The objective of this paper is to understand the present status of public library space management through research on the actual condition and obtain/indicate preliminary data on public library building program. For this purpose, questionnaires were sent to 524 public libraries in Korea, and 167 cases(31.87% of them) answered were analysed. It was revealed that insufficiency of space, services/facilities for information disadvantaged groups and services/facilities for community center and location requirements for libraries have a lot to be improved.