[Maintenance] "KURENAI" has been temporarily inaccessible(02/02 8:30-9:00)

 On 2026-01-29 (456 reads)

KURENAI will be temporarily unavailable for maintenance during the following time:

  • Date: February 2nd, 2026 (Monday)
  • Time: 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM (JST, estimated)

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your cooperation.


[Repository Section, Main Library]
Posted: 2026-01-29

 

Solved [Maintenance] "KURENAI" "KURENAI Deposit System" will be temporarily inaccessible(01/28 7:00-12:00)

 On 2026-01-26 (437 reads)

The issue was solved. Thank you for your cooperation.

KURENAI and KURENAI Deposit System will be temporarily unavailable for maintenance during the following time:

  • Date: January 28th, 2026 (Wednesday)
  • Time: 7:00 AM - 12:00 AM (JST, estimated)

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your cooperation.

 

If you wish to register for KURENAI during the suspension period, please contact us using the following procedure.

  1. If there are co-authors, please obtain permission from all co-authors in advance to register with KURENAI.
    Reference: Email template for obtaining co-author consent (Word file) *Please edit as needed.
  2. Please refer to the Copyright Transfer Agreement and check whether the publisher permits self-archiving in the author's institutional repository. If you are uncertain of the publisher policy, please contact us.
  3. Please send us two documents listed below;
    [1] Kyoto University Research Information Repository Registration Form (Word file)
    [For current faculty members] [Japanese] [English]
    *Please fill in the information and send this form via intra-campus mail or the Kyoto University e-mail (kyoto-u.ac.jp).
      *Students are required to include their faculty research supervisor's e-mail addresses with the Kyoto University's domain name in CC.
    [To those who are not currently affiliated with Kyoto University] [Japanese] [English]
    *Please fill in the information, stamp it, and send it via e-mail (please attach scanned data of the registration form).
    [2] Data files of article (main text, figure, and tables) (Please attach the file to an e-mail)


[Repository Section, Main Library]
Posted: 2026-01-26

 

【Library Network : for faculty members】Request for recommendations of eBooks for student use in first semester AY2026

 On 2026-01-20 (612 reads)

※Recommendation form was closed. Thank you for a lot of eBooks recommendations. (February 24th, 2026)

The Kyoto University Library Network provides students with eBooks for lectures and their studies.

We would like to ask for your recommendations of eBooks that you think would be useful for students in first semester AY2026.

Persons eligible to make recommendations

All Kyoto University faculty members (Including part-time lecturers)

eBooks eligible for recommendation

・eBooks that will be used for liberal arts and sciences (ILAS) courses in AY 2026, or that will be useful for students taking those courses.

・eBooks that will be used in undergraduate courses in AY 2026, or that will be useful for students taking those courses.

・eBooks that would be useful for undergraduate students studying at home.

*  If you need electronic version of books listed in syllabus, please make recommendation from the recommendation form. Not limited to first semester lectures.

* We cannot purchase eBooks which are not sold to academic institutions. Please refer to the list of titles which are sold to academic institutions at the URL below:

https://www.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/bulletin/1406028?lang=en#ref

eBooks ineligible for recommendation

・Complete works, journals (including back numbers), newspapers

・Study guide, workbooks, self-help books and books of hobbies and practical use

・eBooks that extra costs will be charged next year (ex: contract maintenance fee, platform usage fee) 

How to make a recommendation

Recommendation form was closed. Thank you for a lot of eBooks recommendations.Please use  the recommendation form.

 *If you wish to recommend more than one, please enter the titles in order of priority.

 *eBooks purchased will generally only be accessible by one user at a time.

Deadline for recommendations

From January 20th, 2026 to February 20th, 2026.

*We will proceed with the purchase procedure in the order of recommendation acceptance in consideration of the budget situation.

Estimated date of availability

・eBooks will be available sequentially from late January. Please check KULINE of their availability.

*The recommender will be informed only in the case if the recommended eBooks will not be able to be purchased.

Contact

Acquisition and Cataloging Section, Kyoto University Library

Email: shiryoseibi660 [@] mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

For reference

・Titles which are already owned by Kyoto University can be searched via KULINE.

