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[E-Resources team, Kyoto University Main Library]

【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)
  
  

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.

We offer a free trial of IOP eBooks now.

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Period:  ~ October 31, 2025

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Contact
The Faculty of Science Common Library
050tosho at mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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.