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• November 30, 2024 (Sat) 8:00 - 17:00 (Japan Time)

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[E-Resources team, Kyoto University Main Library]

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. 202 images of the restored volumes 56-61 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 2017 funded by the Sumitomo Foundation (2017-2022), and also by government (2021-2023). 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 November 8, 2024, the Digital Archive provides 2,154,076 images of 25,504 titles.

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The Maintenance work was completed (2024/11/5 9:15) and the service has been restored.

Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive will suspend its service due to the system maintenance for about 30 minutes from 9:00 am, November 5, 2024. 
The service will be restored as soon as the maintenance work has been completed.
Thank you for your understanding.

The Institute Humanities Research  Library will be temporarily closed during the following period during the lunch break (12:00-13:00).

Monday, October 28, 2024 – Friday, November 1

( We are closed all day on October 31 because of regular closed day.)

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Medical Library will be closed on Oct. 16th due to the Faculty of Medicine’s Anatomy Ceremony.
We apologize for your inconvenience.

Closed：Wednesday, 16 October, 2024

• 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.

2024.10.01 update

We updated the displayed books on October 1,
including titles purchased this year. For details, please refer to The book list below.

Katsura Library is now holding "Engineering E-Book Exhibition 2024" in the reading area on the 1F.

It is not only paper books that you can read!
With online-accessible e-books,
・You can read the content at your own pace on your PC anytime!
・Your mobile devices, such as a smart phone or tablet, are also very handy for accessing the content during your spare time!

We are displaying introduction cards of e-Books, along with their cover photos.
Let's stop by and experience the convenience of e-Books!
（The North and South Libraries of Eng. are also showing some of e-Books.）

Katsura Library Website: https://www.t.kyoto-u.ac.jp/lib/ja/index.html

The book list

We chose e-Books that are especially recommended to engineering students and faculty, among all e-Books Katsura Library purchased from 2022 to 2023.
The book list (Updated October 1)

How to use

Each card contains a link to KULINE.
You can scan it with your device to access the content.
Also, pick up any card on display at the library, and give it a try!       

Contact

Katsura Library
E-Mail: 090stosho[at]mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp
TEL: 075-383-2344

On October 1, Kyoto University Library Network has started offering unlimited simultaneous access to 70 e-books of Kodansha, including Blue Backs, Kodansha Gendai Shinsho, and Kodansha Gakujutsu Bunko, which are frequently used.
Please take advantage of this opportunity.

Platform : KinoDen
Title lists : Recommended Kodansya books available on your smart phone (KULINE Tag)
How to use : Please refer to "How to use e-resources" 

Notes:
The e-books are for on-screen viewing only and cannot be printed or downloaded.
Titles may be changed periodically.

Katsura library, Yoshida-south Library and Main Library are holding an e-book fair in each library.
Please stop by.

Katsura Library  :  [Katsura Library] Special Exhibition: KinoDen e-book fair―Recommended Kodansha books available on your smart phone―　(update:11/15)
Yoshida-South Library : Let's read e-books! Campaign Part 2!　（Japanese only)