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    1975.12 Department of Library established
    1978.03 Professor Gong-Chul Sa hired
    1979.03 Professor Soon-Ja Lee  hired
    1980.02 First class graduated (28 graduates)
    1983.03 Professor Hee-Jae Lee transferred and hired
    1983.10 Library Studies in the Graduate School and Librarian Studies in the Graduate School of Education established
    1989.02 10th graduating class (52 graduates), a total of 389 graduates in the major
    1991.03 Professor Sung-Hyuk Kim hired
    1992.01 Renamed to Department of Library & Information Science
    1995.03 Professor Chun-Sil Lee hired
    1998.03 Transferred from the College of Liberal Arts, Department of Library & Information Science to College of Science, Department of Information Science
    Professor Gyung-Mook Oh hired
    2001.02 Professor Soon-Ja Lee's honorary retirement
    2001.03 The digital publication affiliated major program established
    2002.02 Professor Gong-Chul Sa's honorary retirement
    2003.11 Selected as Excellent School in the field of library & information science by the Korean Council for University Education (Excellent University in Specialization)
    2004.03 Retransferred from the College of Science, Department of Library & Information Science to the College of Liberal Arts, Department of Humanities
    2004.09 Professor Yoon-Geum Jang hired
    2005.03 Professor Hee-Jae Lee appointed as head of the department
    2005.11 Held "Alumni Night" in celebration of the 30th anniversary of department establishment
    2006.03 Doctoral program in the Graduate School established
    2006.08 Hosted the IFLA 2006 Seoul's Library Theory and Research session; Sookmyung University Library chosen as the visiting library (Professor Chun-Shil Lee, head librarian)
    2006.09 Professor Hee-Jae Lee appointed as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Professor Yoon-Geum Jang appointed as head of the department
    2006.11.9 30th anniversary of department establishment events, 30th anniversary (link)
    2007.10 Opening event for renovated practical training room
    2011.02 Total of 1,118 graduates since the department establishment

    Student Information (2010 second semester

    • - Undergraduate: 112 students
    • - Graduate: 13 Master’s program, 11 Doctoral program, 1 Bachelor’s-Master’s dual program (30 in total)