Guro-gu Opens Oryu-dong Station Smart Library

Following Cheonwang Station, Sindorim Station, and Gaebong Station, the 4th branch established... Easy borrowing and returning through unmanned devices... Available to all 'Jihye-ui Deungdae' membership holders... Supports reservation and borrowing of desired books

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] "On your way home, how about a book?"

Guro-gu (Mayor Lee Seong) opened the Oryu-dong Station Smart Library on the 27th.

Guro-gu is installing smart libraries in subway stations so that residents can easily access books nearby. Following Cheonwang Station, Sindorim Station, and Gaebong Station in 2019, this is the fourth one.

The smart library is an unmanned automated machine in the form of a vending machine that allows easy borrowing and returning of books, with up to 600 books available.

The Oryu-dong Station Smart Library was established inside the Oryu-dong Station waiting area (passage between exits 3 and 4), where there is heavy foot traffic.

Any resident holding a membership card for the Guro-gu Integrated Library "Lighthouse of Wisdom" can use it. If you register your membership card through the "Seoul Citizen Card App," you can borrow books without a physical card.

By pressing the borrowing button on the touchscreen and going through procedures such as book search and membership card recognition, you can borrow books. To return, press the return button, scan the book, and insert it into the slot.

Immediate borrowing and returning are possible at the smart library, and if the desired book is not available, you can also reserve books from the public libraries through the Guro Integrated Library "Lighthouse of Wisdom" website (lib.guro.go.kr).

Up to 5 books can be borrowed per person, with a loan period of 14 days. It can be extended once for 7 days. Books borrowed from the smart library must be returned to the same machine.

A Guro-gu official said, "Using the smart library allows you to borrow books contactlessly without visiting the library directly," and added, "We will continue to do our best to create a cultural city where books are close to daily life."

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