Group loans of library material are made available
to community, professional and social-educational groups located within
the City of Fukuoka including kindergarten, elementary schools and
old age facilities as well as local organizations involved in promoting
reading activities at civic centers and assembly halls. To qualify,
the group must: a) be able to clearly identify who is charge of the organization
and must have a place to store the material it borrows, b) have at least
20 members including adults and children and c) be able to allow its
members to read and/or borrow the material the group borrows from
the library. Groups loans of library material are delivered and picked
up for return by the library's "Library-on-Wheels"
which distributes such material. Restrictions apply on the volume
of library material that can be borrowed and for how long they can
be checked out under the Group Loan system (left picture: "Library-on
Wheels" right picture: inside the "Library-on Wheels"
).