⇒Library Ｃａｌｅｎｄｅｒ

• Mondays
  （Note that if a national holiday is on monday, the Central and Gyotoku Library will be open on that day and close on Tuesday.)
• The last weekday of each month
• The end of the year and the New Year's Holidays（Dec.28-Jan.４）
• During general inventory

Branch (Minami-Gyotoku, Shintoku, Hirata)

• Mondays
• National holidays
• The last weekday of each month
• The end of the year and the New Year's Holidays（Dec.28-Jan.４）
• During general inventory

A library card gives borrowing and usage privileges at the Central Library and all branches. Anyone who lives, works or attends school in Ichikawa City can register and get a library card, free of charge. Residents of neighboring cities (Funabashi, Matsudo, Urayasu, Kamagaya) can also get a library card, but with very limited borrowing and usage privileges. 

Applications are available at the Central Library and all branches and are to be submitted in person. A library card will be issued when one of the following is presented: ID Card, Alien Registration Card, Driver's license, Social insurance certificate, or a postal mail received within the last 3 months, etc., that shows your current address.

Loan period is 2 weeks. There is no limit on the number of books and magazines you may borrow．As for Audio-Visual materials (at the Central library-CDs / Videos, and Gyotoku library-CDs only.), 2 Videos and 3 CDs can be checked out at a time. Audio-Visual facilities are also available for use in the library.

To return library materials, please take them to the circulation desk. You can return them to any library in Ichikawa City. 

When the library is closed, you can deposit the books and magazines in the Book Return at the entrance to the library. Audio-Visual materials (CDs, Videos, and Audiocassettes) can be returned only to the circulation desk. 

The Book Return Boxes have been set up at the following institutions as well. Please note that the returning will be completed after the library materials are back in the library from the Book Return Boxes.

⇒Returning of materials is now more convenient

Using the OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue), you can search all materials in the library. You can also search the library collection on the library webpage (Web-OPAC). Our staff will help you with any inquiries you may have regarding the collections in the library. 

Library users may reserve materials online and have them held for pick up. Library materials may also be requested in person at any IPL location. Postal, telephone or e-mail alerts are sent when requested books, Videos, CDs and Audiocassettes are ready for pick up. They will be kept for a week from the notice.

⇒Reservation Service

Materials in the library can be copied in compliance with the copyright law at your own expense. 10yen per sheet (black & white). Please fill out a photocopy application form.

1-1-4, Onitaka, Ichikawa, Chiba 〒272-0015 
TEL 047-320-3333(Automatic response telephone)
TEL 047-320-3346(Direct dialing)

About a 15-minute walk from JR Moto-Yawata, Shimousa-Nakayama or Keisei Onigoe stations.

There is also an underground parking lot on-site with spaces for 100 vehicles

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Central Library Foreigh Books

English books	6,000 Titles
Chinese books	3,500 Titles
Korean books	600 Titles
Spanish & Portuguese books	300 Titles
French books	250 Titles
Italian books	200 Titles
Other Languages	450 Titles
Foreigh Children'ｓbooks	1,800 Titles

Newspapers and Magazines

There are about 20 titles of foreign magazines, such as Newsweek and Time, several titles of newspapers, such as Japan Times and The Times, in the central library. Back number of magazines can be checked out for the term of 2 weeks.

Friends of Ichikawa Libraries（FIL）

We are currently forming a volunteer group known as Tomo-no-kai Whose members will interpret, translate or provide other assistance to the libraries in Ichikawa. Anyone is eligible to join. 
For further details, please inquire at the Central Information desk..
Please join us in making our libraries a place of Learning for everyone！