For our final library tour we visited the Mapo Lifelong Learning Center in Seoul. This is an educational community center that is open to the public and provides various classes, study rooms, cafeterias, and exercise facilities ? much like a YMCA.… Read the rest
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Seoul National University Library
Tucked toward the back of a hilly campus, this six-story library is home to over 880,000 volumes of books.
A Different Classroom Experience
August 14 was the last day of our academic libraries class at Yonsei University, which is a course offered by Simmons College and co-taught by Professor Claudia Morner and Professor Ji-Hong Park. The class covers the functions and challenges of academic libraries in the United States and Korea and includes eight Simmons students and seven Yonsei students.… Read the rest
Greetings from Seoul, South Korea!
It?s about 85 degrees with 50 percent humidity and the GSLIS students are tearing up Yonsei University and South Korean libraries. We?ve been here for just over five days and have already visited four Korean libriaries: the National Library and Digital Library of Korea, Yonsei University Library, the National Library for Children and Young Adults, and the Seoul National University Library.… Read the rest