Hours
Available Hours
Weekday: 9am – 5pm
Saturday: Not Available
Closing Day
Sunday, Holiday, 15th of every month (Next workday if 15th is a weekend or Holiday)
Year End and New Year, Entrance exam’s day in January and February, 1st~5th April
the anniversary of KU (18th June), about 10days in mid-August (the Bon Holiday)
The schedule is here.
For Using
Non-KU members can read reserved items in the reading room between 9:00 and 17:00 on weekdays. Please make your reservation by 17:00 at least three business days in advance.
※For using rare books, please visit here.
Institutional Members
If you are a member of some university or research institute, we recommend that you apply through your university or institution’s library.
Others (including Alumni)
Please apply from <[EconLib] Visiting Application Form (General Books)>. You may also apply through public libraries. Please inform the library to apply through this form.
Librarians
Please apply from <[EconLib] Visiting Application Form (General Books)>. A letter of introduction is not required. If you have special circumstances that make it difficult to apply from the form, please submit “Visiting Application“ by e-mail.
On Visiting Day
Please bring your identity card (e.g. Student/Faculty/Staff card, driver’s license, or health insurance card) and replication of the visit reservation.
Only items you reserved in advance are available. No additional materials will be accepted on the day. If you need additional materials, please apply again through your university or public library.
Photography with smartphones, cameras, etc. is permitted only for materials that we determine cannot be copied by photocopiers, such as deteriorated materials. If you wish to do so, please submit an “Application for Taking Photos“. If it is difficult for you to take photos by yourself, please apply for an ILL service through your university or public library.
To Make Photocopies
A copier in the reading room is usable with Co-op cards. If you’d like to pay with coins, you can copy them outside the library after applying for short borrowing at the desk.
*The following items cannot be copied.
Rare books, thesis, new arrival journals, and deteriorated/damaged materials.