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Project Overview

  • - Project Description: A state-funded project for providing public libraries with reading aids
  • - Project period: Annually from March to November
  • - Target of support: Metropolitan and provincial local governments and offices of education (executive agency: affiliated public library)
  • - Funding ratio: 50% state-funded and 50% locally funded

Implementation Procedure

Project Participation
Establishment and Announcement of Plan
(National Library for the Disabled → City/ Province)
Establishment of Respective Plans by City/Province and Directives Given
(City /Province → Local Library)
Project Briefing Session Held
(Attended by Participating Institutions)※ Information on the Project including Reading Aid Selection
Preparation and Submission of Project Application
(Local library → City/Province)
Collection and Submission of Project Application
(City/Province → National Library for the Disabled)
Project Selection and Implementation
Evaluation Conducted & Results Announced, and Notification of Subsidy Grant Confirmed
(National Library for the Disabled → City/Province)
Subsidy Application
(City/Province → National Library for the Disabled)
Subsidy Granted
(National Library for the Disabled → City/Province)
Project Implementation
(Local Library)
On-site Consultation by Executing Organization
(National Library for the Disabled → Regional Library)
Project Management and Completion
Project Management and Inspection
(National Library for the Disabled)
Project Completion /Preparation and Submission of Settlement and Performance Report
(Local Library → City/Province)
Submission of Settlement and Performance Report
(City/Province → Local Library)
Announcement of Confirmation of Settlement and Evaluation
(National Library for the Disabled → City/Province)
Return of Remaining Subsidy and Interest
(National Library for the Disabled → City/Province)

Project Support Details

Classification Details Support Measures Remarks
Type 1 Expansion of Reading Aid Availability Contribution of 50% for Purchasing Reading Aids
(Maximum of 20 million KRW)
  • - (For Visually Impaired) Magnifiers, Portable/Mobile/Table Page \ Magnifiers, Braille Information Instruments, Computers with Screen Readers and Magnification Program Voice Support, Audible Print Readers, etc.
  • - (For the Physically Impaired) Special Mice, Special Keyboards, Height Adjustable Desks, Wheelchairs, etc.
  • - (For the Hearing Impaired) Augmentative and Alternative Communication Devices, Hearing Aids for Public Use, Wireless Voice Amplifiers, etc.
Type 2 Creating an Ideal Environment for the Disabled Supporting an Ideal Library Environment for Use of the Disabled by Funding 50% of its Expenditures
(Maximum of 40 million KRW)
※ For libraries that have been in operation over 16 years
  • - Improvement of Time-worn Amenities and Remodeling of Facilities
  • - Evacuation Guidance System for the Disabled (Strobe Light Alarm)
  • - Special Installations (call bells, screens, lighting, digital audio mixers, microphones, speakers audio editing software, tactile maps, voice guidance facilities, etc.)
National Library for the Disabled Subsidized Project Operators
Metropolitan City/Provincial Government and Office of Education Local Libraries
  • - Establishment and Announcement of Project Plan- Project Briefing Sessions Held
  • - Acceptance of Applications. Evaluations Conducted. Results Announced
  • - Confirmation and Announcement of Subsidy to be Granted, Grant of Subsidy- On-site Consultations
  • - Project Management and Inspection
  • - Confirmation and Announcement of Settlement
  • - Announcement of Local Library Project Plans
  • - Completion of Project Applications and Submission of Recommendations
  • - Application for Grant of Subsidy
  • - Project Management
  • - Preparation of Settlement and Performance Report
  • - Preparation of Project Application
  • - Project Promotion
  • - Project Progress Report
  • - Preparation of Settlement and Performance Report

Selection of Subsidized Project Operators

  • - Application of demand institutions with preliminary demand surveys and holding project briefing sessions

  • Subject of Survey: Public libraries under the jurisdiction of metropolitan and provincial governments and offices of education

    Survey period: From October to December of the previous year

    Survey method: Collection and submission of applications from demand libraries from metropolitan cities, provinces, and offices of education

    Survey contents: Project plan for each target library according to the available support

  • - Selection method: Organization and selection of a screening committee composed of both internal and external personnel (review of application documents)

  • 1st document review and 2nd (if necessary) on-site inspections are put forward

Terms of Support

  • - Submission of a commitment to secure the contribution of local expenses according to the matching of the state subsidy rate (50%)
  • - (Type 1) Support for reading aids is limited to assets necessary for the disabled to access information
  • - (Type 2) Submissions of aerial photos for comparison before and after completing ideal environment for use of the disabled, specifications, and estimates

  • ※ Program operating expenses, event support expenses, consumption expenses, etc., which are classified as usual operating costs, are excluded