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· 분류 : 국내도서 > 인문학 > 서지/출판 > 서지/문헌/도서관
· ISBN : 9791162734254
· 쪽수 : 288쪽
· 출판일 : 2026-05-26
책 소개
30여 년간 공공도서관 현장을 지켜온 오지은 서울도서관장의 혁신적 실험,
‘서울야외도서관’을 이제 세계의 독자들과 공유한다.
『책 읽는 시민이 답이다』 영문판 출시!
이번 영문판은 한국 공공도서관의 새로운 실험인 ‘서울야외도서관’의 경험과 성과를 세계의 독자들과 나누기 위해 출간되었다. 광장과 거리, 하천을 독서와 문화의 공간으로 바꿔낸 서울도서관의 사례는 오늘날 공공도서관이 도시와 시민의 삶 속에서 어떤 역할을 할 수 있는지를 보여준다. 이 책이 각국의 도서관과 문화정책 현장에 새로운 영감을 전하고, 더 많은 도시에서 열린 독서문화의 가능성이 확산되는 계기가 되기를 바란다.
Discovering the Future of Public Libraries in the Heart of the City
The visionary initiative of Oh Ji-eun, Director of the Seoul Metropolitan Library, who has spent more than three decades working in public libraries, is now reaching readers around the world.
The English edition of The Answer Is the Book-Reading Citizen is now available.
This edition introduces global readers to the experience and achievements of the Seoul Outdoor Library, an innovative public library initiative from Korea. Transforming plazas, streets, and streams into spaces for reading and culture, the project demonstrates how public libraries can expand their role in urban life and civic culture today. We hope this book will inspire librarians, cultural policymakers, and cities around the world to imagine new possibilities for open and accessible cultures of reading.
목차
Author’s Note to English-Language Readers
Preface
1. The History, Present and Future of Libraries
A History of Libraries
◆ Libraries in the Western World
◆ Libraries in China
◆ Libraries in Korea
Challenges Facing Public Libraries
◆ Social Transformation and New Challenges.
◆ The Rise of the Intelligent Library: A Library Without Books, Buildings, or Librarians
The Reality of Korea’s Library Ecosystem
◆ The State of Libraries
◆ The State of Librarians
◆ Librarian Education: Scale and System
◆ Library and Information Science Curricula
◆ The Korean Library Association and Librarian Organizations
Strategies for the Sustainability of Public Libraries
◆ Strategies for Public Libraries to Meet These Challenges
◆ Strategies for Librarians to Meet These Challenges
2. Books, People, and Space Reimagined ― The Seoul Outdoor Library Experiment
The Challenge That Began at Gwangjin District Information Library
◆ Reading Club Incubation
◆ Urban Agriculture School
Why Take Seoul Metropolitan Library Outside?
◆ Becoming Director of Seoul Metropolitan Library to Drive Innovation
◆ The Seoul Outdoor Library: Four Core Experiments
What Is the Seoul Outdoor Library?
◆ The Seoul Outdoor Library Is a “Library”
◆ The Seoul Outdoor Library Is a “Public” Library
◆ The Seoul Outdoor Library Is an “Outdoor” Library
◆ The Seoul Outdoor Library Is “Seoul’s” Library
3. The Values the Seoul Outdoor Library Pursues
Differentiated Experiences and a New Reading Culture
Administrative and Service Innovation Delivered by the Library
Strategies for Sustainable Service
Brand Management of the Seoul Outdoor Library
4. Challenging Public Libraries to Innovate ― The Seoul Outdoor Library’s Achievements
Establishing the Concept and Designing the Five-Year Plan
◆ On Reading Books in Seoul Plaza
◆ Beyond the Library Building: A Buildingless Library
◆ Experiments in Public Library Innovation Through the Seoul Outdoor Library
◆ The Seoul Outdoor Library: The Challenge of Designing a Five-Year Plan
Four Years of the Seoul Outdoor Library: A Footprint
◆ 2022 Seoul Outdoor Library: The Opening Act
◆ 2023 Seoul Outdoor Library: A Buildingless Libraryn in Full Swing
◆ 2024 Seoul Outdoor Library: Introducing the Seoul Outdoor Library Brand Identity
◆ 2025 Seoul Outdoor Library: Launch of the “Hip-Dok Club”― A Library in Step with the Times
◆ The Hip-Dok Club (Hip + 讀 + Club)
◆ Achievements of the Seoul Outdoor Library: Four Years of Awards
The Names and Meanings of the Seoul Outdoor Library’s Spaces
◆ Reading Seoul Plaza
◆ Gwanghwamun Book Madang
◆ Cheonggyecheon Reading Stream
Institutional Imperatives for Sustainability
Topics Left Unresolved
◆ Specialized Public Libraries
◆ Introducing the Concept of a Library Industry
Afterword
◆ The Importance of Policy Promoting Reading Culture
◆ Korea’s Reading Tradition: The Dokseodang (Reading Hall)
◆ The Answer Is the Book-Reading Citizen!
◆ Reading Seoul, Leading Seoul
◆ “Reading Korea, Leading Korea!” Project
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