1Professor & Head, Department of Library &Information Science, Konkuk University, Chungju, South Korea
2Dr M P Satija, Professor (Rtd.), Dept. of Library and Information Science, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
Online published on 20 December, 2016.
Briefly describes the geography, economic and education culture of South Korea. Explains its higher education system which has a very high GER. States that education has significantly contributed to its high economic growth in a very short period starting from 1960s. Dwells on the state of public, academic and special libraries. Public libraries are quite a developed lot due to socially active programs like “Citizen Action for Reading Culture”. Lastly it explains the origin and development of LIS education from graduate to doctoral programmes in South Korea since 1950s. Appendixes give data about all types of libraries, LIS schools, Procedure for Ph. D. and curricula for master and graduate programs.
Higher education-South Korea, Korean Library Association, Libraries-South Korea, Library education-South Korea, South Korea
