2007 Volume 50 Issue 8 Pages 501-511
Since its establishment in 1958, The Kanagawa Prefectural Kawasaki Library is known for the public library where the technical documents specialized in natural science and engineering are available. It started various services from 1998, in the name of “Information Library for Science and Industry”". The unique business support service has been developed since 2005, introducing the service package which connects multiple services such as exhibition, lecture, and issuing bibliographic catalogue. Furthermore, using original classification “cluster”, it realized the integrated system useful for both building collection and shelving. These activities achieved by a library that has good tradition, will be recognized as an ambitious endeavor to constantly improve its services in order to support the needs of changing society.
