Library Services of CIE Information Centers in Kyushu

Abstract

After the World War II, Japan was occupied by the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers=SCAP. Civil Information and Education Section=CIE of the SCAP/GHQ set up twenty three information centers [libraries] in larger cities for the use of Japanese citizens as part of the occupation program.
As weekly reports of information centers in Fukuoka, Nagasaki and Kumamoto were found in CIE records, numbers of users, holdings, circulation, library tours, storytelling, movies and record concerts were revealed. American librarians' names and their terms, and location of branches of centers were also known.