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{{Infobox library
| name = Tokyo Institute of Technology Library
| native_name = 東京工業大学附属図書館
| native_name_lang = Japanese
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| country = [[Japan]]
| type = 
| established = 1882
| location = [[Tokyo]]
| coordinates = {{coord|35.606529224014906|139.6849702356143}}
| website = https://www.libra.titech.ac.jp/
}}


'''Tokyo Institute of Technology Library''' ({{lang-ja|東京工業大学附属図書館}}) is the largest science and technology library in Japan. The library was founded in 1882<ref>[http://www.libra.titech.ac.jp/aboutus/enkaku.html history of Tokyo Institute of Technology Library] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710105513/http://www.libra.titech.ac.jp/aboutus/enkaku.html |date=2011-07-10 }}</ref> as part of the [[Tokyo Vocational School]], and at the time had nearly 4700 books. In the following year, expansion legislation was passed on behalf of the library, and it grew to over 457,000 m<sup>2</sup> by 1902.

A year later the library lost nearly 28,000 books to the [[1923 Great Kantō earthquake|Great Kantō earthquake]] in 1923. It was rebuilt in Ookayama, [[Meguro]], making its size 862 m<sup>2</sup>. At the founding of the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1929, the library was legally recognised. Following [[World War II]] in 1948, a library committee was formed. During the 1970s a second building was constructed for the library in [[Nagatsuta]].

In 1986, just two years after the first PCs had been popularized, the library began a system of online journal searches with [[LAN]]. Its [[online journal]] started in 1995. Four years later, Tokyo Institute of Technology [[digital library]] (TDL) was introduced. In 2002, the library began its GIF projects, while in 2007, the library began a T2R2 system. A new library building was constructed in 2011.

The library remains extensive. It currently subscribes to approximately 19,000 books and 3,300 journals, while maintaining a collection of over 793,000 books and 16,000 journals.<ref>[http://www.libra.titech.ac.jp/aboutus/toukei_22.html Facts and Statistics of Tokyo Institute of Technology Library (Japanese)]</ref> In addition, as of 2010, the Tokyo Institute Library included 10,000 [[online journal]]s.

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