• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.149-169
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• 2004

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the administrative system and legislation of China and Taiwan's libraries with priority given to public library. The China is a republic in that the government has some democratic forms, especially at the local level, but it is controlled by the Communist Party of China In China the ministry of culture(ministry of education in Taiwan) is the national central body responsible for public libraries. Today in China there are about 2,698 public libraries in total and its governance is a provincial responsibility. For that reason, there does not exist a nation-wide public library act in China.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.48 no.3
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• pp.353-379
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• 2014

This study is to review the history and general condition of Taiwanese public libraries. The first Taiwanese public library was established in 1901 by Japanese resident and the Japanese government. After Independence and moving the seat of government to Taiwan, public libraries was depressed. But since 1979 public libraries have been increased quantitatively because of the construction of culture center and qualitatively because of growth of publications in 1987. Then Taiwan public libraries was developed very rapidly. There are several advantage, including government library's leadership, professional chief librarian, tradition of field research by librarian, inter-library cooperation system, green library building, and so on.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.42 no.1
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• pp.73-95
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• 2011

The success or failure of the public library system depends upon the effective management of the human resources. It means that public library's staff is the most important resource in the operation and delivery of services. In order to provide the best service to the community, therefore, it is necessary to maintain excellent staff to make effective use of the information resources of the library and to meet the demands of the community. The goal of this study is to compare and analyse the staff standards and guidelines of public libraries in international organizations(IFLA/UNESCO, ISO), major developed countries(USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Taiwan, Japan), and Korea. In addition, the implications derived from this study will be used to provide a valuable theoretical background and rationale for the future research.