【RIMS Library】We have launched a service to place holds on materials not on loan.
You can place holds on materials that are not on loan at RIMS Library.
Materials in the basement stacks must be checked out by staff. If you wish to use them, please place holds in advance so that you can receive them smoothly!
How to Apply
There are two ways to apply. *The holding period is 7 days.
- Apply via KULINE
Choose the reservation type "Keep Order" after clicking the KULINE's "Reserve" button. - Apply via form
Submit your request using the form below for materials such as books and journals marked "Short-Term Loan" or "Library Use Only" that cannot be reserved on KULINE.
[For KU members only] Circulation Application Form (The Library of RIMS, Kyoto University)
Contact
RIMS Library
E-Mail: 400tosho at mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp
TEL: 075-753-7223
Lists of the articles by the Nobel Prize winner, Susumu Kitagawa, EVP and Distinguished Professor, are open
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| EVP/Distinguished Professor Susumu Kitagawa (Photo is cited from Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study [KUIAS]) |
In October 8th, 2025, Susumu Kitagawa, EVP and Distinguished Professor, who developed metal–organic frameworks (MOF), has been announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to EVP and Distinguished Professor Susumu Kitagawa (NEWS | Kyoto University)
- Susumu Kitagawa speaks to the press following Nobel announcement (NEWS | Kyoto University)
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 - Press Release (The Official Web Site of the Nobel Prize)
To commemorate the win of the Nobel Prize, we introduce his key publications, which led to the award. As well, Prof. Kitagawa's articles which published on the Kyoto University Research Information Repository (KURENAI) are listed below.
◆Key Publications
Susumu Kitagawa, Mitsuru Kondo. |
Mitsuru Kondo, Tomomichi Yoshitomi, Hiroyuki Matsuzaka, Susumu Kitagawa, Kenji Seki. |
◆Related Articls
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Hirotoshi Sakamoto, Ken-ichi Otake, Susumu Kitagawa |
Stuart R. Batten, Neil R. Champness, Xiao-Ming Chen, Javier Garcia-Martinez, Susumu Kitagawa, Lars Öhrström, Michael O’Keeffe, Myunghyun Paik Suh, Jan Reedijk |
Stuart R. Batten, Neil R. Champness, XiaoMing Chen, Javier Garcia-Martinez, Susumu Kitagawa, Lars Öhrström, Michael O’Keeffe, Myunghyun Paik Suhh, Jan Reedijk |
Daiki Umeyama, Satoshi Horike, Munehiro Inukai, Tomoya Itakura, Susumu Kitagawa. |
Mio Kondo, Shuhei Furukawa, Kenji Hirai, Susumu Kitagawa. |
Satoshi Horike, Satoru Shimomura, Susumu Kitagawa. |
Takaaki Tsuruoka, Shuhei Furukawa, Yohei Takashima, Kaname Yoshida, Seiji Isoda, Susumu Kitagawa. |
Shuhei Furukawa, Kenji Hirai, Keiji Nakagawa, Yohei Takashima, Ryotaro Matsuda, Takaaki Tsuruoka, Mio Kondo, Rie Haruki, Daisuke Tanaka, Hirotoshi Sakamoto, Satoru Shimomura, Osami Sakata, Susumu Kitagawa. |
Takashi Uemura, Kana Kitagawa, Satoshi Horike, Takashi Kawamura, Susumu Kitagawa, Motohiro Mizunob, Kazunaka Endo. |
Susumu Kitagawa, Ryo Kitaura, Shin-ichiro Noro. |
Ryo Kitaura, Kenji Seki, George Akiyama, Susumu Kitagawa. |
Ryo Kitaura, Kentaro Fujimoto, Shin-ichiro Noro, Mitsuru Kondo, Susumu Kitagawa. |
Mitsuru Kondo, Takashi Okubo, Akiko Asami, Shin-ichiro Noro, Tomomichi Yoshitomi, Susumu Kitagawa, Tomohiko Ishii, Hiroyuki Matsuzaka, Kenji Seki. |
Susumu Kitagawa, Megumu Munakata, Tadashi Tanimura. |
◆Articles published in KURENAI (Extracted)
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Yoshino Haruka, Saigo Masaki, Ehara Takumi, Miyata Kiyoshi, Onda Ken, Pirillo Jenny, Hijikata Yuh, Takaishi Shinya, Kosaka Wataru, Otake Keni-ichi, Susumu Kitagawa, Miyasaka Hitoshi |
