Since 2009, the members of the Korean Collections Consortium of North America (KCCNA) have provided the “Ask a Korean Studies Librarian (or Ask Korea)”, a free-of-charge virtual professional reference service open to the public on matters related to Korean Studies. This is the only such resource in North America although the service is not limited to this continent. This reference service is initiated by KCCNA to reach out to institutions with small and medium sized Korean collections in an attempt to assist their resource needs by making accessible the collections developed by KCCNA member libraries. The KCCNA members have continued to provide reference helps to faculty, scholars, students and peer librarians who otherwise do not have access to Korean studies librarians’ expertise at their institutions.
Each month is managed by one designated KCCNA member who rotates the monthly duty among all 13 members. The librarian who is in charged for the month answers questions while other members are all back-up assisting users with additional information. This year 13 members took their turns filling various Korea related questions from all over the world.
February 2024: Columbia
March 2024: Washington
April 2024: USC
May 2024: Michigan
June 2024: Toronto
July 2024: Princeton
August 2024: Chicago
September 2024: UCLA
October 2024: Stanford
November 2024: Duke
December 2024: Harvard
January 2024: UC Berkeley
February 2024: Yale
March 2024: University of Hawaii
The monthly designated institution will be subject to change