What is the Yokohama Library School?

Intellectual stimulus received from researchers and experts who are active in each specialized field, encounter new perspectives and ways of thinking, and discover unknown sources (books, magazines, databases, etc.) in the library ...
"Yokohama Library School" has a lot of "learning fun".
Please participate in the "Yokohama Library School", a comprehensive course "Learning with People and Books" to deepen knowledge at the library!

1. Concept
   In order to support everyone's learning from various perspectives, we will offer two series of "Culture Courses" to learn cutting-edge research results in academic fields such as science, technology, history, and art, and learn knowledge useful for solving social issues such as law and management.
   The logo mark is based on the image of "lighthouses that illuminate the" life guidelines (light) "formed by learning culture" and "ships that row into the open sea toward" solution ".
   
2. Name
   It was named "Yokohama Library School" with the meaning of "learning place" that is not bound by genre or style.
   
3. Course style
   We will send you a flexible course style according to the theme, from a small number of people to a large number of people, lecture type, dialogue type, etc.
   
4. With a book
   The librarian of the library will introduce books related to the theme of the course. In addition to listening to lectures, you can go one step further to deepen your learning.
   
5. Collaboration with universities and specialized institutions
   We cooperate with universities and specialized institutions in and outside Yokohama so that researchers and experts who are active in various fields can come as lecturers. [Examples of cooperation]
   Yokohama Corporate Management Support Foundation, Yokohama Archives of History, Yokohama-bijutsukan, Yokohama City University, Hoterasu Kanagawa, Japan Map Center, Osaragi Jiro Memorial Museum, Climate Change Policy Headquarters Yokohama City, etc.
   
6. History from "Library Cafe" to "Library School"
   In August 2010, a science cafe was held jointly with RIKEN Yokohama Research Institute (currently Yokohama Office).
   In August 2012, the theme was expanded to the fields of humanities and social sciences, and the name was changed to "Yokohama Library Cafe".
   It was well received as an "intellectual information sharing place" where the latest knowledge can be obtained from leading-edge researchers, and was conducted 50 times as described above.
   July 2017 Renewed to "Yokohama Library School" as a comprehensive course that incorporates not only academic fields but also practical fields.