학술도서 출판의 현황과 문제점에 관한 고찰

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the status and problems with the Korean academic publishing industry and suggest various countermeasures or alternatives. As a result of searching for the current status of academic book publications to achieve specific research purposes, neither the Korea Publishing Culture Association, which represents the publishing industry in Korea, nor any institution such as the Korea Publication Culture Industry Promotion Agency and the Korean Academy of Sciences are systematically organized to enhance researchers tasks. The current status of academic book publications can only be approximated based on the excellent academic books selected annually by the National Academy of Sciences and the Korea Publication Industry Promotion Agency. In the midst of this, the industry has been in sort of a crisis due to illegal copying of literature, a decrease in the school-age population and the number of users, and online classes. Therefore, the need for a systematic approach/arrangement of the publication statuses of literature is considered imperative. In addition, measures to prevent illegal copying of academic books include conducting related campaigns with increased education concerning this problem and introducing typographical copyright. The budget of the National Research Foundation of Korea for academic publication in the humanities and social sciences need to be expanded to help combat this. Other suggestions include accelerated activities associated with the conversion of academic books to e-books.