[KS] Yale, Korean library to digitize rare books and manuscript maps

[Kwang On Yoo]

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Kwang-On Yoo




   - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
   -  August 25, 2011


NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yale University's libraries are teaming with the National
Library of Korea to transform 140 volumes of rare Korean works into digital
formats.

The books, which Yale owns, date mostly from the late 18th and early 19th
centuries. They include religious, secular and official publications. Many
were donated in 1934 by a Yale alumni group in Japan.

Yale officials say making the collections accessible online will help more
people learn about the late Joseon Dynasty period, the country's final
ruling dynasty that spanned more than 500 years.

The books include manuscript maps, woodblock prints, a novel in the native
Korean script known as hangul and Confucian texts.

The National Library of Korea will include the images its online repository
with digital versions of more than 430,000 other items from 85 collections
worldwide.
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