Library Map
Higashiyama Campus

Outline of Nagoya University Library2023
0 Central Library 1 Lib. of Humanities 2 School of Education Lib. 3 Law Lib.
4 Asian Law Lib.(Branch of Law Lib.) 5 Economics Lib. / European Info
6 Economic Research Center Lib. 7 Lib. of Informatics and Languages
8 Graduate School of International Development Lib. 9 Science Lib.
Tsurumai Campus
10 Central Engineering Lib. 11 Chemical & Biological Lib.
12 Electrical & Information Lib. 13 Mechanical & Aerospace Lib.
14 Civil Eng. Lib. 15 Bioagricultural Lib.
16 Lib., Solar-Terrestrial Sciences (ISEE Lib. #1)
Inst. of Materials and Systems for Sustainability (in ISEE Lib. #1)
Medical Library
17 Lib., Hydrospheric-Atmospheric Sciences (ISEE Lib. #2)
18 Information Technology Center Lib.
19 Research Center of Health, Physical Fitness & Sports Lib.
20 Inst. of International Education & Exchange Lib.
21 Pharmaceutical Sciences Lib. 22 Gender Research Library

Daiko Campus

Library ofHealth Sciences

Management and Administration
University Library
Advisory Council

General Affairs & Budget Section
Manager, Information
Control Division

Library Studies
Director of theUniversity LibraryVice Director of theUniversity LibraryCollection Development Section

Director of theManager

Manager, Higashiyama
Campus Libraries Division

DeanDeputy
ManagerDeputy

Medical LibraryCommunications

Electronic Resources Section

Director, Library
Administration Department

Manager, Information
Services Division

Director of the Information &Deputy
Manager

Director, Information andCommunications Technology
Services Department

Research & Learning Support Section

Medical & Health Sciences Libraries Section

DeputyManager

Libraries Administration Section, West

DeputyManager

Libraries Administration Section, EastManager,Information Planning

Information Management Group

Division(Academic Information Section)

Director / Manager

Outline of Nagoya University Library 2023

Central Library Circulation Section

Departmental Libraries

August 2023

Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan 464-8601
E-mail:tos-soumu@t.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Phone:+81-52-789-3667

FAX:+81-52-789-3693

https://www.nul.nagoya-u.ac.jp/index_e.html

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Library Grand Design 2021

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1939 Nagoya Imperial University (School of Medicine,
School of Science and Engineering) was established.
Medical Library was established on School of Medicalcampus (Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku) and a departmental
library in each department.
1947 The libraries were renamed as Nagoya University Library.
1948 Nagoya University Library was relocated from
Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku to Minamisotobori-cho, Naka-ku.
1964 Furukawa Library (Central Library) was establishedon Higashiyama Campus.
1970 Nagoya University Library Bulletin Kanto was ﬁrstpublished.
1973 Medical Library was established on Tsurumai Campus.
1981 New Central Library opened.
1994 Enlargement of the Central Library was completed.
2001 Nagoya University Library Studies was established.
2006 Nagoya Repository, a NAGOYA University InstitutionalRepository, launched.
2009 Learning Commons was established in Central Library.
2010 Coﬀee Shop opened in Central Library.
2010 Science Library opened.
2011 Central Engineering Library relocated to E & S building.
2012 Kanazawa, Shizuoka and Nagoya University Library
have entered into an agreement to cooperate in a projectthat will promote learning.
2014 Central library was renovated.
2015 Medical Library (Tsurumai and Daiko Campuses) wasrenovated.
2016 Nagoya University Open Access Policy was prescribed.
2017 Nagoya University Library Support Fund was established.
2017 Gender Research Library opened.
2018 Biblio Salon was renamed as OKB TAKAGI FamilyDocuments Exhibition Gallery.
2019 TAKAGI Family Documents were designated as Important
Cultural Properties.
2020 Tokai National Higher Education and Research System wasestablished.
2021 MakerSpace was established in Central Library.

Main Collections
Takagi Family Documents

The Ito Keisuke Collection

The Takagi Family Documents is acollection of historical documents
regarding the Toki and Tara districts ofIshizu-gun in the Mino Province (presentday Kami Ishizu in Ogaki City, Gifu
Prefecture). These documents werehanded down to the Hatamoto NishiTakagi family—the retainers to the local
gentry family. The collection includes
approximately 100,000 documents, andalthough most of the retainer documents
were lost during the fall of the Edo
Shogunate, the scale and contents ofthese remaining documents areunprecedented. Not only do the Takagi
Family Documents contribute to researchon retainer feudalism, but the documents,
which have been utilized across a range ofﬁelds, have also received positive
evaluation and signiﬁcant attention as
Map of the Kiso Three Rivers BasinJapanʼs largest systematic materials on
A pictorial map showing the river
rivers and ﬂood control. To date, morebasin environment before Horeki riverthan 52,000 documents have been
improvement (1754‒1755) that thecataloged. In addition to performing a full Takagi Family used for river
analysis of the Takagi Family Documents, management.
we are working on the improvement of
the restoration process and preservation
environment for damaged anddeteriorated documents as well as thedocument utilization environment.

This comprises a collection of 188manuscripts written by Keisuke Ito,a pioneer of modern botany in Japan.

From Kinka Shokubutsu Zusetsu

The Mizuta LibraryThis comprises a collection of about
8,600 volumes including original copies
on the history of modern Europeansocial thought. These documents
formerly belonged to the late Mizuta
Hiroshi, a professor emeritus of Nagoya
University and a member of the Japan
Academy and his wife, Nagoya
University of Economics professor
emeritus Tamae Mizuta.

Horeki 4 - February 15, 1754 - Kishomon (Pledge Document)

Learning Commons

Digitization and Transmission ofAcademic Information

Statistics（Fiscal 2022）

The Central Library Learning Commons is a
newly established library space that supports
autonomous study and encourages the pursuit ofknowledge. The Learning Commons provides
students with the following learning environment:

While digitizing and releasing the Takagi Family
Documents, the Ito Keisuke Collection, and theJapanese‒Chinese classical books owned by Nagoya
University Library through our E-Collection, we havealso constructed the NAGOYA Repository (Nagoya
University Institutional Repository) and transmitted
academic information generated at the university,
such as academic papers and dissertations.

Collection An integrated learning environment within thelibrary information infrastructure, enabling
students to engage in group study and utilize
information technology (IT) resources.
 An eﬀective support service to develop
information literacy competency.
 Provision of a wide array of information regarding
academics and student life.

Facility
Total Floor(㎡)

Seating
Capacity

Central Library

15,597

1,043

5,739

Medical Library

3,001

427

1,962,226

32,003

Departmental Library

10,064576

3,385,834

55,586

Japanese

NonJapanese

Number ofJournals

Central Library

710,559

518,916

1,229,475

17,844

Medical Library

112,356

81,777

194,133

Departmental Library

1,038,307

923,919

Total

1,861,222

1,524,612

Total

E-Resource

Library Service
Days Openhttps://www.nul.nagoya-u.ac.jp/db/e_collect/index_e.html
NAGOYA Repository ▶
https://nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp/lang/en

Part of the Mizuta Library

Users

Users from Outside ( )Books
Borrowed

Central Library

355

490,082(5,772)

Medical Library273

62,439(2)

8,357

133～274

233,208(1,666)

66,490785,729(7,440)205,968

Departmental
Library
Total―

131,121

E-Journals
E-Journal downloaded
E-books
Database Search sessions
NAGOYA Repository submission

19,750 titles
4,191,101 articles
47,798 titles
895,995 sessions
34,780 items