Collection Development Issues Surrounding Korean Visual Materials JaEun Ku, Korean Studies Librarian, UCLA Sun-Yoon Lee, Korean Studies Librarian, USC

Survey  Survey period: March 8-14, 2007  28 institutions participated  26 from U.S.,2 outside of U.S  16 institutions do NOT have either a Korean studies librarian or a Korean collection which has more than 50,000 Korean books

Participant

Collection Size

*Two libraries did not respond to this question

Comparison Number of Korean Films Major Korean Collections Non Major Korean Collections Average473 (299) 122 (114) Median25099 Standard Deviation 69588

Collection Level

Film Collection Fund

Film Usage Only 8 libraries mentioned “Film studies” as one of fields for which Korean Films are used Film is not only used for films studies; broadly used by other subject fields Language / Literature / History / Cultural studies / Anthropology / Sociology / Political Science / International Relations / Media Studies / East Asian Film series

Genre Most show preference toward South Korean feature film (“Korean wave”) Some libraries choose genres selectively such as documentaries only, or North Korean films only 21 libraries are willing to develop more than three Korean film genres Other genre: Korean Animation

Korean Film Vendors Online vendorsBook vendorLocal Vendor  Yesasian.com  DVDfromKorea  DvdAsian.com  AladdinUS.com  Panmun Asea  Koryo  Sunyong (Beijing)  Hawaii  Aladdin(LA)

Cataloging

Cataloging Practice Media librarian catalogs most Korean films if there is no Korean language specialist Collaborative work: Korean language specialist gives assistance to Media librarian Division of Labor: Original cataloging is done by the Korean subject specialist and copy cataloging by the media librarian

Holdings location 22 libraries house Korean films at Media Libraries or Departmental libraries (Cinema Collection), Not East Asian library Currently 6 libraries house Films in the East Asian library 3 libraries send (VHS only) or plan to send Korean films to library storage

Challenges by Type

Challenges Non Major Korean collection Major Korean collection Most Challenginglack of Information sources Least ChallengingProcessing IssueLack of needs/demands

Challenges  Regional codes  Short in-stock availability  Security (lost items)  User education (search issue)  Insufficient shelving space

Information Resources Darcy's Korean Film Page Provides an overview of the movies, issues, people, and events Updated frequently

Darcy's Korean Film Page

Darcy's Korean Film Page

Darcy's Korean Film Page

Darcy's Korean Film Page

영화진흥위원회 Korean Film Council (KOFIC) New releases Weekly statistics Online publications –Korean Film Observatory –Korean Cinema –Korean Film Director Series

KOFIC

KOFIC

KOFIC

KOFIC Korean Film Observatory

KOFIC Korean Cinema

IMDB

Dramas, Documentaries, VOD KBS – (VOD: Free, Registration required) – (KBS Media) MBC – (VOD: Fee-based, Registration required) – (MBC Production) SBS – (VOD: Fee-based, Registration required) – (SBS Production) EBS – (VOD: Free, Registration required)

Independent Films 독립영화데이터베이스 (IndieDB.net) – 한국독립영화협회 (Association of Korea Independent Film & Video) –

North Korean Films 통일부 북한자료 센터 (Information Center on North Korea) – – 북한영화상영  북한영화 소개 통일 한국인이 보아야 할 북한영화 50 선 by 이효인

통일부 북한자료 센터 Information Center on North Korea

Challenges  Regional codes  Short in-stock availability  Security (lost items)  Cataloging : (2003).ppt

Thank You !!! JaEun Ku, Korean Studies Librarian, UCLA Sun-Yoon Lee, Korean Studies Librarian, USC