As Korea’s representative library specialized for children and young adults, NLCY was opened on 28 June 2006.

Because the six-story library building (4 ground floors and 2 underground floors) is located near the Gangnam Station, it provides easy access to people of all ages, including children, young adults, and adults.

Aiming to cultivate human resources with creativity and convergence in relation to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, NLCY opened the Future Dream Hope Factory - a library makerspace – and runs various library-based creative programs that graft books and ICT.

In 2020, the AR Center was established within the library in order to provide tangible reading activities for children and young adults in the Fourth Industrial Revolution and 5G Era, and programs with convergence contents featuring ‘books’ and ‘stories’ are developed and run in the Center.

2004 Conducted a study on the operation of the National Library for Children and Young Adults 2005 Inauguration of the Founding TF of the National Library for Children and Young Adults 2006 Opening of the National Library for Children and Young Adults[2] 2009 Opening of the Interactive Storytelling Room and Dokdo Experiencing Room 2011 Installation of the Ma Hae Song Private Collection 2012 Installation of the Cho Heun Pa Private Collection 2017 Installation of the Hong Sung Chan Private Collection 2019 Opening of the Future Dream Hope Factory 2020 Establishment of the AR Center