Resumen de Libraries: prime movers for the age of knowledge and information

Dae-Jung Kim

• Keynote Address to the World Library And Information Congress: 72nd IFLA General Conference And Council, 20�24 August 2006, Seoul, Korea, in the Opening Ceremony. Outlines the pivotal roles that libraries must perform in determining whether or not the age of knowledge and information will succeed in attaining its desired goals. Reviews the place of libraries in the intellectual and cultural traditions of Korea and efforts to develop these traditions in the 21st century.