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| April, 1965 Established Kanazawa Institute of Technology Library | 1970 |
| April, 1973 A nationwide newspaper collection was established |
| March, 1979 Name changed from the KIT Library to the Kanazawa Institute of Technology Library Center |
| April, 1979 Kanazawa Institute of Technology was designated as a school for the trial use of JAPAN/MARC |
| November, 1979 The ground-breaking ceremony of the Library Center was held | 1980 |
| October, 1980 JAPAN/MARC Open Lecture was held |
| October, 1980 Determined the floor plan for the specialized field |
| December, 1981 Yasushi Sakai was appointed as the first director |
| March, 1982 The completion ceremony of Kanazawa Institute of Technology Library Center was held |
| April, 1982 Implemented computerized circulation management system |
| April, 1982 Implemented Library search system “LINKIT-IR” |
| April, 1982 Rolled out Special Librarian system |
| May, 1982 Started to use computerized circulation management system |
| May, 1982 Started AVIS (Audio Visual Information System) |
| May, 1982 Release of “LINKIT” magazine（the final volume Vol.36, released in 2002） |
| June, 1982 Changes made to LC and Study Hall opening hours 【LC: Close at 7 pm weekdays and 5 pm Saturday】 【Study Hall: Close at 10 pm】 |
| June, 1982 Establishment Ceremony for Library Center was held |
| January, 1983 Extended opening hours during exam week (A week before the exams LC closed at 10 pm Saturday and Sunday) |
| April, 1983 Opened to local community and began issuing guest user cards |
| June, 1983 Library Center began publishing lists of SL’s recommended books in KIT’s internal publication for alumni, “Back up” |
| February, 1984 Created a basic plan for reserved book system |
| April, 1984 Started CAI(KAPITAL) system |
| April, 1984 Started collecting and arranging graduation research papers |
| October, 1984 Launched online information search service across public libraries in Hokuriku region |
| April, 1985 Started DIALOG Online Database |
| April, 1986 Started BITNET (Because It's Time Network) service |
| April, 1986 Developed communication software for external DB search from personal computer, and started JOIS |
| April, 1986 Extended opening hours until 10 pm on weekday and 5pm on Saturday |
| April, 1987 Started Reserved Book System |
| April, 1988 Special exhibition, The Books That Changed the World, was held in National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo (April 26-May 15) |
| November, 1988 Started journal content copy service |
| June, 1989 Installed three self-checkout machines | 1990 |
| May, 1990 Made the table of contents of academic journals available electronically |
| April, 1991 Established the lifelong learning room |
| October, 1991 Installed a new version of AVIS |
| March, 1992 Over 100,000 visitors to the LC in the 11th year since its in 1982 |
| September, 1992 Moved the Popular Music Collection (PMC) to the Library Center |
| April, 1993 Renamed the International Conference Room as “Sakai Memorial Hall” |
| March, 1995 Signed an agreement on information exchange between Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries and Kanazawa Institute of Technology Library Center |
| April, 1996 Established Multimedia Kobo |
| January, 1997 Opened the Library Center website |
| April, 1999 Extended opening hours from 10 am to 5 pm on Sunday and holiday |
| September, 1999 Updated the OPAC system to LINKIT-Ⅲ |
| October, 1999 Started NACSIS-CAT/ILL Catalog Information Service | 2000 |
| January. 2001 Issued the Proceedings from the International Round Table Conference |
| April, 2001 Established Center of Learning Support (The name was changed to the Learning Support Desk in November of the same year) |
| November, 2001 Signed a letter of resource sharing agreement between the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library and the Kanazawa Institute of Technology Library Center |
| December, 2001 The electronic journal service was launched |
| January, 2002 Signed memorandum of understanding between the University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries and the Kanazawa Institute of Technology Library Center |
| September, 2002 Extended Senior’s borrowing period from one week to two weeks |
| April, 2003 K.I.T. Writing Center was established |
| December, 2003 Issued “Writing Guide” created by the Writing Center |
| January, 2004 Started to subscribe to the electronic Journals |
| March, 2004 Established “Chemistry and Biology,” and “Life Science and Psychology” collections on the 10th floor |
| April, 2004 LC Portal site was opened |
| September, 2004 Over 200,000 visitors to the LC in the 23rd year since its in 1982 |
| December, 2004 "International Roundtable Conference" received awards from the Library of Congress |
| August, 2005 Installed wireless LAN on the 2nd floor, 4th to 11th floor and the courtyard |
| August, 2006 Started reminder / return guidance by email |
| April, 2007 Launched online ILL application service for students |
| April, 2007 Renewed the Library Center website |
| July, 2007 Established Women-Only Reading Room on 11th floor |
| November, 2007 Signed memorandum of understanding between the University of Virginia Library and the Kanazawa Institute of Technology Library Center |
| January, 2008 Academic databases were started (Web of Science) |
| April, 2008 launched and electric journal portal site, "LC-Linker," and started a service of link resolver, "Serials Solutions" |
| February, 2009 Academic databases were started (Scopus) |
| April, 2009 Implemented "KIT BRAIN BANK", a field-of-study specific CRM system for all students | 2010 |
| April, 2012 Special exhibition, The Books That Changed the World, was held in 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (April 4-March 19) |
| February, 2013 Started an electronic database for project reports and thesis from Kanazawa Technical College graduates |
| April, 2013 Renewed the Library Center website |
| April, 2013 Advanced academic information discovery search service, "KIT Search," was started |
| September, 2013 Special exhibition, The Books That Changed the World, was held in Nagoya City Science Museum (Sep. 13-29) |
| February, 2014 Started an electronic database for thesis of master and doctor degrees |
| October, 2014 Started to collect of E-Books |
| March, 2015 Started KIT Institutional Repository |
| November, 2015 Special exhibition, The Books That Changed the World, was held in Grand Front Osaka (Nov. 6-23) |
| April, 2016 Group study rooms, referred to as Knowledge Square, were established on the 3rd floor |
| June, 2017 Special exhibition, The Records that Changed the world in Grand Front Osaka (June 6-July 23) |
| July, 2017 The STEM Biblio Plaza was established |
| March, 2018 Established Library and Work Commons in Hakusanroku Campus |
| September, 2018 Special exhibition, The Books That Changed the World, was held in The Ueno Royal Museum (Sep. 8-24) |
| September, 2019 Special exhibition, The Books That Changed the World, was held in JR Kyushu Hall (Sep. 13-29) | 2020 |
| March, 2020 Updated the OPAC system to LINKIT-III/LIMEDIO |
| October, 2023 Special exhibition, The Books That Changed the World, was held in 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Oct. 21- Nov. 5) |
| November, 2023 The Igarashi Takenobu Archive was established |