A California Department of Forestry fire fighter sets a backfire to combat a wildfire in Simi Valley, Calif. , Friday, Sept. 30, 2005. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)



Busan Metropolitan City proposes to open National
Library Branch Institute.

Busan Metropolitan City officially requested the central government to invite a National Library Branch Institute to Busan. It's shameful that the condition of Busan district libraries is the worst in the country. The news of the invitation of a National Library Branch Institute to Busan is very encouraging.
The invitation of a National Library Branch Institute is a task by which the city can establish important cultural infrastructure and leap forward to becoming a city of the world. As the invitation is pending for the life of Busan people, local political circles are promoting an invitation movement. Especially, Busan citizens are glad that the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the National Library of Korea willingly agreed to accept the request.
There are some preconditions for the invitation of the national library branch to Busan and some prospects for it. Through renovation of the existing facilities of libraries in Busan, the library culture should be enhanced. There are a lot of problems to be solved, such as transformation of public libraries to private libraries, old facilities, and lack of special programs for reading.
First of all, citizens should frequently visit libraries, use reading materials and conduct research. in addition, accessibility to libraries should be expanded. If Busan people often visit libraries as a ¡°mecca of cultured citizens", the invitation of the branch of the National Library of Korea to Busan will be lusciously realized.
Busan Metropolitan City should prepare a master plan for the branch of the National library of Korea and bring it to fruition. Busan has a task of inviting and realizing a comprehensive cultural complex to lead the city into the 21st Century, along with the Youngnam areas.
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