Kyoto Prefectural Library

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| native_name = 京都府立図書館
(Kyoto Furitsu Toshokan)

| name = Kyoto Prefectural Library

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| image = Kyoto Prefectural Library in autumn 2016 ac.jpg

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| country = Japan

| type = Prefectural library

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| established = 1898

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| location = Seishoji-cho, Okazaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto

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| items_collected = books, journals, newspapers, maps

| collection_size = 1,256,599 items (2016)

| criteria = Publications issued in Japan

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| pop_served = General public

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| budget = JPY 4999M (FY2014)

| website = http://www.library.pref.kyoto.jp/

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Kyoto Prefectural Library (京都府立図書館 Kyōto Furitsu Toshokan) is a prefectural library located in Seishoji-cho 9, Okazaki, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture. It was established in 1873, and is supported by the Kyoto prefectural government.

History

  • 1873: Opened as Shushoin Library (Closed 1882)
  • 1898: Opened as the Kyoto Prefectural Library in Kyoto-gyoen
  • 1909: Opened as the Kyoto Prefectural Library in Okazaki, Kyoto
  • 1963: Many books transferred to the Kyoto Prefectural Library and Archives
  • 1995: The main building suffered serious damage in the Great Hanshin earthquake
  • 2001: Opened as a new building

Branch libraries

  • 1949: Kawaramachi Branch Library opened (Closed May 1976)
  • 1950: Fushimi Branch Library opened. (Closed March 1988)
  • 1950: Miyazu Region Branch Library opened. (Closed March 1997)
  • 1950: Ayabe Region Branch Library opened. (Closed September 1966)
  • 1950: Mineyama Region Branch Library opened. (Closed March 1997)
  • 1951: Kamigyo Branch Library opened. (Closed May 1976)
  • 1952: Sonobe Region Branch Library opened. (Closed November 1966)
  • 1952: Kitakuwata Region Branch Library opened. (Closed March 1980)
  • 1952: Kizu Region Branch Library opened. (Closed March 1975)
  • 1957: Nakagyo Branch Library opened by taking over administration of Kawaramachi Branch Library. (Closed March 2001)

Further reading

  • {{Cite web|author=京都府立図書館|date=August 2009|url=http://www.library.pref.kyoto.jp/pdf/100th.pdf|title=京都府立図書館「岡崎」100周年記念|format=PDF|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616031728/http://www.library.pref.kyoto.jp/pdf/100th.pdf|archivedate=16 June 2013|accessdate=2012-09-18|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
  • {{Cite web |author= Kyoto Prefectural Library|url= http://www.library.pref.kyoto.jp/tagengo/history.html|title= History of Kyoto Prefectural Library|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412201558/http://www.library.pref.kyoto.jp/tagengo/history.html|archivedate=2011-04-12|accessdate= 2014-10-06|url-status=dead}}