Kyoto University Library Network

Kyoto University Library Network, Main Library, Yoshida-South Library and Law Library web site etc.(on "kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp") will suspend its service due to the system maintenance for about 1 hour from 12:00 PM, Aug. 14th, 2026.

The service will be restored as soon as the maintenance work has been completed.
Thank you for your understanding.

[Main Library, Library System Section]

Kyoto University Library Network, Main Library, Yoshida-South Library and Law Library web site etc.(on "kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp") will suspend its service due to the system maintenance for about 1 hour from 12:00 PM, July 16th, 2026.

The service will be restored as soon as the maintenance work has been completed.

Thank you for your understanding.

We are pleased to introduce our new 'Keep Order' service, allowing you to reserve and keep books that are on the library shelves, but not checked out.

1. Available 24/7:
You can request books online 24/7 through MyKULINE. If you already know which book you'd like to borrow, you can easily reserve the materials you need, even during non-operating hours.

2. Flexible Pickup Times:
Books can be picked up at any time during our operating hours. Once you receive a notification email confirming the availability of your reserved materials, you can visit us at your convenience.
The reservation is held for 7 days.
Please check our opening schedule.

3. Real-Time Reservation Management:
You can follow the status of your Keep Order Service in real-time through MyKULINE. If the status is "Preparing",  you can also cancel your reservation online.

Check out the poster for details on how to use the Keep Order Service!

*Please note that some materials may not be available for temporary borrowing. Please be aware that in advance.

“三院衆議帳” held by the Graduate School of Law has been newly released on the Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive.

“三院衆議帳” was formerly owned by Kingo Kobayakawa (小早川欣吾; 1900-1944), a professor at Kyoto Imperial University and a legal historian. It is a record of the Tendai sect from the Genkō era to the Tenbun era.

“三院衆議帳”

As of August 21, 2024, Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive provides 2,153,874 images of 25,504 titles.

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The National Diet Library, Japan, (the NDL) launched a Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Individuals.

The Service is available to official registered users of the NDL.

For detail:

• 2022-5-19 The NDL's Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Individuals to Launch [National Diet Library]
• Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Individuals [National Diet Library]

• User Registration [National Diet Library]

Materials with the location “Katsura B1 Library Stack 3 Faculty of Law Materials” are located in the Katsura Library.

You can order the materials from the Faculty of Law Library and use them.

Please apply from the form below (external site). We will inform you by e-mail when materials are ready.

Kyoto University Faculty of Law Library: the application form  (on-campus only)

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We will be opened temporarily as follows.

・January 29(Sat.)：Opening Hours : 9:00 – 20:00
・February 5(Sat.)：Opening Hours : 9:00 – 20:00

＊ KU Members Only

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.