Shelf access
Reading Room Pass
The reader has a chair during open hours, the current binders, and the right to borrow two of them overnight under the house rules.
Who it is for. Independent readers, including people waiting for the next Foundations Circle and people who prefer silence to a group evening.
- Fee
- 40,000 KRW for one week, or 140,000 KRW for four weeks
- Basis
- Fixed fee by length of pass
- Time
- One week or four consecutive weeks
- Where
- Cortex Compass reading room during open hours
Who leads it
Room staff on duty; facilitators are present when a circle or desk is scheduled
Before you come
Write the week you want to start. Bring a notebook. The welcome sheet at the front desk explains which binders may leave the room.
Limits
Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00–18:00. Closed Sunday, Monday, and Korean public holidays. A pass does not reserve a circle seat. Reference excerpts of outside documents stay in the room.
Included
- A chair during open hours for the length of the pass
- Use of the glossary, swap, liquidity, lending, and stablecoin binders
- Overnight loan of two binders
Outside this booking
- A seat in Foundations Circle
- A private desk hour
- Removal of the public-excerpt folder from the room
How a booking moves
- Ask for a one-week or four-week pass and name the start date.
- Staff confirm the fee and the first open day.
- Pay by bank transfer.
- Sign the loan card on the first visit.
Cancellation, missed weeks, and the briefing holding amount are set out on the refund page. Current figures sit on rates.