraries can be borrowed from nearby neighborhood bookstores instead of the library.

Under the agreement, six public libraries in the district will be responsible for system construction and management, approval of requested books, and book purchases, while nine local bookstores will handle stocking approved books, processing book loans and returns, and book deliveries, cooperating mutually.

The signing ceremony was attended by Mayor Oh Seung-rok, Kim Seung-guk, Chairman of Nowon Cultural Foundation, Kim Seong-min, Director of Nowon Information Library, Lee Jae-pil, Chairman of the Bookstore Cooperative Madeul, and seven bookstore representatives. The event proceeded with signing and exchanging the agreement and commemorative photo sessions.

Mayor Oh Seung-rok expressed his expectations, saying, “I understand that the demand for library loans has increased as people spend more time at home due to COVID-19,” and added, “Neighborhood Bookstore Direct Loan is expected to greatly contribute to making Nowon a ‘Reading-Friendly Nowon.’”

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