Akita Prefectural Library, Prefectural library in Akita, Japan

The Akita Prefectural Library is a steel-frame reinforced concrete building of four above-ground floors and one basement level, shared with the Akita Prefectural Archives. Its total floor area is 12,445.7 square metres. The first floor holds an atrium entrance hall, library offices, stacks and visitor lockers; the second floor houses reading rooms and the archives reading room, while the fourth floor is library storage.

The facility was founded in 1899 and was one of the early libraries in Japan. It has since evolved and modernized to meet the changing needs of the community.

The library's name changed to Akita Prefectural Library in 1993, when it moved to Sanno-shinmachi. Its branch, the Akita Literature Museum, opened in 2006 in a renovated former high school building and collects materials on writers connected to Akita. The main library also runs a reference service, accepting inquiries by phone, fax, letter and email.

The library is about 3 km west of Akita Station; buses from the west exit stop at Kenritsu Taiikukan-mae in roughly 10 minutes. It faces the Prefectural Lifelong Learning Center and Children's Hall across Jidōkaidō-dōri, with the Prefectural Gymnasium and Yabase Sports Park to the north. The building is shared with the Akita Prefectural Archives.

The library shares its building with the Akita Prefectural Archives, which occupies the third floor while the library's stacks fill the fourth. Its digital archive makes 441,642 published items available online through the AMLAD service, linking it with other participating facilities in the prefecture.