Yifan Gu, Jia-Jia Zheng, Ken-ichi Otake, Shigeyoshi Sakaki, Hirotaka Ashitani, Yoshiki Kubota, Shogo Kawaguchi, Ming-Shui Yao, Ping Wang, Ying Wang, Fengting Li, Susumu Kitagawa. |
Mohana Shivanna, Jia-Jia Zheng, G. Ray Keith, Sho lto, Hirotaka Ashitani, Yoshiki Kubota, Shogo Kawaguchi, Vitalie Stavila, Ming-Shui Yao, Takao Fujikawa, Ken-ichi Otake, Susumu Kitagawa. |
Tomoaki Ichii, Takashi Arikawa, Kenichiro Omoto, Nobuhiko Hosono, Hiroshi Sato, Susumu Kitagawa, Koichiro Tanaka. |
Sujing Wang, Takashi Kitao, Nathalie Guillou, Mohammad Wahiduzzaman, Charlotte Martineau-Corcos, Farid Nouar, Antoine Tissot, Laurent Binet, Naseem Ramsahye, Sabine Devautour-Vinot, Susumu Kitagawa, Shu Seki, Yusuke Tsutsui, Valérie Briois, Nathalie Steunou, Guillaume Maurin, Takashi Uemura, Christian Serre. |
Maryam Nurhuda, Ken-ichi Otake, Susumu Kitagawa, Daniel M. Packwood. |
Zhiwei Wang, Zeying Yang, Ken-ichi Otake, Jiahui Guo, Xuetong Yang, Ziqian Xue, Ming-Shui Yao, Susumu Kitagawa. |
Yan Su, Ken-ichi Otake, Jia-Jia Zheng, Hong Xu, Qing Wang, Haiming Liu, Fei Huang, Ping Wang, Susumu Kitagawa, Cheng Gu. |
Yifan Gu, Jia-Jia Zheng, Ken-ichi Otake, Shigeyoshi Sakaki, Hirotaka Ashitani, Yoshiki Kubota, Shogo Kawaguchi, Ming-Shui Yao, Ping Wang, Ying Wang, Fengting Li, Susumu Kitagawa. |
Mohana Shivanna, Jia-Jia Zheng, G. Ray Keith, Sho lto, Hirotaka Ashitani, Yoshiki Kubota, Shogo Kawaguchi, Vitalie Stavila, Ming-Shui Yao, Takao Fujikawa, Ken-ichi Otake, Susumu Kitagawa. |
Mickaele Bonneau, Kunihisa Sugimoto, Ken-ichi Otake, Yukiko Tsuji, Nanae Shimanaka, Christophe Lavenn, Susumu Kitagawa. |
Mohana Shivanna, Ken-ichi Otake, Bai-Qiao Song, Lisa M. van Wyk, Qing-Yuan Yang, Naveen Kumar, Wesley K. Feldmann, Tony Pham, Shanelle Suepaul, Brian Space, Leonard J. Barbour, Susumu Kitagawa, Michael J. Zaworotko. |
Ping Wang, Takashi Kajiwara, Ken-ichi Otake, Ming-Shui Yao, Hirotaka Ashitani, Yoshiki Kubota, Susumu Kitagawa. |
Yifan Gu, Jia-Jia Zheng, Ken-ichi Otake, Kunihisa Sugimoto, Nobuhiko Hosono, Shigeyoshi Sakaki, Fengting Li, Susumu Kitagawa. |
Tomoaki Ichii, Takashi Arikawa, Kenichiro Omoto, Nobuhiko Hosono, Hiroshi Sato, Susumu Kitagawa, Koichiro Tanaka. |
Wataru Kosaka, Zhaoyuan Liu, Jun Zhang, Yohei Sato, Akihiro Hori, Ryotaro Matsuda, Susumu Kitagawa, Hitoshi Miyasaka. |
Arnau Carné-Sánchez, Gavin A. Craig, Patrick Larpent, Takashi Hirose, Masakazu Higuchi, Susumu Kitagawa, Kenji Matsuda, Kenji Urayama, Shuhei Furukawa. |
Sujing Wang, Takashi Kitao, Nathalie Guillou, Mohammad Wahiduzzaman, Charlotte Martineau-Corcos, Farid Nouar, Antoine Tissot, Laurent Binet, Naseem Ramsahye, Sabine Devautour-Vinot, Susumu Kitagawa, Shu Seki, Yusuke Tsutsui, Valérie Briois, Nathalie Steunou, Guillaume Maurin, Takashi Uemura, Christian Serre. |
Yongtai Zheng, Hiroshi Sato, Pengyan Wu, Joon Jeon Hyung, Ryotaro Matsuda, Susumu Kitagawa. |
Kanokwan Kongpatpanich, Satoshi Horike, Yu-ichi Fujiwara, Naoki Ogiwara, Hirotomo Nishihara, Susumu Kitagawa. |
Sareeya Bureekaew, Satoshi Horike, Masakazu Higuchi, Motohiro Mizuno, Takashi Kawamura, Daisuke Tanaka, Nobuhiro Yanai, Susumu Kitagawa. |
Tapas Kumar Maji, Susumu Kitagawa. |
- Other publications by Prof. Kitagawa are available on KURENAI: https://u.kyoto-u.jp/kitagawanobel
◆Ph.D. Dissertation
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Kitagawa, Susumu. |
Relative websites:
◆Susumu Kitagawa's Website: https://www.kitagawa.icems.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
◆Profile:Susumu Kitagawa (KUIAS): https://kuias.kyoto-u.ac.jp/j/profile/kitagawa/
◆[Yoshida-South Library/Katsura Library]Exhibition Celebrating Professor Susumu Kitagawa’s 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Now Open(Oct. 10-): https://www.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/bulletin/1405597?lang=en
