This paper makes a comparative analysis of the Public Library Law of the United States, Japan, South Korea and China. The main comparison parts include: legislation process, legislative models, law revision, comprehensive content and detailed regulations. Through the comparative study, the paper sums up some highlights on library law of the United States, Japan and South Korea from the simultaneous development of library law and library-related laws, legislates first, and then continues to improve, and guarantee the financial resources of the library and detailed legislative content, aiming at providing some references for the improvement of Chinese library law.
Cite this paper
Cheng, W. , Zhang, X. and Zheng, H. (2019). Comparative Research on Library Law in China, the United States, Korea and Japan. Open Access Library Journal, 6, e5333. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1105333.
Shen, X.J. and Li, D. (2018) Legislative Supplement of Public Library Law of the People’s Republic of China (Part One). Library Development, No. 1, 7-18.
Li, D. and Shen, X.J. (2018) Legislative Supplement of Public Library Law of the People’s Republic of China (Part Two). Library Development, No. 2, 4-16.
Zhao, J. and Wang, G.H. (2016) The Legislative Process, Characteristics and Enlightenment of Foreign Libraries. The Library Journal of Henan, No. 1, 73-75.
Ryu, H. (2017) A Comparative Research of Library Law in Korea and Japan: Focusing on the Enactment and Revision Processes. Journal of the Korean Library and Information Science Society, No. 1, 103-124.
