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As a means to share information described in rare materials more widely, the Kyoto University Library Network has been digitizing them and making the data available on the internet. The new website page introduces how to make rare materials open access with photographs.

Two hundred and twenty four titles from the Daiso-bon collection held by the Main Library have been newly digitized and released. As of March 11, 2021, Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive provides 1,663,107 images of 20,564 titles.

The number of rare materials in Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive topped 20,000 titles and 1.6 million images. As of March 8, 2021, Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive provides 1,638,715 images of 20,340 titles.

Twenty titles of rare materials held by the Main Library, including restored “大般若波羅蜜多経”, have been newly digitized and released. As of March 8, 2021, Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive provides 1,638,715 images of 20,340 titles.

Seven hundred and seventy-one items have been newly released in the "Asia Depicted On Postcards" collection.

NDL Search provided by the National Diet Library shows direct links to Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive by getting metadata from Kyoto University’s OPAC, KULINE. New data has been added on March 1, 2021 and the thumbnails of rare materials are now available in NDL Search.

Kikutei Collection was deposited permanently to the Main Library, Kyoto University by late Marquess Kiminaga Kikutei in 1921 and 1922, and has been preserved and researched in the library. Thanks to the generous contribution from its current owner, the collection, together with additional related documents, was donated to the Main Library and has recently been registered as the library’s holding. This time, six items – four portraits of the family heads, a scroll of the family tree, and a well-known diary written in 1576, “Tokitsugu-kyo-ki (言継卿記)” – have been digitalized and released. As of January 21, 2021, Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive provides 1,614,552 images of 19,436 titles.

This month’s new releases are as follows: payer book in Ilocano of Foronda Collection held by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies; Chinese classic “Shuo wen jie zi xi zhuan” (説文解字繋傳 40卷校勘記3卷) held by the Graduate School of Letters and “Sasakike den” (佐々貴家傳) held by the Main Library.

Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive marks the 3rd Anniversary since its launch on December 1st, 2017. Our content increased from 394,069 images of 3,719 titles to 1,613,314 images of 19,427 titles.
We will continue to promote open access to rare materials Kyoto University owns.

163 from Zokyo Shoin Collection Have Been Newly Digitized And Released. As of December 1, 2020, Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive provides 1,613,314 images of 19,427 titles.