Located within the National Maritime Museum of Korea, the Maritime Library is a specialized library that systematically collects and preserves resources across various maritime fields, including history, culture, and maritime territory. It holds approximately 57,000 items, including print and electronic resources as well as research materials.

The library includes a separate children’s maritime library, delivering more user-focused spaces and services. Visitors can enjoy reading and relaxation in a comfortable environment with panoramic ocean views.

With a focus on in-library use, the library supports the specialized use and long-term preservation of its collections. It also expands access to specialized knowledge and information while providing a wide range of services, enhancing public accessibility and contributing to its social role.

The Paju Munsan Library is a regional hub library serving northern Paju. First opened in 1994, it was relocated and expanded in September 2025, and now operates in its current form.

The library holds a collection of approximately 110,000 volumes and is designed based on universal design, with all spaces connected by ramps, ensuring accessibility for all users.

It offers peace-themed programs reflecting local identity and community partnerships, while providing advanced reading environments and services integrating AI and ICT. Through these efforts, the library serves as a central hub for knowledge, culture, and community engagement, supporting the development of the local community.

Located in Gwanggyo, Suwon, within the Gyeonggi Convergence Town, Gyeonggi Library serves as the central library of Gyeonggi-do, embodying a future-oriented vision that reflects contemporary values such as climate and environment, artificial intelligence, and human-centered services.

Moving beyond the traditional roles of collection storage and lending, the library functions as a cultural space for community engagement and exchange. Its spatial design supports a seamless flow from reading to discussion and creative activities. Through curated collections on themes such as climate and coexistence, as well as multilingual resources, the library reaches a wider range of users while offering creative spaces including studios and workshops.

The library also promotes intergenerational learning and exchange by supporting children’s creative activities, empowering youth, and encouraging older adults to share their experiences. Accessibility has been enhanced through features such as barrier-free self-service borrowing and return systems, improving user convenience.

Rather than serving merely as a space for individual use, the library functions as a public service infrastructure for the community. By incorporating user feedback, it provides a sustainable knowledge and cultural environment while fulfilling its role as a public institution in reducing information gaps and promoting balanced regional development.

• Mission

To collect knowledge and information from around the world and provide it to the National Assembly and the public, thereby contributing to the development of parliamentary democracy and improving quality of life, while preserving humanity’s intellectual and cultural heritage for future generations.

• Vision

To become a world-leading parliamentary library providing the highest level of services to the National Assembly and the public.

The National Assembly Library of Korea is a premier national library that has contributed to the development of parliamentary democracy and the improvement of quality of life in Korea by providing reliable knowledge and information.

Since its opening in 1952, the library has built a collection of approximately 8.9 million items and a digital library with over 440 million pages of full-text data. It supports the legislative and policy-making activities of the National Assembly while also facilitating the sharing and dissemination of knowledge through public information services accessible to all.

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.