A library device includes: a recording medium storage unit that stores at least a first recording medium, and a second recording medium that is a take-out request target; an accessor that takes out the second recording medium from the recording medium storage unit after taking out the first recording medium from the recording medium storage unit; an evacuation destination drive device that receives the first recording medium taken out by the accessor; a take-out destination drive device that draws in the second recording medium taken out by the accessor; and an operation interruption control unit that performs a control that interrupts an operation of the evacuation destination drive drawing in the second recording medium taken in the evacuation destination drive device.