Preservation Workshop in NLK

The National Library of Korea (NLK) established it’s Preservation Office (자료보존실) in 2003 with conservation specialists and state-of-art equipments for systematic conservation and management of nations’ treasures. It is comprised with:

• A Conservation Laboratory
• A Fumigation Room
• A Microfilm Laboratory &
• A Deacidification Room

Parallely to the National Library’s 63rd Anniversary, the Preservation Office of NLK conducted a workshop on Preservation on 15th Oct. In that workshop, participants were able to obtain hands-on-experience on various steps of preservation process from diagnosis of the health of the book (책 건강진단) to book-binding. The Workshop was an effort to bring the whole conservation process out of the preservation office, and exhibit it to the library community in the Country.

Library 2.0 environment in South Korea

Dear All,

As I have mentioned earlier, South Korea has a well developed library system. At the same time, they are well aware about the changing environment in the field of library and information science, and always try to keep the library community in the country aware regarding these changes. Also they are keen in finding solutions and developing strategies to address those changes.

Accordingly, the "The Library 2.0 Technical Seminar" was held today at the COEX Mall located in the Gangnam-Gu, Seoul with the participation of around 100 library professionals. Some interesting papers were presented and some of them are as follows:

• Evolution of Library 2.0: semantic and the Library
• Semantic Technology and the Future of the Library
• PYXIS: Library 2.0 portal for a successful library service
• Social Semantic Digital Library
• Digital Library improved by SOLARS DLi II

Among them, there were some case studies which describes how the Library 2.0 concept has been adapted and will be adapted in library services in Korea.

It was an useful and interesting session.

If you need more information pls. do not hesitate to contact me.

With Best Regards,

Tharanga Ranasinghe (from Seoul)

Library Song

There’s a place for you and me,
it’s the local public library.
They have books and things that they lend for free
It’s the latest, it’s the greatest, it’s the library.

Educational, informational
Entertainment that’s sensational.
It’s the way of life, it’s for you and me
It’s the latest, it’s the greatest, it’s the library.

They have histories, they have mysteries
And for mothers, books of recipes
See a movie show, hear a symphony
It’s the latest, it’s the greatest, it’s the library.

- Australasian Public Libraries and Information Services (2001)

September 2008 Web Server Survey

Dear All,

September 2008 survey of Netcraft has received responses from 181,277,835 (181 million) websites.

This is an increase of 4.5 million sites, compared with the last month (176 million websites).

For more information, visit: http://news.netcraft.com/

Regards,

Tharanga Ranasinghe.

Article on Library 2.0

Dear All,

Library 2.0 refelects the transition within the library world in the way that services are delivered to users. The focus is on user-centered change and participation in the creation of content and community. It changes the traditional, one directional services offered by libraries for centuries. In this environment, user is a participant, co-creator, builder, and a consultant.

The following article titled 'Library 2.0: Service for the Next-generation Library' published in 'Library Journal' 2006, discusses the concept in detail:

Pls. follow the URL to access the article:

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6365200.html

Regards,

Tharanga Ranasinghe.