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To expand user-oriented services, collection development and content-creating of indigenous folk culture content is presented in the second plan of comprehensive library development in Korea. The plan enables local libraries to collect, classify, store, research, and utilize local materials and folk culture content containing accumulated local stories to enhance regional identity and diversity by collecting and preserving the local community’s history. In this regard, this study aims to present a direction for local libraries on how to collect folk culture content and provide services in cooperation with public libraries across the country in implementing the government policy to collect, classify, store, research, and utilize folk culture content. First, this study seeks to present a role for the library and efficient methods of folk culture content collection and content creation among recently widespread community-level efforts (including governmental) to collect historical and cultural materials and provide them as a recreated content. Second, along with collection, study, and retainment of folk culture content such as local history materials or cultural materials, methods to vitalize folk culture content by libraries through conversion into digital formats and expanded use were sought. With the final purpose of enabling libraries to participate in the project with definite goals and result estimates for implementation, this study presents three questions as follows. First, are libraries able to act in a role to collect and provide folk culture content? Second, is it sufficient for libraries to serve the role to provide services for local residents and the state, securing a public place for folk culture content? Third, is it possible for libraries to take on an expanded role by successfully collecting and providing folk culture content. Results of the study drawn from literature review, surveys, and case studies are as follows: First, based on the advantage of higher accessibility than other institutions in charge of folk culture content provision, libraries should take on the role to collect, store, and utilize folk culture content for the public purpose of improving knowledge and interests of residents and storing local history. Second, folk culture content collection, enhanced content-creating, and user-oriented services reflecting various demands should be expanded, seeking ways to improve management conditions of folk culture content based on a collaboration network between libraries, along with drawing interests and support from the local government and the central government. Thirdly, libraries should provide expanded services of collection, creation, and use of folk culture content with a focus on local culture through regular and systematic study and building folk culture content. This will not only improve the position of libraries but also contribute to human cultural development through the expanded new role of the local libraries in the long term.
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