User:片割れ靴下/Saitama City Library

Saitama City Library (さいたま市図書館) is a piublic library network owned by Saitama, Saitama. Central Library (中央図書館), which is main libary of the library network, is located in front of Urawa Station. It consists of 25 permanent libraries and have 3 million and 520 thousand books. This number is third largest in whole municipal libraries in Japan after Yokohama and Osaka.

Overview
Saitama City Library is operated under the and Ordinance on Saitama City Library. It was established as Saitama City Library in 2001 because of unification of Urawa, Omiya and Yono. In 2005, Iwatsuki was incorporated into Saitama and its libraries also incorporated as Saitama City Library. The main library is Central Library where in Stream Building.

Saitama City Library have highest number of lend rate per capita in designated municipal library. Category:出典を必要とする記述のある記事/2016年2月

Former libraries
Omiya City Library was established in 1924. Yono City Library and Iwatsuki Library were established in 1971. Urawa City Library was established in 1974. These libraries are unified as Saitama City Library because of unification and merging to Saitama.

Why Urawa City Library was late to be established is had being established in Urawa in Taisho Period. Urawa defrayed partial cost of newly construction of prefectural library. Saitama Prefectural Urawa Library is no longer exist nowadays since its building was aging and many libraries were around there.

Permanent libraries
Every libraries located in Saitama, Saitama.

Bookmobile
The bookmobile named Ajisai-go is operated.

Issuing library usage card
It is needed a library usage card to use some of services such as books lending and reservation. When it is issued, following identification document is required due to verify person's resident.


 * Driver's license or
 * Health Insurance ID Card or
 * Receipt of electricity, gas or water charges or
 * resident card

Inter-library Usage System
Residents of Ageo, Kawaguchi, Toda, Warabi, Kawagoe, Kasukabe, Hasuda, Ina can use resident of Saitama exclusive library services such as books lending. Residents of Saitama also can use these city or town libraries.

外部リンク
Category:Educational institutions established in 2001