Overview
From Paula Curtis Collection[1]: National Library of Korea established the KORCIS system over 2 years from 2004 to 2005. Currently, a total of 126 organizations including 78 Korean organizations such as the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies, and 48 overseas organizations such as the Harvard–Yenching Library and Bibliothèque nationale de France are participating in the Korean Old and Rare Collection Information System (KORCIS). KORCIS is servicing 470,000 bibliographies and 53,000 original text images established from the data provided by the participating organizations.
It is estimated that there are as many as 4.5 million books and 1 million types of old and rare Korean literary works scattered around the country. In addition to the 470,000 old and rare Korean literary works currently stored in the database, KORCIS intends to continue the research on the rest of them, and expand the overall database.
In 2021, KORCIS began going through a reconstruction project, which will enable it to offer text data in addition to the existing catalog, release, and original text images. The project will also involve the construction of a standardized bibliography database, which is expected to contribute to the development of the related academic disciplines.
- Institution/Author: National Library of Korea
- Period: Premodern,Modern
- Geographic Focus: Korea
- Access: Open Access
Digital Humanities Resources on East Asia by Dr. Paula R. Curtis ↩︎