Mission
Leading the future of specialized knowledge information (scholarly information and research information) through collaboration and shared stewardship.
Overview
| Name | Korea Special Library Association |
|---|---|
| President | Jaeyoung Hwang (jyhwaung@hanmail.net) |
| Homepage | https://ksla.info |
| Address |
National Library of Korea, Sejong 3F 48, Dasom 3-ro, Sejong-si 30120, Republic of Korea Phone: +82-44-866-4496 E-mail: ksla@ksla.info |
History
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1972
STIMA was established
※ Special libraries for science and technology -
1989
KIRSA was established
※ Special libraries for social sciences and humanities -
1998
Union DB was built and ILL service was started
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2009
STIMA and KIRSA were merged into KSLA
The first issue of “KSLA Bulletin” was published -
2011
Representatives were dispatched to the ICoASL 2011
“Special Libraries Handbook” was published -
2012
“Collection of Best Practices” was published
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2013
Representatives were dispatched to JSLA Meeting
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2014
JSLA Representatives were invited to KSLA Meeting
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2015
ICoASL 2015 was held in Seoul, Korea
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2016
Relocation of KSLA Secretariat to the National Library of Sejong
※ Dispatch of Korea’s delegation to the 18th Japan Library Fair & Forum -
2017
Establishment of global cooperation framework with the Mongolian Library Consortium (MLC)
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2018
Redefinition of KSLA mission, vision, and core values
※ Dispatch of Korea’s delegation to SLA Annual Conference 2018 -
2020
Full renewal of the KSLA Membership Management System
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2021
Hosting of ICoASL 2021 as a virtual conference
※ Publication of Innovative Library Information Services II -
2022
Launch of the National Electronic Information Consortium (KESLI) terms negotiation & management contracting project
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2023
MOU concluded with the National Library of Korea to enhance specialized training across library types
Members
| Membership | Regular Members | Special Members | Life Members |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 145 | 48 | 11 |
2) Special Members: Publishers, Resellers, etc.
3) Life Members: Retired Persons
Organization
Activities
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Resource Sharing
KSLA is collecting each member library’s MARC data to construct a union DB and libraries are sharing resources through DDS as well as ILL services.
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Education Program
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Basic Course
Aimed at the new librarians for the acquisition of knowledge including special library’s characteristics, librarian’s calibre, major issues, related new technologies, establishment story of a new special library, best winner’s successful story in national library evaluation, etc.
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Advanced Course
Aimed at the senior librarians so that they can expand library activities as well as strengthen professionalism. There are 2 courses for science and technology and social sciences which are open to librarians in all types of libraries in cooperation with the National Library of Korea.
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Annual Course
Aimed at the field librarians to share information about current topics and each library’s solution.
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Commissioned Course
A customized course based on each institute’s request for the training of SCI research paper writing, research ethics and research notes, utilization of resources.
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Mentoring Service
Mentoring services are provided to improve each librarian’s capability by sharing advanced experiences and expanding knowledge between mentor and mentee among KSLA member libraries.