• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.293-316
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• 2004

The best way of getting knowledge is reading in the Cho-sun dynasty, so getting books is the most interesting thing to the scholars. The most important way of getting books for scholars in Cho-sun dynasty is taking Bansabon published and given to scholars by government. but there is few data and few concrete studies of it. This study deals with the object and the scale of distribution of books on the basis of Bansagi ; king Jeong-jo published 『Kyujangjeonun』 distributed about 1,500 volumes to scholars and govermment agencies.