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NLK Covid-19 Response Status
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National Library of Korea Covid-19 Response Status

NLK Covid-19 Response Status


󰊱 Preventive measures

User convinience

Leading library service in Korea

Prevention & management

Advance reservation system

Infectious disease response manual

Staff management

Advance reservation

(PC, mobile)

Main building/digital library reserved separately

Distributed and utilized by 1,134 public libraries in Korea

Electronic check-in system(QR code)

Flexible home working

Staggered hours, video conferences

󰊲 Strengthened online content

Established disaster archive

Expanded opportunity to experience culture for the public

Non face-to-face service promotion

COVID-19 web resource collection

Online exhibitions

Expanded home service

8,832 items collected (web resource)

76 items including NLK collections and collections by the greatest authors

(academic DB) 31 titles →

42 titles (↑ 11titles)

(ebooks) 2,705 titles →

4,057 titles (↑ 1,352 titles)

󰊳 Others

Video conferences

Digitized materials

Alternative services

Non face-to-face international cooperation

Copyright permission campaign

1,134 alternative service-providing public libraries

National Library of Iran(May 19)

National Diet Library

(July 28)

National Library of Russia(Sept 16)

Obtaining copyright permission for 1.1 million books

(copyrighted material)

274 smart libraries

83 drive-through service libraries

185 book delivery service libraries



□ Flexible Library operation in response to covid-19 situation

ㅇ Library closure and reopening in accordance with covid-19 situation

Date

Class

Content

Feb 24 2020

Closure

Library closed as covid-19 crisis alert level is raised to serious

July 22 2020

Reopening

Culture facilities(libraries etc.) reopened to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and offer user convenience

Aug 14 2020

Closure

Library closed as social distancing in metropolitan areas was considered to be raised to level 2

Sept 28 2020

Reopening

Culture facilities(libraries etc.) reopened to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and offer user convenience

Dec 8

2020

Closure

Library closed again as the number of confirmed cases increase in metropolitan areas

ㅇ Continued library service through flexible operation in response to covid-19

- Early establishment of online library reservation system(PC, mobile) (first half of 2020)

* Telephone reservation is also available for users unable to use the internet(older people etc.)

- Flexible adjustment of the number of users for library reservation and reading room seats

- Flexible working (working from home, staggered office hours etc.) for stable library service during covid-19 pandemic

ㅇ No confirmed cases of covid-19 in library for 300 days after covid-19 outbreak

- Establishment and application of prevention & response plan as the library was reopened (first half of 2020)

Electronic library check in (QR code) system has been developed and the use of masks is required in the library

Temperature checks are administered and drinking in the library is banned

- User path is separated from staff member path

- Book sterilizer, hand sanitizer etc. are provided and the inside and outside area of the library is disinfected regularly



□ Covid-19 response strategy established and shared with 20,032 libraries in Korea

ㅇ Infectious disease response manual for libraries has been established and distributed

- Library operation standard and preparation measures during covid-19

- Detailed measures for when the library is open with limited services (social distancing in daily life), staff working hours, etc.

ㅇ Information for covid-19 response provided to domestic libraries

- Covid-19 Reference Service Website for Libraries

* Domestic & foreign library trend, NLK’s response, manual, reference source, etc.

ㅇ Alternative services identified and implemented for continued public library service

- Drive through service(83 libraries)

- Book delivery service(185 libraries)

- Digital library(702 libraries)


□ Expanded online content service for the public as non face-to-face service has become daily life

ㅇ Covid-19 web information archive established(8,832 items)

- 8,832 covid-19-related digital information resource collected and provided through NLK online digital

information resource collection & preservation project(OASIS)

* www.oasis.go.kr(Online Archiving & Searching Internet Sources)

ㅇ Expanded online knowledge information service

- Enlarged online academic database(charged academic web DB) (31 titles → 42 titles)

* Supporting researchers’ academic activity in covid-19 era by cooperating with publishing companies and

private DB companies

- Popular foreign ebooks obtained(2,705 books → 4,057 books)

* Popular academic books, prestigious award-winning literature(Pulitzer Prize, Man Booker Prize)

ㅇ Digital materials home service campaign

- Copyright permission campaign(getting consent from copyright owners to use the owners’ creative

material) launched for users to use NLK’s 1.1 million digitized materials from home

ㅇ 76 online exhibitions held to meet culture demand in a non face-to-face era


□ Non face-to-face cooperative network of national libraries

ㅇ Continued discussions with national libraries about libraries’ covid-19 response, prospect, cooperation plan etc.

- Video conferences with the National Library of Iran(May 19), National Diet Library(Japan, July 28) and National Library of Russia(Sept 16)

- Discussions on current issues including non face-to-face service promotion plan, digital materials copyright issue and creating a safe environment for

users





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