Transcript Beth McKillop, The British Library

Beth McKillop, The British Library
Library contacts with Korea
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The British Library
Founded in 1973
• Collections grow 12km every year (625 km)
• 150 million items, 3 million new items incorporated every year
• On-site space for over 1200 readers
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16,000 people use the collections each day
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2,500 staff in London and Yorkshire
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The National Library of Korea
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Opened 1945
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Collection numbers 3,300,000 volumes
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Users number 1,500,000 annually
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Important role in training librarians
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Staff numbers over 200
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Active plans for a digital library
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The Grand People’s Study House
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Founded in 1982
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Capacity for 30 million volumes
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Accommodates 12,00 visitors per day
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Has a hotel in Pyongyang to house researchers visiting from around the
country
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Functions as a social education centre
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During 2001, installed a networked catalogue to replace its card
catalogues
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Electronic resource creation hampered by lack of international contacts
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