From the Article:

On May 25th, The National Digital Library will open in Banpo-dong, southern Seoul, the first such repository in the world. With more than 380,000 digitalized books and 116 million pieces of digital content, the eight-story 38,014 square-meter-large building is expected to attract both domestic and international attention.

“There are online libraries where people can log on at home or offices to enjoy reading books. There are offline libraries for reading paperback books where online content is just a section. However, I can surely say our library will be the first and the largest ‘physical’ space to deal with online contents only,” Mo Chul-min, director of the library, said.

Source: Korea Times
Hat Tip: LS

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