Selected Speeches
Dr. Leeserved as the President of SNU from 2006 to 2010. These are selected speeches during his presidency.
PNC 2006 Annual Conference (Aug.16, 2006)
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Welcome Remarks
President Jang-Moo Lee
At the PNC 2006 Annual Conference
Hoam Faculty House
August 16, 2006
Distinguished guests, respected colleagues, ladies and gentlemen,
Good morning and welcome!
It is a great pleasure to welcome all of you to Seoul National University. I am very pleased that you visit us at a time when both the University and the University Libraries are making great strides forward in their development. Seoul National University has been enjoying the reputation of premier academic institution in Korea. Our next goal is to become one of the foremost universities in the world, and our Libraries are playing a critical role in accomplishing this goal.
Since you will be given a broad overview of our libraries later, I will introduce you some of the special collections we have. The first I would like to mention is the Rare Book and Archival Collection. The Collection contains approximately three hundred and ten thousand (310,000) historical volumes, in both Eastern and Western languages, together with numerous significant manuscripts. Forty three thousand (43,000) volumes of memorial and donated items are also a part of this collection. All rare texts in the Collection have been digitized and can be accessed in digital form at the SNU Digital Library.
I also would like to mention that the Libraries have many other precious digitized resources for research. We have a comprehensive oriental and occidental document collection; we also have a significant multicultural and interdisciplinary database, containing information on the world’s cultures; and our scholars have access to microforms, journals, maps, digitized theses and dissertations, and other electronic resources covering a variety of fields.
Altogether, our holdings in the eight libraries on this campus are currently two point six million volumes. One of the libraries, Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies is a National Treasure of Korea which houses the Royal Collection. It houses documents and memorabilia of the time of the Chosun Dynasty for more than 500 years. I hope you enjoy a trip to the Korean history and culture.
Well, that ends my brief introduction. I would like to welcome all of you again and I hope that you have a most interesting and enjoyable experience while exploring the Seoul National University Libraries and campus. Thank you.
President Jang-Moo Lee
At the PNC 2006 Annual Conference
Hoam Faculty House
August 16, 2006
Distinguished guests, respected colleagues, ladies and gentlemen,
Good morning and welcome!
It is a great pleasure to welcome all of you to Seoul National University. I am very pleased that you visit us at a time when both the University and the University Libraries are making great strides forward in their development. Seoul National University has been enjoying the reputation of premier academic institution in Korea. Our next goal is to become one of the foremost universities in the world, and our Libraries are playing a critical role in accomplishing this goal.
Since you will be given a broad overview of our libraries later, I will introduce you some of the special collections we have. The first I would like to mention is the Rare Book and Archival Collection. The Collection contains approximately three hundred and ten thousand (310,000) historical volumes, in both Eastern and Western languages, together with numerous significant manuscripts. Forty three thousand (43,000) volumes of memorial and donated items are also a part of this collection. All rare texts in the Collection have been digitized and can be accessed in digital form at the SNU Digital Library.
I also would like to mention that the Libraries have many other precious digitized resources for research. We have a comprehensive oriental and occidental document collection; we also have a significant multicultural and interdisciplinary database, containing information on the world’s cultures; and our scholars have access to microforms, journals, maps, digitized theses and dissertations, and other electronic resources covering a variety of fields.
Altogether, our holdings in the eight libraries on this campus are currently two point six million volumes. One of the libraries, Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies is a National Treasure of Korea which houses the Royal Collection. It houses documents and memorabilia of the time of the Chosun Dynasty for more than 500 years. I hope you enjoy a trip to the Korean history and culture.
Well, that ends my brief introduction. I would like to welcome all of you again and I hope that you have a most interesting and enjoyable experience while exploring the Seoul National University Libraries and campus. Thank you.