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1. Rights related to the contents on this website

  • The copyrights and any other rights related to all types of contents (hereafter “Contents”), including images, documents and other materials, on Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive (https://rmda.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/; hereafter “Website”), unless specifically stated otherwise, belong to the rights holders and are protected by the Copyright Law of Japan, relevant international treaties or conventions.
  • The images on this website are produced and publicized after it has been confirmed that the copyright protection terms of their original materials have expired (*).
    • The copyright protection term of each original material is confirmed by examining the date of death of the author(s), the date of release by the group with its authorship or other rational presumption such as the time of publication.
       

2. The Conditions of Use

(Main Library)
(Yoshida-South Library)
(Faculty of Law Library)
(Graduate School of Economics and Faculty of Economics Library)
(Libraries of the Graduate School of Science)
(Kyoto University Museum)

  • Among the Contents on this Website, the images duplicated from the materials (hereafter “Images”) held by the Main Library, Yoshida-South Library, Faculty of Law Library, the Graduate School of Economics and Faculty of Economics Library, the Libraries of the Graduate School of Science and the Kyoto University Museum are, unless specifically stated otherwise, available for users to copy, adapt or redistribute in any medium without application or fee under the following conditions:
    • Users must indicate which libraries hold the original materials of the Images.
      • ex. Photograph courtesy of the Main Library, Kyoto University - Title of the material
      • ex. Photograph courtesy of the Main Library, Kyoto University - Title of the material / Adapted.
    • When using the Images on websites, users must provide links to the Images on this Website.
    • Users must indicate if changes were made to the Images.
  • Users should download the Images from this Website by themselves. The Images output in JPEG format with a maximum size of 2000pixel per side. If you require original high resolution Images, please ask the Main Library (see "6. Contact about this matter").
  • Users can use the Contents other than Images on this Website for free within the copyright restriction conditions stated in the Copyright Law of Japan.
  • When using the Contents in academic publications, users are encouraged to donate physical copies of them to the libraries that hold the original materials. Please note the libraries may make the copies available for their users.

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(Libraries other than those above)

[NOTE]

  • Materials held by Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics Library (YITP) are in principle available for users to copy, adapt or redistribute in any medium without application or fee under the above mentioned conditions, but application for reuse is required for some of them. Please follow the "Rights" statement on the bibliographic record of each material.
  • "Architectural Drawings by Josiah Conder, Important Cultural Property (Katsura Library)" (https://rmda.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/collection/dep-arch-conder) is NOT for free use. Application for reuse is always required.
    Please refer to Katsura Library website "Special-Use" for the reuse conditions.
  • Part of the materials held by the Graduate School of Letters are also available for users to copy, adapt or redistribute in any medium without application or fee under the above mentioned conditions. Please follow the "Rights" statement on the bibliographic record of each material.
     

3. Disclaimer

  • Kyoto University Library Network (hereafter “KULN”) will take no responsibility for and will not be liable for any results caused by users using this Website and its Contents, or any loss or damage suffered as a result of the use of, or inability to use this Website and its Contents.
     

4. Link to this Website

  • Placing a link to this Website is freely permitted.
  • When using websites of third parties to which this Website places links, users should follow the conditions of each website. KULN will take no responsibility for and will not be liable for any loss or damage suffered as a result of the use of such websites.
     

5. Relevant rules

6. Contact about this matter

(Main Library)
Digital Archive Section, Research Support Division, Main Library, Kyoto University
Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
606-8501 JAPAN
e-mail: gazo660[a]mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please replace "[a]" with "@")
TEL: +81-75-753-2612
FAX: +81-75-753-2649
* Please contact us by e-mail or fax as much as possible.

(Yoshida-South Library)
Library Public Service Section, Yoshida-South Library, Kyoto University
Yoshida Nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyoku, Kyoto
606-8501 JAPAN
e-mail: eturan61[a]mail.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please replace "[a]" with "@")
TEL: +81-75-753-6525
FAX: +81-75-753-6896

(Faculty of Law Library)
Faculty of Law Library, Kyoto University
Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
606-8501 JAPAN
e-mail: lawlib_eturan@mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please replace "[a]" with "@")
TEL: +81-75-753-3114
FAX: +81-75-753-3160

(Graduate School of Economics and Faculty of Economics Library)
Graduate School of Economics and Faculty of Economics Library, Kyoto University
Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
606-8501 JAPAN
e-mail: 040etsuran[a]mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please replace "[a]" with "@")
TEL: +81-75-753-3412
FAX: +81-75-753-3414

(Libraries of the Graduate School of Science)

* Faculty of Science Common Library
Oiwakecho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyoku, Kyoto
606-8502 JAPAN
e-mail: 050tosho[a]mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please replace "[a]" with "@")
TEL: +81-75-753-3644 (Weekdays 9:00-17:00）

* Division of Mathematics and Mathematical Analysis, Mathematics Library, Graduate School of Science
[Free License with Conditions] 京都大学数学教室貴重書ライブラリ利用上の注意 (Conditions for Reuse ; Japanese only)
Oiwakecho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyoku, Kyoto
606-8502 JAPAN
e-mail: tosho[a]math.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please replace "[a]" with "@")
TEL: +81-75-753-3703 (Weekdays 9:00-12:00, 13:00-17:00)

* Division of Physics and Astronomy, Astronomy Library, Graduate School of Science
Oiwakecho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyoku, Kyoto
606-8502 JAPAN
e-mail: astosho[a]kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please replace "[a]" with "@")
TEL: +81-75-753-3900 (Weekdays 10:00-12:00, 13:00-16:30)

* Earth & Planetary Sciences Library, Graduate School of Science
Oiwakecho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyoku, Kyoto
606-8502 JAPAN
e-mail: epslib[a]eps.sci.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please replace "[a]" with "@")
TEL: +81-75-753-3920（Weekdays 10:00-12:00, 13:00-17:00）

* Library of Biologicasl Science, Graduate School of Science
Oiwakecho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyoku, Kyoto
606-8502 JAPAN
e-mail: tosho[a]biol.sci.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please replace "[a]" with "@")
TEL: +81-75-753-4082 (Weekdays 9:00-12:00, 13:00-17:00)

(Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics Library)
Oiwakecho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyoku, Kyoto
606-8502 JAPAN
e-mail: yitplib[a]yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please replace "[a]" with "@")
TEL: +81-75-753-7007

(Libraries other than those above)
List of KU libraries: http://www.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/newdb?lang=en

[NOTE] To use rare materials not yet digitized, please refer to the websites below:
Main Library: http://www.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/mainlib/en/collections/rarematerials#a4
List of KU libraries: http://www.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/newdb?lang=en