Namwon City Children and Youth Library Selected as 'Excellent Library'... Awarded Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Prize

[Namwon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jeong Young-kwon] On the 15th, the Jeonbuk Namwon City Children and Youth Library announced that it was selected as an excellent library in the 2021 library 'Humanities on the Road' project evaluation and received the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award.

The award ceremony was held on the same day at the National Library of Korea, along with a talk concert discussing the impressions of program progress and improvement plans by the project managers of the selected excellent libraries.

The excellent libraries were selected at the evaluation meeting based on the results of written evaluations, on-site evaluations, surveys, and project performance of 390 programs conducted at participating libraries.

The library 'Humanities on the Road' is a project hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and organized by the Korean Library Association, aimed at contributing to the spread of autonomous humanities activities in the region based at libraries and revitalizing the community. Namwon City has participated in the project since 2015 and has conducted a total of six programs up to this year.

In 2019, the Namwon City Library received the Korean Library Association President's Award for a lecture program that interpreted old stories from Korea and the West from a humanities perspective.

This year, the Namwon City Children and Youth Library successfully completed a program where participants who attended lectures on Greek and Roman mythology and Korean folk myths engaged in 'healing writing' linked to the lectures.

A public library official from Namwon City said, "Receiving the Minister's Award this year is thanks to the passion to learn story humanities such as old tales and myths, high interest in Korean and Western cultures, and the voluntary participation of citizens who reflect on their past lives and strive to create a better community."

He added, "We will continue to prepare humanities programs that meet the expectations of citizens."

Namwon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jeong Young-kwon wjddudrnjs@asiae.co.kr

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