About The Library

The Digital Library of Korea Literature allows free access to eBooks of Korean literature that has been translated into various languages.

THE LTI KOREA LIBRARY

As the world’s only multilingual archive of Korean literature and related contents, the LTI Korea Library provides various types of resources on Korean literature from all over the world, including e-books and bibliographic information on translated Korean works, as well as introductory materials on Korean writers, and overseas press releases. The LTI Korea Library, with its collection of translated works of Korean literature across 51 languages, journals and magazines of Korean literature, dictionaries, and DVDs, is open to writers, translators, academics, researchers, students of the Translation Academy, and the general public.

HISTORY

2020 - 2024

2024
Collaborative events held with local libraries
- Lecture: “Exploring the World of Children’s Books Through Translation” with a translator held at Samseong Public Library in Gangnam-gu
- Special exhibition “Springing to Life: A Celebration of Korean Literature That’s Captivating the World” held at the Starfield Library in COEX Mall
2023
Collaborative events held with a local library (Samseong Public Library in Gangnam-gu)
- Partnership agreement signed with the Samseong Public Library in Gangnam-gu
- Meet the translator event: “Slowly, Quickly, Keenly: The Birth of Translators, Books, and Libraries
2022

Institutional membership program and online book donation service began
2021

Provided archive service for the Digital Library of Korean Literature
2020

Established a multilingual Korean literature archive system

2010 - 2019

2018

Promoted and showcased Korean literature at the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games
2015

New E-library(Korean literature multilingual archive) website opened
2014

Database for the names of Korean writers was established and provided E-library system and website was reorganized
2013

Book donation program at home and abroad was established and implemented

LIBGuide began that is E-library English Web service
2012

Overseas Hub Library Members program launched

Remodelling of library interior

Classification of the library collections and development of list guidelines
2010

Translated book sharing project started in Korea (it ended in 2011)

2001 - 2009

2009

E-library website opened
2007

LTI Korea Library opened
2005

Receiving exhibited 'Books on Korea' and materials that introduce writers from the Frankfurt Book Fair
2004

Uploading texts video and voice contents on Korean literature on the webpage
2003

Establishing the website that provides the bibliographic data of Korea's translated literature
2002

Surveying and collecting translated books of Korean literature (received from the Underwood collection of Yonsei University)
2001

Beginning as the archive of the Literature Translation Institute of Korea

MAJOR PROJECTS

Hub Library Membership
and Donation Program

Through our Hub Library Membership program, we have successfully established a global network of leading institutions and research centers around the world. In addition, by donating translated Korean titles to major libraries and institutes, we encourage the establishment of Korean literatures collections.
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Supporting and
Holding Exhibitions
of Korean Works
in Translation

Using its multilingual content of Korean literature in translation, the Library holds special exhibitions both in and out of Korea. In addition, the Library provides various related exhibitions with resources on Korean literature. This way, we raise awareness of Korean literature among academics, overseas readers and the public, introducing them to the history of Korean literature in translation.

Related Inquiries: library@klti.or.kr
Official Database of
Korean Writers' Names

As part of our effort to promote Korean literature worldwide, the Library has complied a list of Korean writers' preferred romanized spellings of their names, so that for each writer, one spelling variant could be used for all publications. With the "Official Database of Korean Writers' Names", it is now possible to search for a writer using all possible spelling variants of his or her name, in any language of your choice.

MAJOR COLLECTIONS

Translated books in the field of Korean literature and culture/arts and original editions in Korean
Periodicals on Korean literature and translated publications
Language dictionaries and references on translation
Videos that introduce Korean literature to other countries in the world
DVD of original Korean literature, etc