◆[Katsura Library] Exhibition Celebrating Professor Susumu Kitagawa’s 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Now Open: https://www.t.kyoto-u.ac.jp/lib/en/news-events/news/20251010?set_language=en
◆KURENAI (the Kyoto University Research Information Repository)
- More than 240,000 archives published by researchers in Kyoto University are available.
◆E-Journals published by Kyoto University on KURENAI
- More than 350 journals published by Kyoto University are available. [Repository Section, Research Support Division, Kyoto University Library]
2025/10/10-Articles have been updated.
Maintenance: JapanKnowledge (Oct. 29, 2025)
JapanKnowledge service will be suspended due to scheduled system maintenance during the following period.
We
appreciate your support and patience.
Schedule
- Oct. 29, 2025 (Wed) 18:00 - 21:00 (Japan Time)
Suspended service
All JapanKnowledge Services (JapanKnowledge Lib, Select contents and JKBooks)
Database List "J"
https://www.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/erdb?c=erdb_alpha_j&lang=en
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【Medical Library】Nobel Prize Commemorative Exhibition: Research Papers by Professor Emeritus Shimon Sakaguchi
【Medical Library】2025/10/20:Added a “Relative websites” link.
2025/12/8: The end date has been added. The exhibition runs until Thursday, December 25, 2025.
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Dr Shimon Sakaguchi, professor emeritus of Kyoto University and former director of the Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences (now the Institute for Life and Medical Sciences) has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
To celebrate this achievement, the Medical Library is holding a special exhibition.
The exhibition features research papers authored by Dr Sakaguchi alongside books on immunology. We invite you to discover Dr Sakaguchi's work for yourself.
Period: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 - Thursday, December 25, 2025
Location: Medical Library, 1st Floor, Information Corner
Contents: Related materials (books, journal articles, etc.)
Relative websites:
- Lists of the articles by the Nobel Prize winner, Shimon Sakaguchi, Professor Emeritus, are open(NEWS | Kyoto University Library Network)
- 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Professor Emeritus Shimon Sakaguchi (NEWS | Kyoto University)
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 - Press Release (The Official Web Site of the Nobel Prize)


Participated in Kyoto University Academic Day 2025
Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive participated in Kyoto University Academic Day held at Zest Oike on Saturday, September 27, 2025, and carried out the following events.
[Event 1] Decoration of the underground passage
Floor decoration with old maps of Kyoto and panel display
[Event 2] Special space
For two hours only, Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive opened a special space. Original novelties were distributed.
For more information about Kyoto University Academic Day, please see our September 22, 2025 post.
https://www.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/bulletin/1405489

Participants commented that they had become interested in digital archives, and the event was a great success.
[eBook] Free Trial of IOP eBooks (~ Oct. 31)
We offer a free trial of IOP eBooks now.
Contents: IOP eBooks (Some titles are not eligible.)
Period: ~ October 31, 2025
<Access URL>
https://iopscience.iop.org/booklistinfo/home
*To access IOP eBooks, you must access them via the electronic Journal and
database authentication system. If not set, refer to the following page for setting.
