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[Main Library][Yoshida South Library] 2022 April Event for Freshers in Main Library & Yoshida South Library

On 2022-04-05 (1740 reads)

Kyoto University have 40 libraries. There are some events for freshers in Main Library & Yoshida South Library. We are waiting for your coming to the Kyoto University Library!

Event List

Main Library
- Your First Book in Kyoto University Library
- Twitter: Short video for freshers
Yoshida South Library
- Yoshida-South Library(YSL) Virtual Tour
- Interview with a senior students

Main Library

Let' join the event!

Your First Book in Kyoto University Library
APRIL 6th – JUNE 30th, 2022
FOR FRESHERS OF KU & ALL STUDENT / STAFF
Please submit the title of your first book in Kyoto University Library and your comment from the form. Let's get the present!
For detail: Seethe poster.

Twitter: Short video for freshers
Everyday in April, we will post the short video for library guidance. Follow our Twitter @kumainlib!

Contact
User Support Section, Main Library, Kyoto University
Email:ref660(at)mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Yoshida South Library

Yoshida-South Library offers the following two types of content.

[YouTube: Yoshida-South Library(YSL) Virtual Tour]

You can explore what YSL is online.
Watch a video of the tour and take a quiz!

Event dates: April 5th - May 31st

The tour can be accessed via our YouTube channel during the period.
You can access the quiz from the description of the video.
Those who answer all questions correctly will receive an original tote bag (first 50 people only).

Yoshida-South Library(YSL) Virtual Tour

[YouTube: 'Interview with a senior students']

They talk about the books recommended by the Yoshida-South Library and how they use the library in their research and studies.
The video is for new students and upper-class students about to start their research.
It is also recommended for all postgraduate students.

Interview with a senior students

Contact:
Yoshida-South Library
　Tell: 075-753-6525　Email: a30yslib(at)mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

【Yoshida-South Library】 Quick review of academic writing (2/7,10)

On 2022-01-25 (2297 reads)

Sorry this session is Japanese only.

【Exhibition】 "A place for books, a place for us - Library design project exhibition"

On 2022-01-21 (2497 reads)

Please follow the webpage in Japanese.

[Learning Support Desk] Grad. staff will consult you in Yoshida South Library （2022/1/11-2/4）

On 2021-12-27 (1512 reads)

Do you have any trouble with the exam or your learning at KU? The grad staff of the Learning Support Desk will consult you in Yoshida South Library on 1/11-2/4. Please feel free to contact us.

Who will consult you?

Contact:
User Support Section, Main Library
Email: ref660 [at] mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

[User Support Section, Main Library]

[Library Network] Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive: Six items, including books from Adam Smith’s Library and Chinese classic text of geography and astronomy in Ming dynasty, have been newly released

On 2021-12-23 (1834 reads)

Six items held by the Graduate School of Law and Yoshida-South Library have been newly released.

“Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa” held by the Graduate School of Law is a former collection of Adam Smith. A bookticket is attached to each volume, and an autograph letter addressed by MacIntosh to Adam Smith is inserted in vol.1.
This book is a travelogue consisting of 72 letters, and appendix B contains an observations of Smith’s “An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations.”

Left: bookticket / Center: autograph letter addressed to Adam Smith / Right: appendix B

Five items held by Yoshida-South Library are Chinese classic text of geography, astronomy and book series published in Ming dynasty.
“De tu zeng yao” (地圖綜要) was donated by Motoharu Fujita, a geographer and a professor at the Third Higher School.

地圖綜要

Library	Record ID	Title	Author	Call No
Yoshida-South Library	RB00033234	地圖綜要	(明)李釜源鑒定 ; (明)朱國達 [ほか] 編輯	三高貴重書(和):533//167/三高和
	RB00033235	雪廬讀史快編 60卷	(明)趙維寰節	三高貴重書(和):515//62/三高和
	RB00033236	治暦縁起 8巻	(明)徐光啓 [撰]	三高貴重書(和):640//157/三高和
	RB00033237	方輿勝畧 18巻外夷6巻首1巻	(明)程百二等輯	三高貴重書(和):533//57/三高和
	RB00033238	李氏叢書	(明)李贄	三高貴重書(和):010//8/三高和
G. S. Law	RB00033239	Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa : describing characters, customs, manners, laws, and productions of nature and art : containing various remarks on the political and commercial interests of Great Britain : and delineating, in particular, a new system for the government and improvement of the British settlements in the East Indies : begun in the year 1777, and finished in 1781	Macintosh, William and Thomson, William	一般貴重書(洋):CIII\|\|2\|\|Mac

As of December 23, 2021, the Digital Archive provides 1,668,590 images of 20,570 titles.

[Library Network] Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive: Open Access week 2021 (October 25-31)

On 2021-10-25 (1900 reads)

Twitter Moment : [Digital Archive] OpenAccessWeek2021 [Japanese] https://twitter.com/i/events/1456041644650688515

Open Access Week is a global, community-driven week of action to open up access to research.
During the Open Access week 2021 (October 25-31), Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive provides some special contents.