PREFACE ... 3 PAPERS 1. Invention of the Movable Metal-type Printing in Koryo : Its Role and Impact on Human Cultural Progress / Sohn Po-kee(Republic of Korea) ... 5 2. A Comparative Research of Early Movable Metal-Type Printing Technique in China, Korea, Europe / Pan Jixing(China) ... 18 3. Gutenberg and Printing in the Western Culture / Stephan F$\ddot{u}$ssel(Germany) ... 36 4. The Development, Spread and Impact of Printing from Movable type in 15th and 16th Century Europe : some thoughts with a view to comparative east-west studies of the history of printing / Henri Jean Martin(France) ... 43 5. Mass Methods of Conservation and Restoration of Paper used in the German Library Leibzig / Joachim Liers(Germany) ... 51 6. Early Printing History in Japan / Keiichi Ishikawa(Japan) ... 61 7. New Approaches to the study of 20th Century typographical Production / Alan Marshall(France) ... 70 8. Can Science Be a Memory of the World? / Teruzo Kubota(Japan) ... 82 9. Printing : A Great Invention of Ancient China / Sun Ji(China) ... 91 10. The Beginning of Printing Media / Akihiro Kinoshita(Japan) ... 105 11. Features of Gutenberg Printing Process / Eva Hanebutt-Benz(Germany) ... 107 12. 'Memory of the World Prpject' in Unesco / Delia E. Torrijos(Unesco Bangkok Office) ... 120 13. A Comparative Study on the Socio-cultural Backgrounds of the Printing in Korea and Germany / Choe Chung-ho(Republic of Korea) ... 129 14. Six Perspectives on the History of Printing / Park Seong-rae(Republic of Korea) ... 137 15. Develoment of the Movable metal-type printing in Korean / Chon Hye-bong(Republic of Korea) ... 146 16. The Socio-historical Background of the Development of the Korean art of movabe metal-type Printing / Han Young-woo(republic of Korea) ... 155 17. Significance of the Invention of the movable metal-type Printing / Yun Byeong-tae(Republic of Korea) ... 165 18. Monk 'Paegun' and 'Chikchi Shimch'e Yoj$\breve{o}$l / Park Moon-Year(Republic of Korea) ... 174 APPENDIX 1. Summary of the Symposium ... 197 2. Addresses ... 202 3. List of Participants ... 209 4. Schedule ... 212