The former City Hall has been reborn as the Seoul Metropolitan Library for its citizens.
The Library will be the center of information, the center of all libraries, and the representative library of Seoul that establishes and implements various library policies for the city.
| 1971 | April 26 | Establishment of Urban Development Data Center |
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| 1980 | May 1st | Renamed to Seoul Metropolitan General Reference Room |
| 1991 | October 8 | Opening of the Municipal Reference Room in the Seoul Metropolitan Government building |
| 1997 | September 20th | Relocated to Euljiro Annex, opened as the Seoul City Reference Center |
| 2007 | September 20th |
Relocated to basement of Dasan Plaza, Seosomun Annex 1 Promulgation of the Library Act (mandatory operation of representative libraries for each region) |
| October 29 ~ June 17, 2008 |
Conducted academic services for the basic plan for the construction of the Seoul representative library | |
| 2008 | March | Remodeling of the old Seoul City Hall begins |
| 2009 | July 31st | Formed a promotion team for the construction of the representative library |
| 2012 | September 28 | Establishment of the Seoul Library Project Office |
| October 26 | Seoul Metropolitan Library opened (Seoul City Reference Center integrated) | |
| November 22nd | Lee Yong-hoon appointed as the first director of the Seoul Metropolitan Library | |
| 2017 | January 5th | Lee Jeong-su appointed as the second director of the Seoul Metropolitan Library |
| 2021 | October 7th | Seoul Smart Library opened |
| 2022 | February 14th | Oh Ji-eun appointed as the third director of the Seoul Metropolitan Library |