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List of Asahi Library Targets for FY2023

This year, the Asahi Library will focus on the following goals: This list of goals has been formulated based on the "Yokohama City Medium-Term Plan", "Yokohama City Educational Promotion Basic Plan", and "Reading Activity Promotion Goals" of each ward.

Last update date June 9, 2023

Considering the way of redevelopment and systematically carry out repairs and rebuilding

Perspective of Initiatives: Planned implementation of repair and rebuilding of aging City Library

Initiatives

(1)Complete renovation of exterior walls (October to December)

Reference

Assumed business volume: Number of large-scale equipment repairs and renewals in City Library (FY2025)
Source: The 4th Yokohama City Educational Promotion Basic Plan (Pillar 8)>Measure 2>Main Initiatives 1)

Promotion of reading activities to enrich citizens' learning

Perspective of Initiatives: Expansion of reading activities utilizing various opportunities such as reading days and reading activity promotion month

Initiatives

(1)Open Garden (April) and picture-story show party (April, November)
(2)Summer Vacation Storytelling Party (July to August)
(3)Elementary School Library Tanken Corps (August)
(4)Foreign Language Talks Meeting (August)
(5)Commemorative exhibition of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Yoshinao Nakada, a composer related to Asahi Ward.

Reference

Policy indices: Number of books borrowed at the library: 12 million books (FY2025)
Source: Yokohama Medium-Term Plan 2022-2025 (Strategy 1)>Policy 6 "Policy Indicators"), 4th Yokohama City Educational Promotion Basic Plan (Pillar 8)>Measure 2>Main Initiative 1), Second Yokohama City Reading Activity Promotion Plan (Priority Item 2)

Perspective of Initiatives: Support for reading activities for the elderly and people with disabilities

Initiatives

(1)Face-to-face reading (weekly)
(2)Search machine course (weekly)
(3)Support for talks activities for the elderly at facilities in the city

Reference

Policy indices: Number of books borrowed at the library: 12 million books (FY2025)
Source: Yokohama Medium-Term Plan 2022-2025 (Strategy 1)>Policy 6 "Policy Indicators"), 4th Yokohama City Educational Promotion Basic Plan (Pillar 8)>Measure 2>Main Initiative 1), Second Yokohama City Reading Activity Promotion Plan (Priority Item 2)

Perspective of Initiatives: Promotion of initiatives that can be enjoyed by the leaders of the activities themselves.

Initiatives

(1)Biblio Battle for Junior and Senior High School Students @ Asahi Library (July and March)
(2)Collaboration talks with volunteers (parent and child talks (three times a month), children's talk meeting (once a month)
(3)Volunteer talk sessions for adults (twice)
(4)Reading lectures by representatives of reading volunteer groups (three times)
(5)Reading party (once) by reading volunteer group
(6)A reading session by Asahi Library Volunteer (once)

Reference

Policy indices: Number of books borrowed at the library: 12 million books (FY2025)
Source: Yokohama Medium-Term Plan 2022-2025 (Strategy 1)>Policy 6 "Policy Indicators"), 4th Yokohama City Educational Promotion Basic Plan (Pillar 8)>Measure 2>Main Initiative 1), Second Yokohama City Reading Activity Promotion Plan (Priority Item 2)

Establishing children's reading habits

Perspective of Initiatives: Promotion of reading activities according to the child's developmental stage

Initiatives

(1)Collaboration talks with volunteers (parent and child talks (three times a month), children's talk meeting (once a month)
(2)Support for talks by local volunteers "Book Contact Reading Activity Promotion Network Project" (Volunteer training course (2 times), contact lectures with picture books from 0 years old by librarians (6 times), PR by storytelling calendar (all year) , Reading activity promotion facility liaison meeting (2 times)))
(3)Librarian readings at elementary school (adjusting number of times)
(4)School librarian support (all year)
(5)Vibrio Battle for Junior and Senior High School Students @ Asahi Library (July and March) (reposted)
(6)Elementary school library Tanken

Reference

Source: The 4th Yokohama City Educational Promotion Basic Plan (Pillar 8)>Measure 2>Main Initiatives 1), Second Yokohama City Reading Activity Promotion Plan

Enhancement of books to help citizens read and solve problems

Perspective of Initiatives: Enhance book materials to meet local needs

Initiatives

(1)Enhance the collection of books in line with annual collection of materials
(2)Promoting the acceptance of donated books

