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Author’s Note to English-Language Readers Preface 1. The History, Present and Future of Libraries A History of Libraries ◆ Libraries in the Western World ◆ Libraries in China ◆ Libraries in Korea Challenges Facing Public Libraries ◆ Social Transformation and New Challenges. ◆ The Rise of the Intelligent Library: A Library Without Books, Buildings, or Librarians The Reality of Korea’s Library Ecosystem ◆ The State of Libraries ◆ The State of Librarians ◆ Librarian Education: Scale and System ◆ Library and Information Science Curricula ◆ The Korean Library Association and Librarian Organizations Strategies for the Sustainability of Public Libraries ◆ Strategies for Public Libraries to Meet These Challenges ◆ Strategies for Librarians to Meet These Challenges 2. Books, People, and Space Reimagined ― The Seoul Outdoor Library Experiment The Challenge That Began at Gwangjin District Information Library ◆ Reading Club Incubation ◆ Urban Agriculture School Why Take Seoul Metropolitan Library Outside? ◆ Becoming Director of Seoul Metropolitan Library to Drive Innovation ◆ The Seoul Outdoor Library: Four Core Experiments What Is the Seoul Outdoor Library? ◆ The Seoul Outdoor Library Is a “Library” ◆ The Seoul Outdoor Library Is a “Public” Library ◆ The Seoul Outdoor Library Is an “Outdoor” Library ◆ The Seoul Outdoor Library Is “Seoul’s” Library 3. The Values the Seoul Outdoor Library Pursues Differentiated Experiences and a New Reading Culture Administrative and Service Innovation Delivered by the Library Strategies for Sustainable Service Brand Management of the Seoul Outdoor Library 4. Challenging Public Libraries to Innovate ― The Seoul Outdoor Library’s Achievements Establishing the Concept and Designing the Five-Year Plan ◆ On Reading Books in Seoul Plaza ◆ Beyond the Library Building: A Buildingless Library ◆ Experiments in Public Library Innovation Through the Seoul Outdoor Library ◆ The Seoul Outdoor Library: The Challenge of Designing a Five-Year Plan Four Years of the Seoul Outdoor Library: A Footprint ◆ 2022 Seoul Outdoor Library: The Opening Act ◆ 2023 Seoul Outdoor Library: A Buildingless Libraryn in Full Swing ◆ 2024 Seoul Outdoor Library: Introducing the Seoul Outdoor Library Brand Identity ◆ 2025 Seoul Outdoor Library: Launch of the “Hip-Dok Club”― A Library in Step with the Times ◆ The Hip-Dok Club (Hip + 讀 + Club) ◆ Achievements of the Seoul Outdoor Library: Four Years of Awards The Names and Meanings of the Seoul Outdoor Library’s Spaces ◆ Reading Seoul Plaza ◆ Gwanghwamun Book Madang ◆ Cheonggyecheon Reading Stream Institutional Imperatives for Sustainability Topics Left Unresolved ◆ Specialized Public Libraries ◆ Introducing the Concept of a Library Industry Afterword ◆ The Importance of Policy Promoting Reading Culture ◆ Korea’s Reading Tradition: The Dokseodang (Reading Hall) ◆ The Answer Is the Book-Reading Citizen! ◆ Reading Seoul, Leading Seoul ◆ “Reading Korea, Leading Korea!” Project Image Credits / References