National Library for Children and Young Adults

The National Library for Children and Young Adults is Korea’s national library for children and young adults, opened on June 28, 2006.

The library holds a collection of approximately 850,000 items of domestic and international materials for children and young adults. In addition to offering a wide range of reading and cultural programs, it provides information services for picture book authors and researchers.

To promote reading among children and young adults, the library develops and distributes a variety of programs and content, including technology-integrated content and multilingual storytelling resources, helping to reduce regional disparities in reading and cultural services and broaden access to reading opportunities.

It also conducts policy research to support the development of children’s and young adult library services, while actively engaging in exchanges with libraries both in Korea and abroad, serving as a central institution in the advancement of library services.