ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE LIBRARIES ACT

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Decree is to prescribe matters mandated by the Libraries Act and matters necessary for the enforcement thereof.

Article 2(Scope of knowledge information vulnerable groups) #

"The knowledge and information vulnerable class prescribed by Presidential Decree" in the part, with the exception of the subparagraphs, of Article 6(1) of the Libraries Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") means the following persons:

1. Persons with disabilities under the Act on Welfare of Persons with Disabilities;

2. Beneficiaries under the National Basic Living Security Act;

3. Residents of rural and fishing villages under the Special Act on Quality Improvement of Life of Farmers and Fishers and Development Promotion of Agricultural and Fishing Villages;

4. Members of multicultural families under the Multicultural Families Support Act;

5. North Korean defectors pursuant to the North Korean Defector Protection and Settlement Support Act;

6. Persons over 65 years of age.

Article 3(Scope of application) #

(1) In Article 9 of the Act, "facility prescribed by Presidential Decree" means a facility equipped with the functions of search, use, and lending of materials so that the public can use the materials preserved in the facility, which is recognized by the Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism as a facility subject to this Act ex officio or upon application.

(2) Any person who wishes to obtain the recognition of a facility under paragraph (1) shall submit an application for recognition to the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism along with the documents prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

CHAPTER II FORMULATION OF COMPREHENSIVE LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT

ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE LIBRARIES ACT

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Scope of knowledge information vulnerable groups) #

Article 3(Scope of application) #

(Matters for deliberation and adjustment by National Library Committee)

Article 5(Secretariat) #

Article 6(Ex officio members of National Library Committee) #

Article 7(Operation of National Library Committee) #

Article 8(Work-level coordination meeting) #

Article 9(Formulation of annual implementation plan) #

Article 10(Evaluation of previous year's performance of implementation plan) #

Article 11(Education and training of library staff) #

Article 12(Exchange and cooperation with domestic and foreign libraries) #

Article 13(Request for provision of library materials for international exchange) #

Article 14(Support and cooperation for reading promotion activities) #

Article 15(Legal deposit of library materials) #

Article 16(Collection of online data) #

Article 17(Library Materials Review Committee) #

Article 18(Compensation procedures for library materials) #

Article 19(Request for correction or deletion of personal information) #

Article 20(Assignment of international standard data numbers) #

Article 21(Submission of digital file data to National Library for Persons with Disabilities) #

Article 22(Support for metropolitan representative libraries) #

Article 23(Standards for human resources, facilities, collections of metropolitan representative libraries) #

Article 24(Types and number of copies of library materials subject to submission) #

Article 25(Establishment and development of public libraries) #

Article 26(Prior consultation on establishment of national public library) #

Article 27(Preliminary feasibility assessment on establishment of public library) #

Article 28(Registration of public libraries) #

Article 29(Operational evaluation of public libraries) #

Article 30(Detailed criteria for administrative dispositions) #

Article 30-2(Convenient facilities of public libraries) #

Article 31(Library Day and Library Week commemorative events) #

Article 32(Librarians) #

Article 33(Library personnel, facilities, and materials) #

Article 34(Public library usage fees) #

Article 35(Report on Status of Management and Operation of Public Library) #

Article 36(Delegation and entrustment of authority) #

Article 37(Processing of personally identifiable information) #

Article 37-2(Re-examination of regulation) #