Kyoto University Library Network

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The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2020 was awarded to Kyoto University Library Network Director-General and four other members, acknowledging the effort by the Network to promote Open Access and Open Science.

[Award]
Prize for Science and Technology 2020
Science and Technology Promotion Category

[Achievement]
Contribution to the development of a basic model for the realization of Open Science

[Outline]
Kyoto University adopted Kyoto University Open Access Policy for the first time as a Japanese university and has been demonstrated a leading good practice of Open Access promotion by establishing a basic model for OA of research achievement through its repository KURENAI and OA of primary sources Kyoto University owns through IIIF-compliant Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive.
As an acknowledgement of the university’s contribution, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology awarded the five members the Prize for Science and Technology (Science and Technology Promotion Category).

[Awardees]

Takashi Hikihara
　　Director-General of Kyoto University Library Network
　　Director of the Main Library
　　Professor of the Graduate School of Engineering
Hiroyuki Matsui
　　Vice Director-General of Kyoto University Library Network
　　Professor of the Graduate School of Management
Yumi Kitamura
　　Associate Professor of the Research and Development Laboratory, Main Library
Chifumi Nishioka
　　Assistant Professor of the Research and Development Laboratory, Main Library
Setsuko Yamanaka
　　Head of the Academic Support Division, Main Library
　　Chief of the Open Access Promotion Project Team, Kyoto University Library Network
　　(until March 31, 2020)

Please refer to the website of the MEXT for details.

Katsura Library opened today.

To prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection, we are currently restricting some of our services.
Please refer to the following information.

•[Katsura Library & Libraries of Faculty of Engineering (Yoshida)] Library services from April 6 (Preventive Measures against COVID-19)
https://www.t.kyoto-u.ac.jp/lib/en/news/topics/20200403?set_language=en

Please contact us :
E-mail：090stosho [at] mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Dear Users,

Although we always hope to provide you with the best experience, Kyoto University Katsura Library & Libraries of Faculty of Engineering (Yoshida) currently limit the services and the use of library facilities in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. There is also a possibility that we need to further restrict our services, including shortening opening hours and closing the entire facility, depending on the changing public health situations. Please check the updates on our website, Twitter, etc.

We sincerely apologize the inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your kind cooperation.

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■PERIOD: From April 1, 2020 until the date to be determined

(April 3 renewed)
From April 6, Libraries of Faculty of Engineering (Yoshida) will be closed.
During the period, please refer to the following for information on using library services.
https://www.t.kyoto-u.ac.jp/lib/en/news/topics/20200403

■Those suspected to be infected are not admitted to the library.

We also ask those with symptoms typically caused by COVID-19 to refrain from visiting the library.

The symptoms include fever, cough, sneezing and fatigue.

■Admission to the library is limited to Kyoto University members (excluding graduates and retired faculty and staff) only.

■Admission may be limited depending on the situation of visitors.

【Katsura Library】Please read your student ID card or IC authentication card when entering or leaving the library.

■Please cooperate in measures against infectious diseases including COVID-19.

• Wash your hands
• Wear a mask
• Keep a distance from other users in the reading rooms

■Admission to the facilities and rooms

【Yoshida Campus 5 Libraries】Using the reading room is not admitted（Including watching Online Classes）.

【Katsura Library】The following areas will be open for the purpose of self-learning, meaning conversations with other users are not allowed. 

2nd Floor Open Laboratory

2nd Floor Research Commons

2nd Floor Group Study Area

■Restriction on materials of stack

Entering to the stack room is not admitted. Please contact each library to use stack materials.

【Library of School of Architecture (Yoshida)】The faculty staff of School of Architecture is only permitted to enter to the Stack Room. Please contact library staff and the chair-person of library committee.

■Restriction on materials of stack

Entering to the stack room is not admitted. Please contact each library to use stack materials.

【Library of School of Architecture (Yoshida)】The faculty staff of School of Architecture is only permitted to enter to the Stack Room. Please contact library staff and the chair-person of library committee.

■Rare/semi-rare materials service suspension

Libraries of Faculty of Engineering suspend the use of all the materials stored in the rare materials storage and the semi-rare materials storage.

Please contact each library about how to use the thesis.

