Official name of the country:
Taehan Min'guk
(Republic of Korea)
Official language: Korean
KOREA
(Republic)
Official name of Parliament:
Kuk'oe
(National Assembly)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union
Member of the ASGP
2. Address
Taehan Min'guk Kuk'oe Tosegwan
(National Assembly Library)
1 Yoido-dong
Yeongdeungpo-gu
Seoul 150-703
Korea
Tel.: *(82)(2)788-4103
Fax: *(82)(2)788-4301
Telex: K25849 NAL ROK
E-Mail: yhp@nanet.go.kr
Homepage: www.nanet.go.kr
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1952
Person in charge: Mr LEE
Hyun-Koo
Position or official title:
Director
Number of library staff: 276
Number of professional librarians:
108
Number of research and subject analyst
staff: 23
Specification: Political & Diplomatic Affairs; Judical &
Public Administration; Education & Science; Finance &
Economy; Industry & Trade; Welfare & Environment
Number of secretarial and support
staff: 77
Number of other staff: 68 (computer
staff: 18 and technicians: 50)
Size of collection: 1.170.000
Number of annual accessions:
85.000
Annual acquisitions budget:
1.080.400.000 won (~ USD 720.000)
Number of current periodicals:
14.350
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: Yes, by the Library
Number of periodicals which are currently
indexed for articles: 5.315
Number of periodical articles indexed per
year: 60.000
Number of current newspapers:
823
Press cuttings: Yes, by the Library
(8) and by the Newspaper Reading Room staff (2).
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers:
Yes, by the Library and by the Database Production Division
Library in charge of the archival materials
of the Parliament: No
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Classification system
Automation of cataloguing: Yes
Is the automated library catalogue
accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?:
Yes
Clientele: National Assembly Members,
staff, government ministries and agencies, scholars, teachers,
graduate students, the press, staff of foreign embassies, and the
public.
Number of reading rooms: 15
(200)
Number of loans per year:
1.734.199
Reference services: 784
Current bibliographies: Yes
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
No
External database searches: 10
Analysis and research: Yes, by the
Library and by the Legislative Research & Analysis
Department
Other special services: Provisions of
Korean Laws in image (Korean) and abstracts (English translation) -
part of GLIN Project.
Right to deposit: Yes, all domestic
publications (including Master's and Doctoral theses)
Depository library: United
Nations
Other special collections of the
Library: Korea related materials
IFLA membership: Yes
4. Publications published by the Library
* Kuk'oe-tosogwanbo.
- 1964 -
Bimonthly. - National Assembly Library review. - In Korean. - Deals
with library and information sciences, also offers information on
the activities, materials, and services available in the National
Assembly Library
* Chonggiganhangmul-gisasaekin. - 1964 -
Bimonthly + annual. - Index to Korean-language periodicals. - In
Korean. - The index covers some 1.300 titles of Korean-language
periodicals dealing with social as well as natural sciences
Hanguk-paksa-mich'-soksa-hakwinonmun-ch'ongmokrok.
- 1969 -
Annual. - Doctor's and master's degrees' theses awarded in Korea. -
In Korean. - Every year approximately 24.000 master's degrees and
about 4.200 doctorate degrees are awarded in 76 graduate schools
and 12 special research institutions in Korea
Taehanminguk-popryong-saekin
Biennial. - Index to Korean laws and statutes. - In Korean. -
Indexes to the laws and statutes of the Republic of Korea recently
enacted, amended or abolished
Kuk'oe-hoeuirok-saekin
Irregular. - Index to National Assembly debates. - In Korean. -
Indexes to both plenary and committee session proceedings of the
National Assembly
Hyonanbunsok
Irregular. - Issue briefs. - In Korean. - Concise up-to-date
summary of major issues of current legislative interest.
5. Publications concerning the Library
Guide to the National
Assembly Library : a brief description. - 1990
In English
Kuk'oetosogwan-anne.
- 1993
Guide to the National Assembly Library. - In Korean
6. Parliamentary documents
Kuk'oekongbo
Irregular. - National Assembly official report. - In Korean
Kuk'oehoeuirok
Irregular. - National Assembly debates. - In Korean
(updated in February 1998)
