Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Establishes Mid- to Long-Term Plans with Metropolitan Representative Libraries

Establishing Guidelines and Providing Customized Counseling Support

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will hold a meeting of metropolitan representative library directors at the National Library of Korea on the 23rd. Directors from seventeen metropolitan and provincial representative libraries will discuss this year’s library policy issues. The participating libraries include Seoul Library, Busan Library, Daegu Representative Library, Incheon Metropolitan City Michuhol Library, Gwangju Representative Library, Daejeon Metropolitan City Hanbat Library, Ulsan Library, Sejong City Library, National Debt Redemption Movement Memorial Library, Gwangju Metropolitan City Library, Suwon City Seon-gyeong Library, Gyeonggi Representative Library, Chuncheon City Library, Cheongju City Library, Chungnam Library, Jeonbuk Provincial Office Library, Jeonbuk Representative Library, Jeollanam-do Provincial Library, Gyeongbuk Library, Gyeongnam Representative Library, and Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Hanra Library.

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Metropolitan representative libraries serve as the central hubs for regional library policies. They establish and implement library policies within their jurisdictions and systematically support related services. This year, in accordance with the 4th Comprehensive Library Development Plan (2024?2028), they must also establish regional mid- to long-term plans and implementation plans.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism plans to closely cooperate with them, as their active roles are required. The ministry intends to prepare guidelines for establishing regional mid- to long-term plans and provide tailored consultations. Kang Jeong-won, Director of the Culture and Arts Policy Office at the Ministry, stated, “The Comprehensive Library Development Plan can only be completed through concrete execution plans by local governments and public libraries,” adding, “We expect active cooperation in establishing regional development plans.”

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