Reference

Assumed business volume: Number of new books purchased: 130,000 books/year (2025)
Source: The 4th Yokohama City Educational Promotion Basic Plan (Pillar 8)>Measure 2>Main Initiatives 1)

Expanding the number of people who promote reading activities

Perspective of Initiatives: Support for volunteers to support reading activities

Initiatives

(1)Reading activity promotion facility liaison meeting "book contact reading activity promotion network project with book" (twice) (reposted)
(2)New business for adults of the "Book Contact Reading Activity Promotion Network Project"
Reading lectures by representatives of reading volunteer groups (three times)

Reference

Performance Indicators: Total number of volunteers engaged in reading, reading, etc. (a total number of people in projects in cooperation with the library, b average number of people per building in citizen use facilities *) / a 4,200, b 30.1 people / building (FY2023)
Source: Second Yokohama City Reading Activity Promotion Plan (Priority Item 2)

Strengthening and collaborating bases for reading activities

Perspective of Initiatives: Strengthen library functions as a regional information base

Initiatives

(1)Enhancement of reference services by sharing reference information, etc. (all year)
(2)Book theme exhibition (adult, elementary school student monthly, teens every three months)
(3)Special exhibitions in cooperation with other bureau projects (spreading alien organisms (July to August) and enlightenment, knowledge of sexual minorities (December)))
(4)Introduction such as reading courses in public information Yokohama Asahi Ward version (August)
(5)Complete renovation of the outer wall (October to December)
(6)Implementation of "Library deYES" project in collaboration with Climate Change Policy Headquarters

Reference

Performance Indicators: Total number of books for group lending at libraries and schools to schools/99,000 (FY2023)
Source: Second Yokohama City Reading Activity Promotion Plan (Priority Item 3)

Perspective of Initiatives: Enhance book materials to meet local needs

Initiatives

(1)Consultation support and support through reading activities promotion facilities liaison meetings (maintenance of book corners, book repair courses, etc.)

Reference

Performance Indicators: Total number of books for group lending at libraries and schools to schools/99,000 (FY2023)
Source: Second Yokohama City Reading Activity Promotion Plan (Priority Item 3)

Perspective of Initiatives: Strengthening cooperation with related facilities

Initiatives

(1)Support for talks by volunteers in the community "Book Contact Reading Activity Promotion Network Project" (Volunteer training course (2 times), contact lectures with picture books from 0 years old by librarians (6 times), PR by storytelling calendar (all year) , Reading activity promotion facility liaison meeting (2 times))) (reposted)
(2)New business for adults of the "Book Contact Reading Activity Promotion Network Project" (Reading courses (October to November, 3 times), talks for adults (October, February), reading sessions for adults (November), reading sessions by volunteer groups (October, March), reading sessions by volunteer groups (October and March), reading sessions at facilities and large

Reference

Performance Indicators: Total number of books for group lending at libraries and schools to schools/99,000 (FY2023)
Source: Second Yokohama City Reading Activity Promotion Plan (Priority Item 3)

Promotion of reading activities according to the locality of the ward

Perspective of Initiatives: Assessment of local situation and activity groups

Initiatives

(1)Reading activity promotion facility liaison meeting "contact reading activity promotion network business with book" (twice) (reposted)
(2)Cooperation and cooperation with the reading activity group "Asahi Ward Town Development Pot" (as needed)

Reference

Performance Indicators: Promotion of activity target of ward
Source: Second Yokohama City Reading Activity Promotion Plan (Priority Item 4)

Perspective of Initiatives: Planned reading activities promotion based on activity goals based on locality of the ward

Initiatives

(1)Examination for revision of Asahi Ward book-reading activity promotion target in line with revision (6) of Yokohama citizen book-reading activity promotion plan

Reference

Performance Indicators: Promotion of activity target of ward
Source: Second Yokohama City Reading Activity Promotion Plan (Priority Item 4)

Perspective of Initiatives: Promotion of networking of reading activity promotion groups

Initiatives

(1)Reading activity promotion facility liaison meeting "contact reading activity promotion network business with book" (twice) (reposted)

Reference

Performance Indicators: Promotion of activity target of ward
Source: Second Yokohama City Reading Activity Promotion Plan (Priority Item 4)

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Board of Education Secretariat Asahi Library

Phone: 045-953-1166

Phone: 045-953-1166

Fax: 045-953-1179

Email address: ky-libkocho08@city.yokohama.jp

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