1994 | University of California, Berkeley, Columbia University, Harvard University, University of Hawai‘i, at Mānoa, University of Southern California, and University of Washington first launched the Consortium. |
1995 | University of Chicago joined the Consortium |
1996 | University of California, Los Angeles join the Consortium |
1997 | University of Toronto joined the Consortium as the first institution in Canada. |
1999 | The Consortium concluded an initial five-year program successfully. |
2000 | The proposal to the Korea Foundation for the funding of the second five-year program (2000-2004) was approved. |
2003 | University of Michigan joined the Consortium. |
2005 | The Consortium concluded the second five-year program successfully. |
2006 | The proposal to the Korea Foundation for the funding ($30,000 per year) of the third five-year program (2006-2011) was approved. |
2006 | Two universities on the West Coast, Stanford University and the University of British Columbia, Canada, joined the Consortium. |
2011 | The Consortium concluded the third five-year program successfully. |
2012 | The proposal to the Korea Foundation for the funding ($20,000 per year) of the fourth five-year program (2012-2016) including two new memberships, Duke University and Princeton University was approved. |
2016 | The Consortium concluded the fourth five-year program successfully. |
2017 | The proposal to the Korea Foundation for the funding ($18,000 per year for collection development, $10,000 per year for research grant, and $8,218 for LibGuides and LibAnswers) of a three-year program (2017-2020) was approved. University of British Columbia withdrew its membership from the Consortium. |
2020 | The proposal to the Korea Foundation for the funding ($15,000 per year for collection development, and $8,975 for LibGuides and LibAnswers) of a three-year program (2020-2021 through 2022-2023) was approved. |
Growth of CJK Volumes from 1994 to 2021
Year* |
Chinese |
Japanese |
Korean |
Korean Share % |
1994 |
6,765,314 |
4,202,447 |
592,720 |
5.13% |
1995 |
7,286,079 |
4,454,549 |
656,637 |
5.30% |
1996 |
6,861,491 |
4,267,173 |
688,238 |
5.82% |
1997 |
7,401,967 |
4,504,650 |
721,148 |
5.71% |
1998 |
7,814,036 |
4,756,808 |
740,449 |
5.56% |
1999 |
5,922,473 |
3,580,239 |
536,635 |
5.35% |
2000 |
7,911,381 |
4,895,226 |
852,481 |
6.24% |
2001 |
7,851,505 |
4,831,111 |
880,661 |
6.49% |
2002 |
8,023,641 |
4,971,403 |
926,154 |
6.65% |
2003 |
8,634,668 |
5,306,405 |
1,010,028 |
6.76% |
2004 |
9,111,816 |
5,416,832 |
1,047,714 |
6.73% |
2005 |
8,892,483 |
5,306,933 |
1,054,452 |
6.91% |
2006 |
9,606,071 |
5,634,434 |
1,158,262 |
7.06% |
2007 |
9,419,647 |
5,689,267 |
1,175,131 |
7.22% |
2008 |
9,786,345 |
5,942,392 |
1,250,464 |
7.36% |
2009 |
10,022,336 |
6,000,024 |
1,316,669 |
7.59% |
2010 |
10,159,730 |
6,106,210 |
1,383,976 |
7.84% |
2011 |
10,289,582 |
6,255,088 |
1,467,545 |
8.15% |
2012 |
10,848,684 |
6,385,561 |
1,548,669 |
8.25% |
2013 |
11,204,185 |
6,607,579 |
1,622,748 |
8.35% |
2014 |
11,156,557 |
6,624,800 |
1,694,461 |
8.70% |
2015 |
11,530,051 |
6,849,249 |
1,769,737 |
8.78% |
2016 |
10,883,118 |
6,345,672 |
1,762,888 |
9.28% |
2017 |
11,182,496 |
6,500,362 |
1,856,888 |
9.50% |
2018 |
10,845,432 |
6,358,703 |
1,886,501 |
9.88% |
2019 |
11,168,412 |
6,517,195 |
1,968,205 |
10.01% |
2020 |
10,118,746 |
6,080,098 |
1,779,448 |
9.90% |
2021 |
10,238,791 |
6,122,095 |
1,939,089 |
10.60% |
*The number of reporting institutions varies each year, thus yearly differences may not represent the actual increase or decrease.
Number of Korean Records in WorldCat as of 2021
Year |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
Number |
219,639 |
230,877 |
251,299 |
289,027 |
327,062 |
374,376 |
Year |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
Number |
408,691 |
464,931 |
501,317 |
542,606 |
590,240 |
628,127 |
Year |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Number |
680,223 |
1,015,814 |
1,389,952 |
1,953,796 |
2,371,513 |
2,668,549 |
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