Entering Library
You can bring hand-carried bags into the Reading Room. However, please do not bring hand-carried bags into the stack room; instead, put them in the locker.
Copying Documents
Before copying, please fill in an “Application Form for Copying Documents” which is placed at the library counter. You can photocopy documents outside of the library with short borrowing.
A Co-op’s photocopy machine is located in the Reading Room.
Only faculty of Graduate School of Economics and Management can use the photocopy machine for public expense.
＊Rare books cannot be copied.
＊Short borrowing is limited to 5 books at a time.
＊For journals, latest issue (new arrival journal) cannot be borrowed or copied.
Entering Stack Room
Faculty and students of Kyoto University can use books in the stack room. To enter the stack room, go to the library counter and exchange your personal ID or library card with an entrance card, which is the key to the stack room.
＊Location “East Bldg. B1 Stacks Center/東館B1 センター” “East Bldg. B2 Stacks/東館B2 書庫” are located in a separate building (East Wing of HOKEI Building). Only faculty and students who belong to Faculty of Economics, Graduate School of Economics, and Graduate School of Management can enter the stacks from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. For other members, please use the Keep Order service. For materials not eligible for the Keep Order service, please apply using the ‘[KU members only] Economics Library Circulation Application Form’. Be careful that it takes some time.
Reference Service
If you have any questions, such as direction to materials and library service, feel free to consult at the library counter.
Visiting another library
You can visit and use another University’s library. Before visiting (at least 3 days before), please apply to library counter to get an introduction letter.
*Office hour: 9 am to 5 pm on weekday
Interlibrary loans
University members can make Interlibrary Loan (ILL) requests. You can borrow books/get a photocopy of articles from other university.
It needs some postage and charge. For payment, when you pay by private expence, please apply to Main Library through MyKULINE.
Guide to Interlibrary Loan Services (Kyoto University Library Network Website)
Inter-campus Delivery Service
You can borrow books/get a photocopy of articles from other campus library. Please apply through MyKULINE.
*It is not possible to make requests when the material is available in your home campus.