Libraries in Seoul
446 libraries are mapped in Seoul, from the main city library to branch libraries, mobile library stops and the street bookcases where books are swapped for free. Where the data says so, you also get opening hours and whether the building is step free.
Named libraries in Seoul
- 서울도서관세종대로 110 · Tu-Fr 09:00-21:00; Sa,Su 09:00-18:00; Mo, PH off; · Partly step free
- 4.19혁명기념도서관새문안로 17 · Mo-Sa 08:00-22:00
- 종달새도서관
- 프랑스문화원
- 광화문풍림스페이스본북카페
- 우리소리도서관
- 헌법재판소 도서관북촌로 15 · Mo-Fr 09:00-18:00
- 서울특별시교육청 어린이도서관사직로9길 7
- 사회과학도서관
- 미술도서관10:00-17:00 · Step free
- 돈의문센트레빌작은도서관
- 종로도서관사직로9길 15-14
- 세운 테크북라운지Mo-Sa 10:00-13:00, 14:00-19:00
- 남산시립도서관
- 배화여자대학 도서관
- 재동초등학교 친환경도서관
- 서울특별시교육청 정독도서관북촌로5길 48
- 청파도서관
- 통인어린이작은도서관
- 어린이도서관
- LG상남도서관창덕궁1길 18
- 생활정보관
- 북촌마을서재
- 후암동 새마을 문고
- 협동조합누군가의집
Showing 25 of the 30 named points. The map has all 446, including the 416 that carry no name in OpenStreetMap.
Questions
- Where is the nearest library in Seoul?
- Allow location access and the map centres on you with the closest of the 446 mapped libraries around it, or pan to any area and search there. Tap a marker for its position, opening hours when known, and walking directions.
- Are the libraries in Seoul free to use?
- Public libraries normally are, both for reading on site and for using the toilets, wifi and workspace. Borrowing usually needs a library card, which is typically free for residents.
- Are opening hours shown?
- Where OpenStreetMap has them. Branch libraries often keep shorter and more variable hours than the main library, and some have self service hours outside staffed times, so confirm before a special trip.
- What is a public bookcase?
- A street cabinet or shelf where anyone can take a book and leave one, sometimes called a little free library. They are included here alongside proper libraries, and they are the kind of small fixture only OpenStreetMap bothers to map.
- Where does this libraries data come from?
- From OpenStreetMap, a map built by volunteer surveyors and maintained continuously. It is the best available source for small fixtures like this one, because they are the things commercial map providers do not bother collecting.
- Something is missing or wrong. Can I fix it?
- Yes, and it is the fastest way to get it corrected. Edit the point on openstreetmap.org and the change flows through to this page on the next refresh. There is no separate database here to correct.
- Is the list of libraries in Seoul complete?
- It is as complete as the local survey effort. Densely mapped cities are close to exhaustive; elsewhere expect gaps. The map is always the fuller view, since the list on this page only names the points that have a name.
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