About the Library
Floor Plans
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- You can get information on locations of your destination, library’s closing days, how to use resources, and other inquiries.

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- Users are provided with materials for preschoolers, lower elementary students and materials related to subjects per grade. The collection room features ‘Storytelling Room’ where books can be read out to children and ‘Picture Book World’ which houses materials for preschoolers.

Collection
General Collection | Philosophy | Religion | Social sciences | Pure science | Technology | Arts | Language | Literacture | History |
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General Collection 491 |
Philosophy 420 |
Religion 173 |
Social sciences 1,541 |
Pure science 2,184 |
Technology 811 |
Arts 522 |
Language 898 |
Literacture 9,669 |
History 1,436 |
- Books : Total 18,708 Volumes
- Peridodicals :Total 20 titles (For parents : 5 titles, for children and young adults : 14 titles, The Library Story : 1 title)
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- Future Space (a complex activity space for analogue making), Dream Space (a space for making activities using digital equipment), Creative Space (a space for making activities based on SW coding).

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General Collection | Philosophy | Religion | Social sciences | Pure science | Technology | Arts | Language | Literacture | History |
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General Collection 18 |
Philosophy 15 |
Religion 0
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Social sciences 19 |
Pure science 25 |
Technology 10 |
Arts 0
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Language 0
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Literacture 153 |
History 1 |
- Books : Total 241 volumes
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- A participatory space for making activities.

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- A diaper changing deck is equipped in this room.

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- It is a place to relax with a beverage and read books.

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- We operate book-based making programs for young adults by combining materials for young adults and multimedia materials. It is comprised of Participatory Storytelling Room and Space Sangsang.



Collection
General Collection | Philosophy | Religion | Social sciences | Pure science | Technology | Arts | Language | Literacture | History |
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General Collection 258 |
Philosophy 240 |
Religion 57
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Social sciences 916 |
Pure science 397 |
Technology 192 |
Arts 117 |
Language
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Literacture 12,410 |
History 329 |
- Total 5,040 books
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- You can experience various picture books in a large augmented reality space.

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- The Exhibition Hall accommodates annual planned exhibitions organized directly by the National Library for Children and Young Adults as part of the initiative to support academic and cultural activities for children and young adults as well as leased exhibitions for institutes and groups related to children and young adults.

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- This room contains award-winning books in children’s literature field from both home and abroad, research materials on children’s literature, picture books, fairy tales and textbooks from all over the world. ‘Space for researchers’ are also available.

Collection
General Collection | Philosophy | Religion | Social sciences | Pure science | Technology | Arts | Language | Literacture | History |
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General Collection 1,329 |
Philosophy 576 |
Religion 583 |
Social sciences 2,941 |
Pure science 1,446 |
Technology 484 |
Arts 3,982 |
Language 1,017 |
Literacture 19,136 |
History 1,723 |
- Total 33,217 books
- Total 45 titles
Category
Category | Western books(DDC) | Oriental Books(KDC) | ||||||||
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English | German | French | Spanish | Italian | Other languages | Total | Chinese | Chinese | Total | |
Category No. of Books
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English 7,992 |
German 1,153 |
French 1,048 |
Spanish 756 |
Italian 837 |
Other languages 957 |
Total 12,743 |
Japanese 2,738 |
Chinese 1,281 |
Total 4,019 |
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- Private collections of famous Korean children’s book authors (Kang So Cheon, Ma Hae Song, Park Hong Geun, Yoon Seok Jung, Cho Heun Pa, Hong Seong Chan, Jo Dae Hyun) and ‘Space for researchers’ are also available.
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- Various contents such as electronic resources and full-text database of volumes related to children and young adults can be used after making reservation for PC seat

Collection
Videotape | Cassett | CD | DVD | Etc |
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Videotape 10,527
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Cassett 34,201
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CD 24,449
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DVD 26,325
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Etc 854
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- Total 96,356 books
How to Use※ Due to COVID-19, we operate limitedly
- Request Hours : Mon ~ Sun
- Service Hours : Mon ~ Sun
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- The stacks contain domestic and foreign resources for children, young adults and general resources excluding the latest resources which are allocated in the collection rooms and these resources can be used after a pre-registration.

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Children’s materials | General materials | Textbooks | Instructional materials | Children’s comics | Periodicals for children | Western materials |
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Children’s books 275,800
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Trade books 71,904
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Textbooks 44,333
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Instructional books 62,426
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Children’s comic books 32,437
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Children’s serials
15,159
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Western books 62,243
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- Total 564,302 books
How to use ※ Due to COVID-19, we operate limitedly
- Request Hours : Mon ~ Sun
- Service Hours : Mon ~ Sun
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- It is capable of accommodating cultural events, lectures and others and is equipped with 200 seats.

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- The Seminar Room where conferences and events are hosted is equipped with 84 seats.
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- As a place designed for reading and discussion, it is comprised of Reading and Discussion Room (16 seats), Reading and Discussion Room II (12 seats), Reading and Discussion Room III (10 seats).

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- In this play area, children can have a multi-sensory experience of Korea’s precious Dokdo Island territory. A miniature model and interactive digital resources on the history, geography, and ecology of Dokdo Island provide multi-dimensional learning designed for children.

Facility overview
- Location : The first basement floor(B1) of the Library
- Operation Hours : 10:00~17:00
- Area : 128.297㎡
- Opening date : 2009/2/4
- Reopening date : 2019/7/1
Experience Center
- Entrance: Follow the light from the Ulleungd-do lighthouse to visit Dok-do via a real time video. Inside
- - History Zone: You can retrace the history of Dok-do from
its birth to its current state.
- Nature Zone: Meet the terrain, geological features, climate, plants, and animals of Dok-do.
- Human Zone: Who are some of the historical figures that protected Dok-do?
Digital Experience Program
- Live Sketch: Color and scan the marine creatures of Dok-do and watch them move on the screen.
- 3D Images of Dok-do: Enjoy the time-lapse 3D images of Dok-do.
- AR Dokdo: Plants and animals of Dokdo in AR Enjoy them through a series of quizzes
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- The Picture Book Room, an open space where children and their families can enjoy reading together, serves as a venue for a variety of cultural reading activities, including storytelling, picture book exhibits, and video screenings. It is a space that stimulates children’s imaginations and fosters creativity.

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