The Journal of Culture Contents ISSN:2287-2256(Print) 2671-7026(Online) 문화콘텐츠연구

Book culture is the process by which books are produced (published), accumulated (library), consumed (reading), and various activities influence and enhance economic, cultural and social values. Especially, various environmental factors such as key stakeholders, policy, and social atmosphere of book culture influence each other and the book culture grows, stagnates or disappears. Therefore, library policy, reading policy, and publishing policy should be linked closely and a healthy book culture should continue to grow. In order to make the book culture ecosystem healthier, various researches are needed. However, this study narrows down to the related policy environment and suggests continuous development of policy by comparing basics of publishing, library and reading policies from the viewpoint of book culture ecosystem. There is a commonality that publishing, library, and reading policies are all based on book culture, and this study is meaningful because there should be a relationship in the policies that the book is produced (published), accumulated (library), consumed (reading). The subject of this study is ‘studying on publishing, library, reading policies analysis in book cultural ecosystem’. The content and characteristics of the five-year plan, the long-term plan of each policy, and the contents and characteristics of each policy department are examined. For the purpose of this study, a theoretical review was made from the viewpoint of the book culture ecosystem, and publishing, library, and reading policies were analyzed through literature review. Study focuses were; First, what is the history and characteristics of Korean publishing, library, and reading policies? Second, from the perspective of book culture ecosystem, it is a suggestion for win-win system of publishing, library, and reading policies. As a result, the history of Korean publishing, library, and reading policies began to be discussed in earnest since the establishment of the Ministry of Culture in 1990, and the timing related laws and the timing of establishing the long-term policy to be established every five years were also different. In addition, there is a limit to the organic connectivity of publishing, library, and reading policies because there is no organization function to review and integrate these three policies together. To overcome these limitations, three suggestions are formulated. First, we need to build a system to cooperate with book culture policies from the beginning of policy making. Second, it is necessary to build a system of mutually complementary evaluation for short and long term policy implementation process. Third, from the long-term perspective, it is necessary to organize the book culture policy control tower in which publishing, library, and reading policies are integrally established, coordinated, and implemented. Fourth, local governments should lead the book culture, and the central government should make policies that support ‘regional leadership and central assistance’. From this study, we hope to realize a sustainable book culture ecosystem through diverse and in-depth analysis of book culture policies.