KansaiUniversityL ibraryContents
Welcome to Our Library 

Welcome to Our LibraryKansai University Library consists of four libraries. Our main library - General Library - is located at the Senriyama Campus and other three libraries are at the Takatsuki Campus,
Takatsuki Muse Campus and Sakai Campus.

1Learning Commons 

3〜4Special Collection 

5〜6Service 

7〜8General Library 

9 〜 12Libraries in Other Campuses 

13 〜 14

Our Works 

15 〜 16Location 

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To provide better service to users, we value“ succession and change ”in our activities.
The University library has a long history of holding important collections of classics. We
will continue to preserve and enhance these collection. Furthermore, we will implement
further digitization of information and develop access to them.
12L earning Commons

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Learning Area

Learning Area
★ Open space for group study.

Working Area

★T ables and chairs may be moved as needed.

Commons Counter

Working Area
★ Offers 9 group study rooms.

5★ Ask commons counter to use.

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Workshop Area

Writing Area

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Commons Counter★ Offers equipment such as
laptop, projector, electronic
whiteboard, and interactivewhiteboard.

Writing Area
★ TAs (graduate teaching assistants) assist students
with writing in Japanese.

Workshop Area

★ For various events and seminars.  

★F eatures large projector screen and microphones.

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S pecial Collection
Ogata Tanko“A picture scroll of an elephant”
Nakamura Yukihiko Collection
The collection formerly owned by Yuhikiko Nakamura(1911-1998), a great scholar of Japanese literature inearly modern times. It includes Japanese and Chinese books; handwrittennotes; and the Southern Song edition of“ Shang shu zhushu ”, which is reputed to be only existing copy.

Naito Collection − Manuscript of“ Wen shi tong yi ”by Zhang, Xue cheng
The collection built up by Konan Naito (1866-1934) andhis son Hakken (1899-1978), who were leading Japanese
historians of East Asia. It includes about 33,000 books,
and many rubbed copies, archeological materials, hanging
pictures, letters, and photographic materials.

5Kimura Kenkado “ A picture of Flowers and a Butterfly ”
Kenkado Kimura (1736-1802) was a cultured painter andscholar who ran a sake brewery in Osaka. He learned painting from Shunboku O'oka and Taiga
Ikeno and played a key role in local artistic circles.

Hakuen Collection
The collection formerly owned by Hakuen Shoin,a private school founded in Osaka in the late Edo era. It
comprises about 20,000 volumes of Chinese books andmanuscripts collected by the Confucianists family - Togai
Fujisawa, his son Nangaku, and his grandsons Kokoku andKoha. It is a comprehensive collection for scholars ofChinese classics.

The scroll picture painted by Tanko
Ogata (1812-1868). He pictured theevent in 1728, where the elephantpurchased by shogun (General)
Tokugawa Yoshimune arrived toNagasaki and then traveled to Edo.
It is believed that he portrayed an
imaginary scene because Tanko wasborn after the event.

Nagasawa Collection

Hirose Collection

The collection of about 30,000
books formerly owned by Kikuya
Nagasawa (1902-1980), a scholar
who devoted his life to the study ofChinese literature and bibliography.
It includes old Chinese andJapanese books, catalogs of books,
and surimono (woodblock prints). It
is important group of researchmaterials for bibliographers.

The collection of about 4,100 books
formerly owned by Sutezo Hirose, a
researcher of Middle English
literature who served as a presidentof Kansai University. He was afamous collector of classics. In thecollection, very important copy ofManyo-shu, which called“HirosebonManyo-shu ”is included.

Materials in Arts and Literatureconnected in Osaka

A small wooden pagoda and prayers
from the Daidaranikyo

The collection consists of the works created bypost Meiji era writers, painters and artists
related to Osaka and the books themed on
Osaka. It covers first editions of the books
written by more than 500 writers, more than
700 titles of magazines, 100 copies of Osaka
guide books, autograph manuscripts, and letters.

Kohen joko (former-Empress) had this pagoda produced
for mourning the souls of those who were killed during
the Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion in 764 as well topray for the protection of the nation. It contains a small
paper scroll printed with a Drani (Buddhist text). The
paper is known as one of the earliest examples ofwoodblock print in the world.

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S ervice
We provide a wide range of library services to support our students and researchers.

Kansai University Library Online Catalog“ KOALA ”
KOALA is the catalog (OPAC) of the Kansai UniversityLibrary.
You can:● Search more than 2.2 million books and journals wehold● Search our collection of e-books and e-journals● Find navigation for more than 50 types of databases
we subscribe
http://opac.lib.kansai-u.ac.jp/

Online Service
Library users can use various online service from computer and smartphone app.
● Renew and reserve a material● Request a material from other campus libraries● Interlibrary loan (ILL)Library users can borrow a physical material or obtaincopies of the title that is not held by Kansai University
Library from other universities.
● New Purchase Request Library users can submit new purchase request for the title
that is not held by Kansai University Library.

7e-Journal and DatabaseWe subscribe to a wide range of e-journals and database to support research and study.
：Science Direct (Elsevier), Wiley Online Library, American Chemical Society,SAGE, American Institute of Physics, Cambridge University Press, Nature,
IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL), Oxford University Press, Taylor & Francis,
and The Royal Society of Chemistry
Academic article database：Web of Science, SciFinder
Newspaper database：lexis.Advance, Asahi Kikuzo II (Asahi Shimbun), Nikkei telecom (The Nikkei),
Yomidas Rekishikan (Yomiuri Shimbun)
Legal database：lexis.Advance, Westlaw
Dictionary database：Oxford English Dictionaryand more!

e-journals

Computers & Wi-Fi
Each library equips a number of public computers for library users. KU Wi-Fi network and KU On
demand Print service are also available in some areas.