■The materials already rented

• Any books can be returned to book-drops front of each library.

• How to return books by postal mail or other delivery services

Books and journals held by Faculty of Engineering (excluding library materials held by other libraries) can be returned by postal mail or other delivery services.

• • Pack the library materials appropriately so that they are not damaged in transit.
  • Specify on the package that library materials are inside.
  • Users are to pay the delivery fee.
  • Keep the copy of the delivery invoice in case of accidents.

■Contact Information and Address of Katsura Library & Libraries of Faculty of Engineering

▼Katsura Library　

090stosho [at] mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

<Address > Kyoto daigaku-katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8530

▼Library of School of Global Engineering

090tlib [at] mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

<Address> Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Room W204, 2nd Floor, Bldg. No.9

▼Library of School of Architecture

090archilib [at] mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

<Address> Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Reseach Bldg. No.5 (Faculty of Engineering Bldg. No.7)

▼Library of School of Engineering Science                               

library [at] mech.kyoto-u.ac.jp

<Address> Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Room123, 1st Floor, Faculty of Engineering Engineering Depts. Bldg.

▼Electrical and Electronic Engineering Library

library [at] kuee.kyoto-u.ac.jp

<Address> Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, 4th Floor, the Building No.4 of Electorical Engineering

▼Library of Industrial Chemistry

ktosyo [at] sbchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp

<Address > Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Room 509, 5th Floor, Faculty of Engineering Integrated Research Bldg.

■REFERENCES:
Kyoto University’s Policy on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) (Ver. 4)
Measures against Infectious Diseases(Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan)

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[Medical Library]

 "THE SHIRIN or the JOURNAL OF HISTORY" (Phase 2: 1916-1967, 50 volumes) has been released at KURENAI.

"THE SHIRIN or the JOURNAL OF HISTORY" http://hdl.handle.net/2433/237407

SHIRIN is the academic journal of history, geography, and archaeology published since 1916.
We have released the volumes from Vol.1, no.1 (January 1916) to Vol.50, no.6 (November 1967) at KURENAI.

Now, all volumes of the journal are available from KURENAI.

[Academic Support Section, Kyoto University Library]

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The Graduate School of Letters of Kyoto University and the Kyoto University Museum have been carrying out the restoration and digitization of an important cultural property Dainihonshi hensan kiroku held by the Graduate School of Letters since academic year 2017. One thousand five hundred six images of the restored volumes 6-10, 21-50 are now available in Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive.

▼Important Cultural Property - Dainihonshi hensan kiroku (G.S. Letters)
 

Dainihonshi hensan kiroku (大日本史編纂記録) is a collection of more than 6,000 letters (copies) exchanged between Shokokan (彰考館; Mito Domain’s office for history compilation) in Mito (currently in Ibaraki Prefecture) and Edo (currently Tokyo) and their Kyoto office regarding the compilation of Dainihonshi (*1) by Tokugawa Mitsukuni (徳川光圀; 1628-1701). A total of 42,810 people and organizations and 15,159 historical records and literature works are mentioned in the letters and the content covers a wide range of aspects of the time, such as history, literature, Confucianism and Japanese classical literature, as well as the publishing culture during the Genroku Period, which makes this rare material a first-class historical record.

The rare material, before being restored, consisted of 248 volumes of about 10,000 sheets (one sheet folded in half to form a pouch makes two pages) in the form of fukuro-toji yotsume-toji (袋綴四つ目綴装) with sheets of papers folded at the fore edge and sewn at the back edge at four points. However, the rebinding and restoration done to the material during the Edo period were not appropriate to secure its long-term preservation; they also made it impossible to read the majority of the volumes without damaging them, because the text near the back edge was sewn inside the spine. Therefore, a restoration project was launched in academic year 2018, with a plan to restore first 20 volumes funded by the Sumitomo Foundation. The Graduate School of Letters has also set up Kyoto University Fund for the restoration of its library collection and the Kyoto University Museum acquired the university's special budget for this project in 2018.

Each volume of Dainihonshi hensan kiroku is to be released on the Internet through Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive upon the completion of restoration and digitization processes. As of March 27, 2020, the Digital Archive provides 1,365,106 images of 17,638 titles.