<How to use e-resources>
https://www.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/erdb/13505?lang=en
Contact
The Faculty of Science Common Library
050tosho at mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp
[Medical Library] Library will be closed on Oct. 15th (Faculty of Medicine’s Anatomy Ceremony)
Medical Library will be closed on Oct. 15th due to the Faculty of Medicine’s Anatomy Ceremony.
We apologize for your inconvenience.
Closed:Wednesday, 15 October, 2025
- You can receive reserved books and materials ordered from other universities until 17:00 on the day.
But please contact us by phone or email in advance.
TEL: 075-753-4323
E-mail: igakueturan[at]mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp ([at]→@) - Please use the book post, when you return materials.
(Except for the books with CD or the books from other libraries) - Library of Human Health Sciences is open as usual.
[Infomatics Library] [eBooks] Springer Nature Access and Select (Computer Science + Artificial Intelligence) (-2025/12/31)
About 5,100 computer science ebooks (copyright year between 2022 and 2025), and about 180 artificical intelligence ebooks (copyright year 2025) are available through to the end of this year.
Graduate School of Informatics Library will purchase a certain number of them after the trial.
Access URL
Springer Nature Link - Computer Science (Copyright Year 2022 – 2025)
Springer Link - Artificial Intelligence (Copyright Year 2025)
How to use
Setting up the authentication system
1. Access the following URL
Springer Nature Link - Computer Science (Copyright Year 2022 – 2025)
Springer Link - Artificial Intelligence (Copyright Year 2025)
2. Choose a book or a chapter
3. Click the bookmarklet
Click the bookmarklet [EJDB], and the buttons [Download book PDF] [Download book EPUB] will appear to make the full text available.
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You can search trial and purchased titles.
Springer Nature Link - Computer Science
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(Contact) Graduate School of Informatics Library
Tel: 075-753-5390
E-Mail: 140tosho (at)mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp Please replace (at) with @.
(Registration Closed)[Uji Library] Call for Participants in the Book Hunting on the Web [Registration Open: Sep. 29-Oct. 31, Only for Students on Uji Campus]
This information is intended for the students on Uji Campus.
Call for Participants in Uji Library’s Book Hunting on the Web
We are happy to announce that the Book Hunting on the Web will be held this year.
It is an event where students can select new books to be added to the shelves at Uji Library. The event will be held online this year.
You might be wondering, “I’d like to enrich the library collection in my research field and related areas,”, or “I’m looking for basic books and recently published ones.” Students on Uji Campus are eligible to join the Book Hunting.
■Participants
Students who belong to the laboratories on Uji Campus
■Notes
You may choose technical books or basic books related to research fields on Uji Campus.
Budget will be approximately 20,000 yen per person.
Budget allocation is decided depending on the number of participants.
■Application and Book Selection Period
Monday, September 29-October 31, 2025
We will send an email with the ID for online book selection, along with instructions on how to use the bookstore database. Access to the designated bookstore database and select books anytime during the Book Hunting period.
Your review (e.g., Reason why you choose this book or recommend it to other students) will be posted anonymously at Uji Library and on its website.
■Application
Go to the URL below and make application online.https://forms.gle/gDwHiZWW4i3h572m6 [Registration was closed.]
We will close the application once the number of applicants reaches the planned limit.
■Books purchased in the previous Book Hunting can be found on KULINE.
Book list 2024
Book list 2023
Book list 2022
For your information, in addition to this Book Hunting event, Uji Library also welcomes requests or recommendations for book purchases from faculty and staff members and students on Uji Campus anytime.
Application for: https://forms.gle/RAxmFxKa1cxR6k5N7
[Updated November 4, 2025]
Books selected for the Book Hunting 2025 are now available! Explore them using the KULINE tag "宇治分館ブックハンティング購入図書2025".
Contact: Kyoto University Uji Library
E-mail: ujibunkan[at]mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp ([at] => @)
TEL: 0774-38-3010
Participating in Kyoto University Academic Day 2025 (Sep. 27)
Kyoto University Academic Day is an open event for direct dialogue between the public and researchers.
Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive will be participating, so please come and join us!

Kyoto University Academic Day 2025
Date and time: Saturday, September 27, 2025, 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Zest Oike
Participation fee: Free
Pre-registration: Not required
Website: https://ku.research.kyoto-u.ac.jp/academic-day/a2025/
[Event 1] Decoration of the underground passage
Time:11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Underground Zest Oike - Kyoto City Hall passage
Details: Floor decoration with old maps of Kyoto and panel display
[Event 2] Special space
Time: 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Location: Kyoto City Hall B2F
Details: For two hours only, Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive will open a special space. Original novelties will be distributed!
