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As a specialized library focusing on erosion control and sediment-related disasters, the Sabo Library has been intensively collecting, organizing, and preserving materials related to erosion control since its establishment in 1984, making them available to the public.
Purpose of establishment
Establishment
Museum Director
joint venturer
The purpose of this project is to collect literature and materials related to erosion control, to serve as reference material for those involved in research, investigation, and administration related to erosion control, and to contribute to raising public awareness of preventing sediment-related disasters.
December 1984 (Showa 59)
Yoshiharu Ishikawa (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
Logo of the Sabo Library
The Sabo Library adopted this logo in June 2012. The design's theme is the accumulation of knowledge related to "sabo" (erosion control) and the broad dissemination of its importance. Using an open book as the main motif, a river flows through the center, and a landslide is placed on the right, the overall design expresses the strength to protect the country from sediment-related disasters. The image color is the traditional Japanese "enji" (deep red). It symbolizes the more than 100-year history of sabo projects and demonstrates the library's determination to become a "center of knowledge" that will build a safe country for future generations.
The Sabo Library celebrated its 30th anniversary on December 3, 2014. To commemorate this milestone, a commemorative publication titled "Welcome to the Sabo Library: 30th Anniversary Publication," which summarizes the library's history and activities since its founding, as well as a guide to the library's facilities after its relocation, was published in September 2015.
You can view the contents via the links (PDF files) on the front and back covers on the left.
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