Iwanuma City Library

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Iwanuma City Library
Address	1-5-38 Sakura, Iwanuma City, Miyagi, 989-2433 Japan
Location	38° 6' 13.67" N, 140° 52' 10.71" E
Phone	0223-24-3131
FAX	0223-25-1713
Email
Website	http://www.city.iwanuma.miyagi.jp/kakuka/library/
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Damage and Condition

Damage of staff and users

• No human casualties（It had been closed in preparation for the opening of the new building since January).
• No human casualties reported at Iwanuma City Library, Iwanuma City Library (new building), West annex, and East annex.

Damage of facility

• Cracks in the entrance ramp, etc., suspected troubles in air conditioning equipment were reported.
• Iwanuma City Library（old building）
  • March 11 earthquake caused cracks in the entrance ramp and parking lot,etc., shallow cracks in conference room,etc. Some problems occurred in the heating and cooling equipment. Bookshelves fell at several locations.April 11 aftershock expanded the cracks in the entrance ramp and parking lot,etc. Systems remained healthy.
• Iwanuma City Library (new building）
  • Almost no damage occured in March 11 earthquake.One unit of fluorescent lights in the archive fell in April 11 aftershock.
• Iwanuma City Library West Annex
  • No huge damage reported.
• Iwanuma City Library East Annex
  • Flooded by the tsunami by about 45cm above the floor. Bookshelves fell at several locations. UPS submerged, PCs are suspected broken.

Damage of exhibitions and collections

• Bookshelves and mass books fell.(We have completed packing those fallen books by March 18.)
• Iwanuma City Library（old building）
  • Many books fell in the March 11 earthquake though we have packed more than 60,000 documents in boxes in preparation for moving. Currently on 23 March, we have nearly completed packing books. (with some mix)
• Iwanuma City Library (new building）
  • Some books fell in the April 11 aftershock.
• Iwanuma City Library West Annex
  • No major damage reported.
• Iwanuma City Library East Annex
  • About half of the library materials (1,240 copies) were flooded, all audio-visual materials were destroyed.

Other damage

• There were,
• Possibility of delay in transporting materials to the new building.
• Delays in transporting books and introducing new systems.

Management information

• Officials engaged in evacuation works,etc., in rotation. At that time, electricity, telephone, and gas line were recovered. Water and Internet waited to be recovered.
• Iwanuma City Library（old building）
  • Closed in preparation for the opening of the new building.
• Iwanuma City Library (new building)
  • There were delays in transporting books and introducing new systems.
• Iwanuma City Library West Annex
  • It has re-started since March 25.
• Iwanuma City Library East Annex
  • It has restarted since June 20.(It is attached to Iwanuma City Tamaura Kominkan)
• Iwanuma City Library (new building)
  • It finally opened on May 28.

• 
  the exterior of a new Library (snapshoot:2011-05-21 by Tosaki)

Source of information

Writer

• @yoshim32 (3/15)
• Satoh (staff) 19/03/2011（add a postscript）
• Tsukamoto 2011年4月24日 (日) 21:10 (JST)
• Tosaki 21/05/2011（add a postscript）
• TakeKaz 31/07/2011

Origin of information

• The East Japan Earthquake related information (Miyagi Prefecture Library)
• Visual confirmation 21/05/2011