Libraries in Sapporo, Public library network in Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Japan.

The Sapporo Municipal Central Library is a reinforced-concrete building of three above-ground floors and two basement levels in Chuo-ku, sharing its site with the Sapporo Buried Cultural Properties Center; the library occupies the west side. The first and second floors hold the book rooms and counters, with children's books on the first floor and the research counter in the middle of the second-floor reading room. The third floor has an auditorium and training rooms.

The library's origins trace to 1899, when the Hokkaido Education Association set it up in Odori Nishi 4-chome. In 1911 it moved into the Clock Tower, the former drill hall of Sapporo Agricultural School. After wartime closure, it reopened in 1950 as the municipal Sapporo Library, moved to Kita 2 Nishi 12 in 1967, and became the Central Library in 1979. The current building, on the former Hokkaido University of Education Sapporo campus, opened on 15 March 1991.

The Central Library's name changed with its role: founded in 1950 as the Municipal Sapporo Library in the Clock Tower, it became the Sapporo Municipal Library in 1967 and the Central Library in 1979, when the Kikusui branch opened. It also manages the Odori counter in the subway concourse, where reserved books are picked up and returned.

The library is in Chuo-ku and easy to reach on foot or by public transport from central Sapporo. Visiting on a weekday gives you more time, as opening hours are longer than on weekends.

Although the library is a municipal facility, visitors without a Sapporo address can still use the reading areas and consult materials on site without registering. This makes it an open space for anyone passing through the city.