【Yoshida-South Library】 Quick review of academic writing (2/7,10)
Sorry this session is Japanese only.
【Exhibition】 "A place for books, a place for us - Library design project exhibition"
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[Learning Support Desk] Grad. staff will consult you in Yoshida South Library （2022/1/11-2/4）
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.
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
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.
| 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)
Twitter Moment : [Digital Archive] OpenAccessWeek2021 [Japanese] https://twitter.com/i/events/1456041644650688515
*Added on 2025/1/8: Due to changes in the X (formerly Twitter) specifications, the posts no longer appear on the summary page above. Please see below for the contents of the posts.
https://x.com/search?q=from%3Akumainlib%20%23OAWeek2021&src=typed_query&f=live
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.
・OA week special banner for Kyoto University Digital Archive website.
Left: Yoshida-South Library, Kyoto University Geographica nova ex. Oriente gratiosissima, duabus tabulis specialissimis contenta, quarum una Mare Caspium, altera Kamtzadaliam seu Terram Jedso, curiosè exhibēt / Adapted.
Right: Open Access Week 2021 Theme Graphics (SPARC)
▼Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive
・Our staff will be tweeting about the latest information of digitization. Check out our twitter!
▼京都大学附属図書館（@kumainlib）
▼Twitter Moment : [Digital Archive] OpenAccessWeek2021 [Japanese]
・ALSO check oht the twitter of Kyoto University Research Information Repository KURENAI, which provides information about open access!
▼KURENAI update!（@KURENAI_update）
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