National Diet Library Newsletter
No. 165, Feb. 2009
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The 6th Mutual Visit Program between
the National Diet Library and
the National Assembly Library of Korea
The mutual visit program between the National Assembly Library (NAL) and the National Diet Library, the 6th since 2003, was held from December 15 to 20, 2008, in Seoul. Two of the staff members of the Research and Legislative Reference Bureau of the NDL, Mr. Kaoru Omagari (Director, Politics and Parliamentary Affairs Division), and Ms. Yoko Iwata (Assistant Director, Parliamentary Documents and Official Publications Division) visited the NAL for this year’s program.
Mr. Jong Pil Yoo, Librarian of the NAL (right) and Mr. Omagari (middle)
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Paper Session I: Expertise of public institutions’ information and expanded use
NDL report by Mr. Kaoru Omagari
NAL report by Ms. Eulsoon Ma, Assistant Director of the Internet Resources Division
Mr. Omagari explained in his report the NDL’s role in collecting public information and making it available. He mentioned as future tasks improvement of the web archiving project and digitization of government publications. Ms. Ma first introduced the actual states of collection and digitization of government information in Korea, and then pointed out the necessity of cooperation among government information institutions.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Paper Session II: Expertise of legal information service and public sharing
NDL report by Ms. Yoko Iwata
NAL report by Ms. Eunhee Hyun, Assistant Director of the Law Information Division
The report of Ms. Iwata was about outline of the NDL information service relating to laws and regulations as well as influence of its digitization. Ms. Hyun introduced the information service on law and regulations in the NAL and provided an explanation on issues including the "National Law Library" concept and producing librarians specialized in law.
NDL delegates in front of the National Assembly Library building
The two NDL delegates paid a courtesy call on Mr. Jong Pil Yoo, Librarian of the NAL, and exchanged information and opinions with staff members of divisions of the Legislative Information Office. During their stay, they also visited the National Assembly and its memorial hall, the National Assembly Research Service and the National Library of Korea.
As for the future programs, it was decided that the two libraries would continue discussions based on the review of the past programs and the reorganization of the Korean legislative research service.
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