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Collections

By Topic

library By Topic-Total, General, Philosophy, Religion, 사회과학, 자연과학, 기술과학, Art, Language, Literature, History
Total General Philosophy Religion Social
Sciences		 Natural
Sciences		 Technology
Sciences		 Art Language Literature History
570,364 26,228 28,097 13,409 177,474 17,085 79,379 41,704 12,742 132,410 41,836

(As of Mar 31, 2025, Unit: items)

도서관 주제별 자료 현황-Total, General, Philosophy, Religion, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Technology Sciences, Art, Language, Literature, History
Total 570,364
General 26,228
Philosophy 28,097
Religion 13,409
Social Sciences 177,474
Natural Sciences 17,085
Technology Sciences 79,379
Art 41,704
Language 12,742
Literature 132,410
History 41,836

(As of Mar 31, 2025, Unit: Items)

By Collection

By Collection-Total, General, Seoul Collections (Administrative Materials), Global Collections, Disability Collections, Digital Collections
Total General Collections Seoul Document Collections
(Administrative Materials)		 Global Collections Disability Collections Digital Collections
570,364 371,294 116,788 47,941 13,382 20,959
By Collection - Total, General, Seoul Collections (Administrative Materials), Global Collections, Disability Collections, Digital Collections
Total 570,364
General 371,294
Seoul Collections
(Administrative Materials)		 116,788
Global Collections 47,941
Disability Collections 13,382
Digital Collections 20,959

(As of Mar 31, 2025, Unit: Items)

By Country

By Country - Sort, General Books, Nonbooks(DVD (Discs), Audio Books), Periodicals, Electronic Materials(Academic DB, E-Book, Audio Books)
Sort General Books Nonbooks Periodicals Electronic Materials
DVD (Discs) Audio Books Academic DB E-Book Audio Books
Total 550,137 17,345 2,882 461 7 32,680 2,882
Domestic 492,963 12,789 1,774 410 7 28,888 1,774
Foreign 57,174 4,556 1,108 51 0 3,792 1,108
By Country - Sort, General Books, Nonbooks(DVD (Discs), Audio Books), Periodicals, Electronic Materials(Academic DB, E-Book, Audio Books)
Foreign Sort General Books Nonbooks Periodicals Electronic Materials
Total 600,178
General Books 550137 492963 57174
Nonbooks DVD (Discs) 17345 12789 4556
Audio Books 2882 1774 1108
Periodicals 461 410 51
Academic DB 7 7 0
E-Book 32680 28888 3792
Audio Books 2882 1774 1108

(As of Mar 31, 2025, Unit: Items)

By Language

By Language- Total, Russian, English, Tagalog, Japanese, Mongolian, Chinese, Thai, French, Khmer, German, Vietnamese, Spanish, Indonesian, Uzbek, Others
Total Russian English Tagalog Japanese Mongolian Chinese Thai
57,174 528 32,592 235 7,394 504 4,806 683
French Khmer German Vietnamese Spanish Indonesian Uzbek Others
1,565 387 1,561 1,012 613 370 222 4,702

(As of Mar 31, 2025, Unit: items)

By Language- Total, Russian, English, Tagalog, Japanese, Mongolian, Chinese, Thai, French, Khmer, German, Vietnamese, Spanish, Indonesian, Uzbek, Others
Total Russian English Tagalog Japanese Mongolian Chinese Thai
57,174 528 32,592 235 7,394 504 4,806 683
French Khmer German Vietnamese Spanish Indonesian Uzbek Others
1,565 387 1,561 1,012 613 370 222 4,702

Increase in Number of Books by Year

Seoul Metropolitan Library Collection (Books) Number of Books by Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 0 200,000 400,000 600,000
Increase in Number of Books by Year
Year Number of Books by Year
2012 199,030
2013 239,568
2014 290,132
2015 340,381
2016 384,990
2017 402,345
2018 427,369
2019 452,583
2020 485,012
2021 514,625
2022 543,916