History
July 1986: Old books donated by the Korean Language Association, Baedal Mal
March 1989: Establishment of the Department of Archives and Special Collections
March 1989: Inauguration of the Achoen Archive section
September 1991: Inauguration of the Myonu Archive section
June 1995: Inauguration of the Giri Archive section
October 1995: Inauguration of the Usan Archive section
June 1996: Inauguration of the Orim Archive section
July 1996: Inauguration of the Ucheon Archive section
December 1996: Publication of the 'Catalogue of Old Books'
September 2001: Move of the Department of Archives and Special Collections to Nammyong Hall
23 October 2001: The Department of Archives and Special Collections is renamed 'Moon Cheon Gak' or 'Literary
Fountain Department'
August 2003: Inauguration of the Chunchu Archive section
March 2004: Inauguration of the Gyenam Archive section
March 2004: Moon Cheon Gak becomes a member of the Korea Association for Preservation of Old Archives
May 2004: Inauguration of the Mulchoen Archive section
July 2004: Moon Cheon Gak is selected for inclusion in the Ministry of Information and Communication National Data Base
Construction Project (1st period)
September 2004: Inauguration of the Dangye Archive section
February 2005: Web page opening of the Archive System for Nammyong Studies (http://nmh.gnu.ac.kr)
February 2005: Moon Cheon Gak is selected for inclusion in the Ministry of Information and Communication National
Data Base Construction Project (2nd period)
July 2005: Selected for inclusion in the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development Information Digitalization
Project of Historical Data (1st period)
August 2005: Inauguration of the Nongpo Archive section
September 2005: Inauguration of the Cheonggang Archive section
May 2006: Selected for inclusion in the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development Information Digitalization
Project of Historical Data (2nd period)
March 2007: Inauguration of the Heeseok Lee Archive section
May 2007: Inauguration of the Danji Archive section
December 2007: Inauguration of the Jeungsu Choi Archive section
December 2007: The old book 'Poems of Master Bokjae' is registered to be assigned the code number "1.000.000" in the Library.
June 2009: Moon Cheon Gak is selected for inclusion in the Ministry of Public Administration and Security National Data Base
Construction Project (3rd period)
August 2009: Expansion of the Department from 342㎡ to 562㎡
October 2009: The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology approves a budget for the establishment of an independent
archive hall
January 2010: Moon Cheon Gak is selected for inclusion in the Ministry of Public Adminstration and Security National
Data Base Construction Project (4th period)
March 2010: Nationwide invitation to submit designs for the Archive Hall
June 2010: Inauguration of the Hansuck Yoon Archive Section
June 2010: Gawa Construction wins the Design Competition for the Archive Hall
December 2010: Moon Cheon Gak wins the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology University Libraries Characterization
Competition thanks to its Digitalization Project of the Archives of Nammyong Studies
December 2010: Inauguration of the General Han Archive section
June 2010: The detailed design of the Archive Hall is completed
January 2011: Moon Cheon Gak is selected as Heritage in University (an initiative sponsored by the Ministry of Education,
Science and Techonology, the Committee for National Brand, and the Professors' Newspaper) for the Digitalization
Project of the Archives of Nammyong Studies
February 2011: Moon Cheon Gak is selected for inclusion in the Ministry of Public Adminstration and Security National Data Base
Construction Project (5th period)
February 2011: Inauguration of the Ganam Archive section
April 2011: Inauguration of the Songpa Archive section
August 2011: Inauguration of the Choonpo Archive and Ganam Archive sections
October 2011: Exhibition of old calligraphies and old paintings
November 2011: Completion of the National Data Base Construction Project sponsored by the Ministry of Public Administration
and Security
2012: Construction work will start on Archive Hall