Kyoto University Library Network

【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.

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 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.

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

How to use e-resources

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 @.

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

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!

For enhanced security, system maintenance will be conducted on Maruzen eBook Library (MeL) during the following period. Please understand that access to all or some of the content within MeL may be unavailable during this time.

[Maintenance Schedule and Services Not Available]

Sep. 14, 2025 (Sun), 00:00 AM – 05:00 AM

Complete suspension of service on MeL (all functions within MeL will not be available)

Sep. 21, 2025 (Sun), 11:00 PM – Sep. 22, 2025 (Mon), 8:00 AM

Suspension of access to certain content due to system maintenance:
*Content affected: ePUB text playback, videos, audiobooks, and audio files
(Only some content will not be available; you will still be able to view content that can be operated using the "閲覧" button.)

Due to system maintenance, some services of "Asahi Shimbun Cross-Search" will be unavailable during the following period.
We appreciate your support and patience.

To access this database via the authentication system, click here.

Date and Suspended service:

Wednesday, Sep. 17, 2025 Time: 18:00-19:30 (JST)

There will be a period of approximately 10 minutes during which the search service for the "Historical Photo Archive" will not be available.
* Services other than the Historical Photo Archive, such as article searches, will still be accessible.

Wednesday, Sep. 24, 2025 Time: 19:00-20:00 (JST)

While the service will be available, there may be occasional instances of unstable performance.

The issue was solved. Thank you for your cooperation.

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

• Date: September 11th, 2025 (Thursday)
• Time: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM (JST, estimated)

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your cooperation.

[Repository Section, Main Library]
Posted: 2025-09-10