An employee searches for books using a touch screen at a newly established digital library at the National Library of Korea in Seoul on March 22, 2021. (Yonhap)
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Library of Korea said Tuesday it had designated web-based comics and novels as subjects for online data collection.
The library revised the notification on the kind and type of online data subject for collection on June 1, for the first time in 11 years, adding webtoons and web novels as online data subject for collection.
The notification described details of the sound and audio data subject for collection, including music data (sound source), audio data (lectures, speeches, interviews and audiobooks), and sound data (sound effects).
“Despite the revision of the notification, it’s not mandatory to submit webtoons and web novels to the library. Instead, the revision laid a foundation for the systematic collection of webtoons, web novels, and sound sources.” an official at the National Library of Korea said.
Under the Library Act, the library has been collecting and preserving online data with high conservation value among those under service in the country. The kind and type of data subject to collection is designated through separate notification.
At present, the library holds about 18 million pieces of online data and collects 1.5 million pieces of data per year.
J. S. Shin (js_shin@koreabizwire.com)
