Patent ID: 7652838

Claim:
A library device comprising: a housing cabinet that houses a plurality of recording media in a plurality of cells; a recording/reproducing device that performs recording/reproduction of data on a recording medium; a feeding mechanism that feeds the recording medium to a predetermined position of the housing cabinet, the feeding mechanism including a first feeding mechanism and a second feeding mechanism, the second feeding mechanism operating during non-operation of the first feeding mechanism; a movement control unit that performs a control of moving the feeding mechanism towards the housing cabinet; a swivel mechanical unit that swivels an inclination angle of the feeding mechanism to a predetermined angle along with an operation by the movement control unit; and a movement stopping unit that stops a movement of the feeding mechanism toward the housing cabinet by the movement control unit when the feeding mechanism is inclined by the swivel mechanical unit, wherein the movement stopping unit stops the movement of the feeding mechanism based on the inclination angle of the feeding mechanism.