Gyeonggi Province Designates 323 Small Libraries as "Cooling Shelters"

Gyeonggi Province will designate and operate 323 small libraries within the province as "cooling shelters."

Small libraries are community-based, small-scale libraries that provide books and a variety of cultural activity programs to local residents. There are 1,622 such libraries in the province.

Gyeonggi Province, in cooperation with 27 participating cities and counties, will provide 609 million won to cover air conditioning expenses and the purchase of cooling equipment, so that small libraries can serve not only as reading spaces but also as community-oriented shelters. These small libraries will also offer a variety of reading and cultural programs for residents seeking refuge from the heat.

Gyeonggi Province designates and operates small libraries as cooling shelters. Provided by Gyeonggi Province

The list of small libraries operating as cooling shelters can be found on the Gyeonggi Province Library website (library.kr).

Park Mingyeong, Director of Library Policy at Gyeonggi Province, stated, "We hope that residents, exhausted by the heat wave, can read books and enjoy cultural programs at small libraries to stay healthy throughout the summer," and added, "We will actively support small libraries so that they can become spaces for communication and relaxation, connecting the local community and residents."