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Under the advent of the knowledge-based society and impact of the information revolution, libraries in the 21st century are required within this role as a base for new community facilities away from old paradigms of storage and the provision of information. In particular, local public libraries in small-town which cultural facilities are insufficient in compared to the big cities will have to respond to the diverse cultural needs of the community as a composite function. Under this background, this study seeks to derive design strategies to be reflected in the design of Gapyeong Central Library through the literature review related to various fields of study and apply them to the final outcome of this process and designs. Characteristics such as the role and function changed, the library's usage patterns and so on derived from the literature review will be tools to increase the relevance and effectiveness of the designs. The main keyword of the library design are presented as follows: Highlighting cultural functions: internal and external space that can accommodate a variety of events and storytelling: space zoning considering accessibility on information: user-friendly configuration space: public space of the potential capabilities and vertical extension of social space.