Only the members who have been issued a library card can make a book request
How to Apply
Log in to the Seoul Metropolitan Library website → My Page → Click 'Book Request' Or click the 'Apply for Book Request' at the center of the main page
Book Request Application menu
You can make a book request while searching the domestic newly published book information
If you wish to enter the book information yourself, make sure to enter the accurate title, author, publisher, ISBN, and year of publishing. If the book information is not accurate, the purchase may be delayed or rejected. (Book information can be found in bookstore websites, etc.)
Limit on the Number of Book Requests
3 books a month, 15 a year per person
Process of the Book Request (Book Reservation)
It takes 2 to 3 weeks for the requested book to go through the selection process, purchased, and ready for use.
When the desired book becomes available in the collections room, the book will be reserved for the applicant.
However, if the applicant has books that are overdue or have reached the limit on the number of books that can be reserved, the reservation will be cancelled.
Process of the book request
Application/Process
Takes 6~7 days
Purchase Order Placed ※ Cancelled if the book request is rejected
Takes 7~8 days
Organization
Takes 7~8 days
Available
Takes about 3 weeks
Books that cannot be Requested
Workbooks, exam books, middle and high school reference books
Fantasy, romance, chivalrous novels
Webtoons, light novels, comic books
Reference books such as yearbooks, white papers, reports, etc.
Materials with commercial or political purposes
Harmful material that may cause problems with public morals, cause public disorder, etc., R-rated books with sexually graphic contents
Periodicals and electronic materials (non-books such as e-books, DVDs, etc.) ※ If deemed necessary, a separate non-book purchase guideline will be applied
Foreign books, specialized books in specific fields
Materials published more than 5 years ago (2 years for new computer science fields)
Expensive books (more than 50,000 KRW), foreign books, series or complete books exceeding 3 volumes, and books for which other standards are difficult to apply
Materials that are difficult to use and manage, such as spring binding or single-page materials (leaflets), 3D books, sheet music, coloring books, transcriptions, etc., that are too small in size or make noises when used
Books that are already in possession, books being purchased or organized, books already requested or ordered
Books whose bibliography is unknown, unpublished, not for sale, sold out or out of print.
If there is a large collection of similar books
If an old edition is requested even though a new edition has been published
If the material is deemed to be used for personal profit or profit for the publisher
※ If any of the books excluded from the selection are deemed necessary, they may be purchased through deliberation by the Regular Purchase Material Selection Committee.
Seoul Metropolitan Library collection composition and acquisition plan
