Chaekieum Service

• Chaekieum (책이음) is a word combining 'book' meaning chaek (책) and 'connection' meaning ieum (이음).
• The Chaekieum Service is an integrated library card service that allows you to borrow books from participating libraries across the country with a single membership library card.
• If you wish to use the services in one or more public libraries, register as a member of the Chaekieum Service and then you can use the public libraries participating in the program without having to register as a member in the other libraries.
• Anyone who is a member of the Chaekieum can borrow books from participating libraries, and users can check all the materials they have borrowed and returned.

Chaekieum Website

• Click to go to Chaekieum website (These menus are only provided in Korean)
  See Chaekieum service membership management rules (These menus are only provided in Korean)
• Chaekieum members can join as a member at the website and then view the books that you have borrowed.
• You can view the list of participating libraries across the country on the website.

Seoul Metropolitan Library Chaekieum Service

• Joining as a member of the Seoul Metropolitan Library Chaekieum Service
  • Qualification : Seoul citizen, employee of a company in Seoul, student enrolled at a school in Seoul
  • After registering as a member on the website, you can visit the library and authenticate yourself using mobile phone authentication (in your name), I-PIN, etc., and then sign up as a Chaekieum member.
• Members of Other Public Library Chaekieum Service
  • Members of public libraries participating in the program can use the Seoul Metropolitan Library services after a bring-in procedure.

Services Available for Chaekieum Members at the Seoul Metropolitan Library

• Book borrow/return/reservation/extension
• Request for using preservation library materials
• Website services, DB use

  ※ The above service is limited to those who are a member of the Seoul Metropolitan Library website. However, e-books, audiobooks, e-magazines, and book requests are available only to the members who have received a library card from the Seoul Metropolitan Library.

Chaekieum Membership Card

Libraries in Seoul Participating in the Chaekieum Program

• There are several libraries in Seoul that are participating in the Chaekieum program
  See List of Participating Libraries (These menus are only provided in Korean)