Bunkyo City Library Usage Guide

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Hours
Library Name

Weekdays
andSaturdays

ClosedSundays,nationalholidays,
December 29

Masago Central
LibraryRegularholidays

FourthMondays

History, biography,
politics, economy,
industry, regional
materials

105

Modern Japanese
literature
Law, education,
music books,
Japanese literature

Koishikawa Library
9 a.m. to 9
p.m.
ThirdMondays
9 a.m. to 7
p.m.

Suidobata LibraryYearend/New
Year’sholidays andspecial
maintenanceperiods

9 a.m. to 8p.m.

Natural sciences,medicine, folklore,
linguistics
Geography andtravelogues,
sociology,engineering, home
economics,
photography,
children’s literatureand children’s books
Philosophy, religion,
artGeneral, cinema,theater, sports,
foreign literature

Mejirodai LibrarySengoku Library

Seats

Other

Hongo Library

Honkomagome
Library

Fields ofExpertise

FourthMondays

Yushima Library
Nezu Library
Otsuka Park Midorino Library

Mukogaoka
Community Center(service station)

41
114

81

81

20
1421

9 a.m. to 9p.m.

10

Third
Mondays4

9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Year-end/New Year’s
holidays

Types of Materials

Books andmagazines

Picture story shows(Kamishibai)

NewspaperCDs and cassettes

Records(Koishikawa only)Videotapes(Sengoku only)

DVDs
Masago, Koishikawa,
Sengoku onlyTo New Users
Before Borrowing Materials
Please bring proof of your address, name and date of birth(insurance card, driver’s license, student ID, etc.). If you workor study in the city, also bring a document proving that fact.
You can use your library card at all municipal libraries in thecity.
Your card is valid for two years. (Proof of address is required
for renewal every two years.)

Library ServicesBrowseBorrowing

Reservation

RequestReference

Only available for(Readers’ advisory)city registrants

InternetPhotocopy

Lectures andother eventsChildrenevents

Services forthe disabled● If you don’t know how to find the information you need, we can help you find it. Please feel free
to contact us.
● You can photocopy library materials for a fee (within the scope of the Copyright Act).
● Libraries hold special events such as lectures, reading sessions, movies and concerts.
● Children’s events include gatherings (Hinamatsuri, Tanabata, Christmas), storytelling sessions,picture book sessions and craft sessions.
● Event details will be announced in the city newsletter, on posters, flyers and the city website.
Please contact the library branch you use for details.
● Services for the disabled include home delivery and postal borrowing of materials to city
residents who have physical or mental disabilities that make it difficult for them to visit a library.
We also provide face-to-face reading services and movie sessions for the disabled.

Borrows and Returns
Borrows Bring the material and your library card to the counter.
Number of items that can be borrowed and the loan period*The number in [ ] is the limit for library users that are not living, working, or studying in the city.

Books, magazines and picture story shows

Total of2 weeks 2-week extension

30 [15]

itemsbokk

CDs, cassettes, records

2 weeks 2-week extension

Up to 10 [5] per item
DVDs and videotapes

1 week 1-week extension

Up to 2 [1] per item

2 weeks 2-week extension

E-books

Up to 3 items
Audiobooks

No limit on the number of items and period● E-books and audiobooks are only available to city registrants (living, working, or studying in the city).
● One extension is allowed for materials without another reservation if you apply within the original loan
period (excluding materials borrowed from other municipalities).
● The extension period is two weeks (or one week) from the date you apply for the extension.

Returns Materials other than those from other municipalities and large picture books can be returned at any municipal library.
Books and Magazines● Return your materials to the counter or the book post. (Sengoku Library does not have a book post.)● It takes more time for material delivery and return processing if you return the materials to the bookpost at Bunkyo Civic Center 1F (1-16-21 Kasuga) or TRC Building 1F (3-1-1 Otsuka).

Return other materials to the counter

Audiovisual materials

Materials with

Picture story shows

Materials fromattached CDs or DVDs

(Kamishibai)

other municipalities

Notices and Requests
Be sure to meet the return deadline
If you are more than a week late in returning materials, you cannot borrow orreserve new materials until you return all overdue materials. If you are more thana month late, all reservations for materials will be canceled.

Use materials carefully● The materials are for everyone to use. If any materials are lost, soiled ordamaged (including water damage due to rain and the like), you will be asked
to replace them.
● The library is not responsible for malfunctions of your own playback equipment
when using library materials such as CDs.

For the comfortable use of everyone
Please do not eat or drink in libraries, enter libraries under the influence ofalcohol, use seats for napping, bring in pets or large luggage, use cellphones,
deface or damage library property, or any other activities that may disturb otherusers.

Closed days
● When a regular library holiday falls on a national holiday, the library will be open during
regular hours (except for Nezu Library, which will be open until 5 p.m.) and closed thefollowing day.
● The year-end/New Year’s holidays are from December 30 to January 4. (Nezu Library andMukogaoka Community Center are closed from December 29 to January 4.)● Special maintenance periods are different for each library.
● Each library follows its own calendar, so please contact the library you plan to use fordetails. This information is also available on the website.

About the Mukogaoka Community Center (service station)
You can only pick up reserved materials and return materials here. Please use otherlibraries for registration changes and other consultations and inquiries.

My Bookshelf
Edited and published by Bunkyo City Masago Central Library, July 1, 2021
4-8-15 Hongo, Bunkyo City 113-0033, Tel: 03-3815-6801
Publication number: L0621023