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)