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Opening Hours★ Helps users with finding and using
the library materials.
★ Supports learning, teaching andresearch activities.

During school term
DayEntrance

Hours

Monday - Saturday

9.00am - 10.00pm

Learning Commons

Sunday & National holidays

10.00am - 6.00pm★ Encourages student-centered learning withsupportive environment for group learning.

During school vacation
Day

Hours

Monday - Friday

10.00am - 8.00pm

Saturday10.00am - 6.00pm
Closed★ New magazines, reference books,newspapers, maps, EU materials,
and CD-ROMs.
★ E quips with computers with internetaccess.

Check our website for detailed information.
Silent Area
Do not use PCs, calculator or any devices
that make a sound in these area.

KU

KU Wi-Fi Area
You can use KU Wi-Fi in these area.

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PC Corner

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Reference
CounterMain
Counter

New magazines
Entrance
Counter
Entrance

Commons
Counter
Leaming Comnons

Sunday & 
National holidays

Reference Room

Reference books in Humanities
and Social Sciences

G eneral Library

Main Counter★ Offers basic guidance for using thelibrary.
★ Users can borrow and returnmaterials stored in the stack roomsin the basement.

Entrance Counter★ Assistance for visitors.

9103rd floor

Open Stack Room

B1・B2
Stack Room of Rare Books

Single Rooms for Study
Single Rooms for Study

General Reading
RoomReference Book Area

Group Study Rooms

B1: Books for research

Natural Sciences andEngineering Area

Open Stack
CounterCopy

Users can borrow and renew
books by themselves.

GeneralReading
Room 1

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Open Stack Counter

GeneralReading
Room 3

GroupStudyRooms

B2: Back numbers ofjournals and newspapers

Single Rooms
Rooms forfor Study
Study
SingleMulti-purpose
Reading Room
Electrically-Driver
Electrically-Driver Stack
Stackfor Space Saving

Layered StackStack
LayeredUsers can borrow, return,renew and reserve books
stored on the second floor.

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ServiceServiceStationStationGeneral
Reading
Room 2Multi-purpose
Reading
Room

Fixed
FixedStack
Stack

Self-checkout machines

LayeredLayeredStack
Stack

Fixed
FixedStack
Stack

Stack Room ofRare Books

LayeredLayeredStack
Stack

Humanities and Social
Sciences Area
Humanities and Social Sciences Area

2nd floor

The stack rooms in the basements
house a large volume of librarymaterials.

Electrically-Driver
Electrically-DriverStack
Stackforfor SpaceSpaceSaving
SavingCopy
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Natural Sciences and Engineering
Area

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12L ibraries in Other Campuses
Opening Hours
During school termDay

Hours

Monday - Friday

9.00am - 8.00pm

Saturday9.00am - 5.00pm

Sunday & 
National holidays

ClosedDuring school vacation
Day
Monday - Friday
Saturday - Sunday &National holidays

Hours
10.00am - 5.00pm
ClosedTakatsuki Campus LibraryMuse Campus Library

Sakai Campus Library

Takatsuki Campus Library provides Muse Campus Library provides materials

Sakai Campus Library provides materials

materials necessary for studying necessary for studying disaster prevention,necessary for studying sports, health,information media from various disaster reduction, and the other fields

welfare, and the other fields related toperspectives, both in arts and sciences fields.

related to safety and security.

health for people.

Check our website for detailed information.

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O ur Works
Institutional Repository

International Cooperation

http://kuir.jm.kansai-u.ac.jp/dspace/

We have cooperative agreements with following libraries abroad.

Kansai University Institutional Repository is a service forstoring and providing open access to the Kansai
University's research publications such as journal articles,
bulletins, and doctoral theses.

Digitalization
In an effort to make our significant collections
open to a wide variety of users, we have been
digitizing our rare materials.
Some of the digitized materials are available
on Kansai University Library, Electronic Exhibition Room. (http://kul01.lib.kansai-u.
ac.jp/library/etenji/etenji-top.html)
You can also view digital images of our rarematerials on KOALA by searching the item
whose Material Type is“ digital ”.

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Harvard-Yenching Library,
The U.S.AKU Leuven Library, Belgium

City University of Hong Kong
Library

National Central Library, Taiwan

University of Hong Kong
Libraries16KansaiUniversity
SenriyamaCampusNorthexitKandaimaeL ocation
KansaiUniversity
TakatsykiCampus
Meishin Expressway

JR LineSouthexit

Hankyu Line

Settsu-Tonda

Takatsuki

Tonda

Takatsuki-shi

Takatsuki Campus Library

General Library
3-3-35 Yamate-cho, Suita-shi, Osaka

2-1-1 Ryozenji-cho, Takatsuki-shi, Osaka

5 minutes walk from Kandaimae Station on Hankyu SenriLine

From JR Takatsuki Station or JR Settsu-Tonda Station, takeTakatsuki City Bus bound for Kansai-Daigaku and get off at
final stop.

Kansai University

JR LineTakatsuki
Muse Campus
Takatsuki
Takatsuki-shi

KansaiUniversity
SakaiCampusHankyu LineMuse Campus Library

17AsakayamaNankai KoyaLine

Meishin Expressway

Sakai Campus Library

7-1 Hakubai-cho, Takatsuki-shi, Osaka

1-11-1 Kaorigaoka-cho, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osakai. 10 minutes walk from Takatsuki-shi Station on Hankyu
Kyoto Lineii. 7 minutes walk from Takatsuki Station on JR Kyoto Line

1 minute walk from Asakayama Station on Nankai Electric
Railway Koya Line18Kansai University Library
http://opac.lib.kansai-u.ac.jp/
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