Libraries in Osaka
40 libraries are mapped in Osaka, from the main city library to branch libraries, mobile library stops and the street bookcases where books are swapped for free. Where the data says so, you also get opening hours and whether the building is step free.
Named libraries in Osaka
- 大阪府立中之島図書館Step free
- こども本の森 中之島Tu-Su 09:30-17:00
- まちライブラリー北勝堂Tu-Sa 10:00-12:00,14:00-18:30
- 大阪産業労働資料館
- M&A総合研究所 都島図書館Step free
- 大阪市立島之内図書館Step free
- 大阪市立北図書館Tu-Su 10:00-19:00 · Step free
- 大阪市立中央図書館Step free
- 大阪市立福島図書館
- 大阪市公文書館
- まちライブラリー＠もりのみやキューズモール10:00-20:00
- 愛光文庫
- まちライブラリー@履正社十三図書館
- 大阪市立淀川図書館Mo,Th[3] off; Tu-Fr 10:00-19:00; Sa-Su 10:00-17:00
- 図書室
- みんなの図書館さいくるPartly step free
- 大阪市立浪速図書館
- 大阪市立天王寺図書館上之宮町 4-47
- 大阪市立城東図書館
- 大阪市立此花図書館
- 大阪市立東成図書館Mo 10:00-17:00; Tu-Fr 10:00-19:00; Th[3] off; Sa,Su,PH off; Jul 21-Aug 31 10:00-17:00; Dec 29-Dec 31,Jan 1-Jan 4 off
- 大阪市立西淀川図書館
- 大阪市立港図書館
- 大阪市立東淀川図書館
- 大阪市立旭図書館Partly step free
Showing 25 of the 30 named points. The map has all 40, including the 10 that carry no name in OpenStreetMap.
Questions
- Where is the nearest library in Osaka?
- Allow location access and the map centres on you with the closest of the 40 mapped libraries around it, or pan to any area and search there. Tap a marker for its position, opening hours when known, and walking directions.
- Are the libraries in Osaka free to use?
- Public libraries normally are, both for reading on site and for using the toilets, wifi and workspace. Borrowing usually needs a library card, which is typically free for residents.
- Are opening hours shown?
- Where OpenStreetMap has them. Branch libraries often keep shorter and more variable hours than the main library, and some have self service hours outside staffed times, so confirm before a special trip.
- What is a public bookcase?
- A street cabinet or shelf where anyone can take a book and leave one, sometimes called a little free library. They are included here alongside proper libraries, and they are the kind of small fixture only OpenStreetMap bothers to map.
- Where does this libraries data come from?
- From OpenStreetMap, a map built by volunteer surveyors and maintained continuously. It is the best available source for small fixtures like this one, because they are the things commercial map providers do not bother collecting.
- Something is missing or wrong. Can I fix it?
- Yes, and it is the fastest way to get it corrected. Edit the point on openstreetmap.org and the change flows through to this page on the next refresh. There is no separate database here to correct.
- Is the list of libraries in Osaka complete?
- It is as complete as the local survey effort. Densely mapped cities are close to exhaustive; elsewhere expect gaps. The map is always the fuller view, since the list on this page only names the points that have a name.
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