- The history of Sungkyunkwan University's libraries is as long
and complicated as that of the University itself. The first
library, named Jon'gyeong'gak, was built in 1475 under the reign
of King Seongjong, who contributed 10,000 books. Even though
wars and fires destroyed the library several times throughout
the Joseon period (1392-1910), the library grew to house almost
100,000 volumes on Confucian studies alone.
- Over time, many volumes were added to the small number of books
that remained in Jon'gyeong'gak, and the library holdings soon
grew to 70,000 volumes. Unfortunately, the library building
and the books (were) completely destroyed during the Korean
War (1950-1953). The Sungkyunkwan University library system
currently encompasses the Central
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Library, the Science Library, the Law Library, the Library of Medicine, the Audio-visual Facility Center established by the University. As of
late 2006 their collections included 1,579,500 volumes of books
and periodicals and 74,270 non-book materials, such as slided,
cassette tapes, compact disks, video records, and microfiches.
- The majority of the Central Library's holdings are in the field
of humanities and social sciences. The Library especially takes
pride in its special collection of rare Korean books. Science
Library was opened on the Natural Sciences Campus in 1979 and
moved into a new building in 1983. Its current holdings number
560,000 volumes in the fields of science and technology.
- The library systems were computerized in 1994, providing the
capability to search and access various library listings by
CD-ROM and the internet. The SIMSAN, as the integrated library
system, gives its users easy access to the entire modern book
collection of University libraries. On top of all, the computerized
version of the Jon'gyeong'gak provides users with full text images
from the old rare book collection of the library via the University's
local area network. The University is striving to digitalize
the libraries to provide better service to all students and
faculty members.
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