Iwate Prefectural Library History
| 10th October | 1921 | The Minister for Education authorizes the establishment of Iwate Prefectural Library |
| 19th November | 1921 | The library receives a donation of 10,000 yen from Takashi Hara for book purchases |
| 9th March | 1922 | The construction of the library in Uchimaru, Morioka City is completed |
| 26th April | 1922 | A ceremony is held to open the library (the library includes 10 staff, and 15,451 books) |
| 24th January | 1923 | Genzo Murai donates 500 yen for book purchases, as well as 1,459 books and 7 bookshelves (the Murai Library) |
| 10th May | 1934 | Due to library reform, the Iwate Prefectural Library is designated as the Iwate-ken Chuo Toshokan (Iwate Prefecture Central Library) |
| August | 1938 | Hisato Kikuchi donates 1,500 books to the library (The Kikuchi Library) |
| May | 1949 | Sengaku Nitobe donates 5,000 books to the library (The Nitobe Library) |
| 10th April | 1951 | Enactment of Regulations in Relation to Library Establishment, The Iwate Prefectural Library Regulations, and the Iwate Prefectural Library Conference Management Regulations |
| 10th July | 1952 | The enactment of regulations guiding the establishment of regional branches of the Iwate Prefectural Library |
| 15th September | 1952 | The establishment of branches of the Iwate Prefectural Library in Senmaya and Fukuoka |
| 10th June | 1953 | Enactment of regulations in respect to the establishment of Prefectural Library Branch Reading Facilities in Kamaishi and Kuji |
| 20th May | 1954 | Establishment of the Iwate Prefectural Library Society |
| 1st May | 1959 | Prefectural Library reading facilities in Kamaishi and Kuji are incorporated as branch libraries within the Iwate Prefectural Library organisation |
| 4th August | 1959 | The Mobile Library 'Komadori Go' tour begins |
| 5th March | 1960 | The establishment of the Iwate Prefecture Reading Promotion Action Society |
| 19th March | 1960 | The adoption of a petition to promote reform of the Iwate Prefectural Library within the Iwate Prefectural Assembly |
| January | 1964 | Kodo Nomura donates 1,600 books to the Library (The Nomura Library) |
| March | 1964 | The Re-launch of the 'Komadori Go' Mobile Book Tour |
| 1st April | 1964 | The closure of the Iwate Prefectural Kamaishi Library, and establishment of the Iwate Prefectural Iwaizumi Library |
| 27th December | 1967 | The completion of construction of the new library(Move of library premises to Iwate Park) |
| 10th February | 1968 | Opening ceremony for the new prefectural library (with 147,567 books) |
| 1st May | 1968 | Opening of the 'Wakaba Reading Room' (Children's Reading Room) |
| 1st February | 1969 | Opening of Regular Library Movie Showings |
| 1st July | 1969 | Opening of 'Wakaba Women's Class' (directive of Ministry of Education) |
| 31st March | 1970 | Closure of prefectural branch libraries |
| October | 1970 | The Re-launch of the 'Komadori Go' Mobile Book Tour |
| 26th July | 1979 | The establishment of the 'Promote Reading Awareness Campaign' |
| 17th September | 1979 | The Re-launch of the 'Komadori Go' Mobile Book Tour |
| 8th November | 1981 | Exhibition held to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Opening of the Iwate Prefectural Library |
| 19th October | 1993 | The enrollment of volunteers to support library promotional activities |
| 1st February | 1994 | First publication of handmade illustration books |
| From November | 1997 | The commencement of an information technology based program (The digitalization of resources related to classical literature, Takuboku Ishikawa and Kenji Miyazawa) |
| 1st April | 1998 | The beginning of creation of a data base program |
| 31st March | 2000 | The completion of the information technology based program |
| March | 2001 | Development of a basic plan for the computerization of the Iwate Prefectural Library |
| June | 2001 | Creation of The Iwate Prefectural Library Home Page |
| 15th October | 2003 | Library Information System Start-up |
| 11th October | 2005 | Iwate Prefecture Citizenfs Cultural Exchange Center - Aiina Completion Ceremony |
| 1st April | 2006 | Opening of first section of the new Prefectural Library within the Iwate Prefecture Citizenfs Cultural Exchange Center - Aiina |
| 8th May | 2006 | Opening of new Prefectural Library (Total stock of books:) |