・List of titles which are available to academic institutions

Titles are sorted by platform and classified by type. Please use the classifications to narrow down the lists. Some titles are provided in multiple platforms

*Please note that the files are large, so downloading them may require some time.

*Due to the large size of the files, they may not be viewable on some smartphones and tablets.

[Japanse books] (Excel, approx. 32MB)

On-campus access only

・List1  Provided by the Maruzen eBook Library

・List2  Provided by the KinoDen

・Includes some non-Japanese books

[Non-Japanese books 1] 

(Excel, approx. 10MB)

On-campus access only

・List1  Provided by the Bloomsbury, the Brill, the Cambridge, the Oxford, the Taylor & Francis, the Wiley, the World Scientific(titles published after 2021 only)

[Non-Japanese books 2] 

(Excel, approx. 13MB)

On-campus access only

・List1  Provided by the ProQuest eBook Central(titles published after 2021 only, carefully selected by Kinokuniya Bookstore)

・ All lists are last updated on July 2025.

・ Although the number of eBooks available to academic institutions is smaller than the number available to individuals, it still comprises a very large number of titles. The lists include only a partial selection of the eBooks that are available, so please do not hesitate to recommend eBooks that are not included in the lists, and we will check their availability.  

Your help and cooperation is greatly appreciated. Your recommendations help us to enhance our eBook collection, and will also be used as reference when requesting publishers to provide digital versions of their books.

 

【附属図書館:お知らせ】附属図書館研究開発室セミナー「大学におけるAIと倫理」を開催します(2/16)

 On 2026-01-19 (1037 reads)

この度、附属図書研究開発室主催によりセミナー「大学におけるAIと倫理」を開催します

 AI(人工知能)技術の活用は急速に私たちの日常生活の一部になりつつありますがAI技術の進歩がもたらす私たちの社会生活や思考パターンの変化は、まだ十分に明らかになっていません。一方で、プライバシーや著作権の侵害、差別やバイアスの助長をはじめ、AIを活用することによる新たな倫理的な課題については、すでに多く指摘されています。
 本セミナーでは、3人の先生方のご講演を通して、特に大学というアカデミックな環境において、私たちがどのようにこれらの倫理問題に向き合いつつ、新しい教育環境を創出していくべきか、その道筋を探ります。

【開催概要】
日時:2026年2月16日(月) 10:00-12:00
形式:Zoomと対面のハイブリッド形式 事後配信なし

場所:国際高等教育院棟の講義室31 
   https://www.z.k.kyoto-u.ac.jp/facility-guide/ilas-bldg
対象:京都大学教職員

事前申し込み:要・2/13(金)正午〆切 
添付チラシにあるQRコードから申込フォームへアクセスしてください)


<プログラム>
司会:岡本 雅子(データ科学イノベーション教育研究センター 特定講師)

10:00 - 10:05  開会・趣旨説明
 北村 由美(附属図書館研究開発室 准教授)

10:05 - 10:35  第一講演
 AIと法:AIは我々の社会をどう変化させうるのか
 稲谷 龍彦(法学研究科 教授)

10:35 - 11:10 第二講演
 生成AIで変わる高等教育:インドネシアTelkom大学の経験から
 石田 亨(京都大学 名誉教授/Telkom大学客員教授)

11:10 - 11:45 第三講演
 AIリテラシーと倫理に関する全学教育の取組
 河原 達也(情報学研究科 教授 /
   情報学研究科次世代情報AI教育研究センター長/ 図書館機構副機構長)

11:45 - 12:00  質疑応答


【問合せ先】
附属図書館研究開発室

 

【Yoshida-South Library】How to access Online Research Papers-A Video Tutorial

 On 2026-01-15 (728 reads)

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Event Period:Jan 15 (Thu) – Feb 6 (Fri)
Venue: Lobby, 1st Floor, Yoshida-South Library

Yoshida-South Library will screen a short video titled “How to Access Online Articles: A Quick Guide to Using E‑Resources.”

The video explains how to configure your device to view e‑journals.
Once set up, you can access far more academic resources.

Visitors who complete the survey at the end of the video will receive an original library gift.
Please come to the library desk and show your student ID and the survey completion screen to the staff.

How to use e-resources(Detailed Guide)
https://www.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/erdb/13505?lang=en

[Yoshida-South Library]  a30yslib[at]mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp