Review of the targets of Kanagawa Library in FY2019

In order to promote Kanagawa Ward's reading activities, we will conduct collaborative projects with various institutions in the ward, such as the Kanagawa Ward Office, the District Center, and the Kanak Hall.
In addition, as a library rooted in the community, we will implement a project on the theme of the local area.

• In April, the Kanagawa Library exhibited excellent works of the "Shakespeare Reading Impression Competition", which was recruited for junior high school students and younger in March. In addition, the top three people were invited to Ayako Uehara's piano concert on May 5, and an award ceremony was held before the concert. It was a memorable award ceremony for the award-winning children. (Collaborative project with Kanak Hall)
• We held a lecture by picture book writer Mamoru Suzuki in January to promote reading in collaboration with the Kanagawa Ward Office. The number of participants was 114, and people of all ages, mainly the child-rearing generation, came.
• Set in the picture book corner after the closing, "Sello Playing Goshu", which is spelled with cello and reading, was held in February. There was an application exceeding the capacity, and 52 people, from children to the elderly, participated. Most of the picture books from Miyazawa Kenji were rented out, which led to reading at home. (Collaborative project with Kanak Hall)
• The local lecture was scheduled to be held in March, but was canceled to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection.
  

We hold talk sessions for children of various ages and reading sessions for adults. In addition, for parents and children, we will have the fun of reading aloud and the fun of books, and hold a "Ohanashi Festival" to promote exchange of story-telling volunteer groups.
We promote group lending to facilities for the elderly in order to encourage reading for the elderly who are difficult to visit.

• Librarian librarians hold "Parent and Child Storytelling Party" for children aged 0 to 2 years old, "Regular Storytelling Party" for elementary school students from 3 years old, and "Saturday Storytelling Party" where volunteers work parents can easily participate Was held once a month. The number of participants in the "Parent and Child Storytelling Party" and "Regular Storytelling Party" is decreasing, and it is necessary to consider effective public relations.
• Volunteer reading sessions for adults were held on the third Saturday of every month. Every time, it was almost full, and we were able to deliver the fun of reading to many people. Both the talk and reading sessions were canceled in March to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection.
• The Ohanashi Festival was scheduled to be held in March as a volunteer group exchange meeting, but was canceled to prevent the expansion of the COVID-19 infection.
• We are examining and coordinating the promotion of group lending to facilities for the elderly, but this year we did not reach any specific initiatives. In the new fiscal year, we will proceed with specific initiatives.

We will provide consultation to school librarians, faculty and staff, and school volunteers at any time.
In addition, we accept children's library tours and work experiences.

• Activities consultation and training were conducted for librarians, school librarians, and school volunteers (43 cases). We will continue to support the promotion of reading activities at schools.
• We accepted 10 junior high school and high school work experiences and 1 elementary school library tour. This led to an understanding of library operations.

In addition to holding training courses for book repair volunteers and story-telling volunteers for beginners, we will also hold volunteer exchange meetings.
In addition, we hold "Ohanashi Festival" to promote exchange of story-telling volunteer group. (Reposted)

• Five reading-story volunteer courses were held for beginners, and 81 participants participated, and two book repair volunteer courses were held, with 22 participants participating, leading to skill improvement.
• The Ohanashi Festival was scheduled to be held in March as a volunteer group exchange meeting, but was canceled to prevent the expansion of the COVID-19 infection. (Reposted)

We collect materials in cooperation with the ward to support the problem solving of Kanagawa residents as a local information base.
In addition, we will promote the collection of foreign language picture books, which are often requested, in order to respond to the issue of our library's lack of foreign language collections, contrary to the large foreign population in the city.

• Kanagawa Ward government office Regional Promotion Division donated 52 local materials.
• Oguchi-dori Shopping Street Cooperative has received donations of 16 mini comic magazines and 1 booklet.
• For foreign language picture books, we purchased 24 Chinese books and 64 English books. We will continue to strive to enhance our products.

In addition to conducting book exhibitions with different themes every month, we will also display recommended books by library staff in accordance with "Citizen Reading Day".
In addition, we will collect photos about Kanagawa Ward and publish them on the Kanagawa Ward Digital Library website.

• Book exhibitions and recommended books on the theme of "Africa", "entrepreneurship", "rugby", "global warming countermeasures", "Kanagawa Daiba", etc. were exhibited, leading to many loans.
• We received a donation of 25 photographs in the ward in the Showa 30s and posted them on "Kana Digi". We will devise a posting method to make it easier to see.

We hold reading activity promotion lecture and lecture about local area.
We will update our collections of old laws and history of countries around the world.

• We held a lecture by picture book writer Mamoru Suzuki in January to promote reading in collaboration with the Kanagawa Ward Office. The number of participants was 114, and people of all ages, mainly the child-rearing generation, came. (Reposted)
• The local lecture was scheduled to be held in March, but was canceled to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection. (Reposted)
• We purchased 39 legal books, mainly civil law and corporate law, and 20 books from a wide range of regions, including modern history, in history around the world, and updated them.

Staff will participate in training courses to improve their professional skills.

• New hires
• We actively participate in basic training and practical training, and steadily strengthen our strength. Mid-level and above staff also participated in book repair training and worked to develop skills. We will strive to improve our services by improving these capabilities in our business practices.

We will hold user round-table conferences to make the library more accessible. We will also improve the library website from time to time.

• The user round-table conference scheduled for March was canceled to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection. Information about the library is available on the website, the public information Yokohama Kanagawa Ward version, notices in the library and flyers.

As a service for those who are far away from the library or those who do not visit the library, we will conduct "Delivery Tosyokan" in which librarians travel to Kanagawa Ward and give lectures.

• “Delivery Toshokan” was held six times at parent-child hangouts, play parks, and district Neighborhood Associations, and 149 people, mainly parents and children, participated. "First picture book and children's song mini-lecture" and "story-telling training" were conducted, which led to support reading at home.

In fiscal 2019, the Kanagawa Library promoted the business so that various generations could enjoy reading activities in cooperation with citizen groups, volunteers, ward offices and citizen facilities. .
Regarding the promotion of children's reading activities, in order to establish reading habits, we held story-telling and story-telling sessions according to the age from infancy, and invited picture book writers for the first time at the reading activity promotion lecture, We had you come to child care generation. At "Delivery Toshokan", we went to six districts and provided "story-telling courses" to deliver services to areas far from the library. .
In addition, we worked to enhance foreign language picture books so that children connected to foreign countries can enjoy reading.
On the other hand, support for reading activities for the elderly could not promote group lending to facilities for the elderly.
In the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013, we will steadily promote our business based on the results of this fiscal year and verifying the issues, based on the Second Kanagawa Ward Activity Targets for Promoting Reading Activities.