독서운동으로서 ‘한 책, 한 도시’ 연구 - ‘원북원부산’ 운동을 중심으로 -

Abstract

This paper studied ‘One Book, One Busan’ movement to study case studies after understanding ‘One Book, One City’ movement, which is evaluated as a representative reading movement in Korea. In 1998, Seattle, USA, the “If All of Seattle Read the Same Book” movement began. The Seattle Public Library selected a book of fiction and encouraged all citizens to read it together. The people who read the book talked about the book in a public place, the discussion about the book, and the use of the book in the classroom. By sharing a book, citizens naturally became community conscious. Starting with Chicago's ‘One Book, One Chicago’, the reading movement spread throughout the United States and moved to Canada, Australia, and South Korea. In Korea, following the pilot case of Seosan in 2003, the Suncheon City and Busan Metropolitan Office of Education independently spread the ‘One Book, One City’ movement in 2004, centering on public libraries. This study understanding the ‘One Book, One City’ reading movement and based on this, I studied 15 years ‘One Book, One Busan’ movement. After summarizing the present situation, I proposed improvement points. This study is a research study on four books which summarized the ‘One Book, One Busan’ movement, reviewing the previous research, as well as an empirical study I participated and observed in the ‘One Book, One City’ movement. The nature of the case study included interviews with practitioners, steering committee members, and book selection committee members of the ‘One Book, One Busan’ movement. I hope that this case study will contribute to the implementation of the ‘One Book, One City’ Movement in Korea by complementing previous research on the theme ‘One Book, One City.