Library Guidance

A library guide is available at the reception desk. It is also available online for downloading. → Library Guide (Japanese) / Library Guide (English)

User Guidance

1. School of the Faculty of Science Common Library
1-A. Open Hours	Monday–Friday: 9:00–20:00 (9:00–16:45 for visitors) 9:00–17:00 on weekdays during school vacations. The Study Room is open 9:00–20:00.
1-B. Closures	Library closure days include: Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, year-end holidays (December 29 to January 4), Foundation Anniversary Day (June 18), and summer holidays (Monday through Wednesday of the third week of August). *Closure days may be subject to change. Check the library calendar for the most up-to-date information.
1-C. Loan Period and Number of Books Out at a Time	Books: 2 weeks, 5 books (reservation and loan extension allowed). Magazines: 3 days (most recent issues cannot be on loan). DVDs: 3 days (a maximum of 3 DVDs at a time). Some DVDs cannot be on loan.
1-D1. Borrowing Procedure	Loan items can be borrowed by presentation of the student IC card, authentication IC card, professor emeritus IC card, or Kyoto University library card at the reception counter or self-checkout machine.
1-D2. Return Procedure	Loaned items can be returned to the reception counter or self check-in machine during open hours, you can return materials to the book drop located the entrance of Building No. 6(South) anytime.
1-E. Library Floor Map	First Floor: Books, new arrivals, references, latest journals, audiovisual resources, etc. Basement Floor: Journal back numbers, open-stack and locked-cabinet collections, etc.
1-F. Photocopying	No copy machine in the library. After completing the borrowing procedure, please make copies at your laboratory, the Co-op, or a convenience store, etc.
1-G. Search Computer	There are two dedicated catalog search terminals in the Library: one on the first floor (close to the large book shelves), and the other on the basement floor.
2. Access to Other Libraries
2-A. Other KU Libraries	List of KU Libraries
2-B. Other university Libraries	We receives requests filed by Faculty of Science students to access other university/college libraries. *Permission to visit other university libraries is granted for students who want to access a particular item.
3. Student Purchase Request
Faculty of Science students have the privilege to request the purchase of a maximum of five books per year.
4. Access to Precious or Rare Items
4-A. Use of the Natural Sciences Archives	Items that are stored in the BF Natural Science Stacks are classified as precious or rare. Individuals wishing to access them must ask permission in advance by email.
4-B. Use of digital data available on the internet	Digital data of materials stored in libraries of Graduate School of Science, and Faculty of Science Common Library are available at the “Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive”. You can freely use these data of materials without application or payment of fees. For more information, please see "the Guide for Content Reuse".
5. Items Stored at Related Facilities
Immediate access cannot be granted to the items stored at the following facilities: Astronomical Observatory, Data Analysis Center for Geomagnetism, Institute for Geothermal Sciences, and Aso Volcanological Laboratory. Access to some of these items may be completely refused
6. Other Services
6-A. Online Services (MyKULINE)	The KULINE platform may be used to request items from other KU libraries, extend the loan period, order ILL copying, or submit an ILL request.
6-B. Reservation for materials from Other KU Libraries	Books and other items stored at the KU campus libraries other than those of the North and Main Campuses can be delivered to you (Faculty of Science students only).
6-C. Inter-campus Return Service	Books and other items loaned from the KU campus libraries other than those of the North and Main Campuses may be returned to the reception counter of our Library. Similarly, books and other items loaned from the our Library may be returned to the reception counter of other KU campus libraries (except Main Campus).
7. Visitor Guidance
Open hours for visitors: 9:00–16:45 on Monday through Friday. **Visitors are advised to read this page for more information.
School of the Faculty of Science Common Library, 104, 1st floor, School of Science Building No. 6, Kitashirakawa Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan	Phone: +8175-753-3622. Fax: +8175-753-3643. Email: 050toshomail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please replace "" with "@" when emailing us.)