OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY Open the Door to the World Outline of Okayama University Libraries AY2022 Central Library Shikata Branch Library Institute of Plant Science and Resources Branch Library (IPSR Branch Library) Okayama University Library was established in 1949 just at the same time when the Okayama University. Next year, Library was opened. Okayama University Libraries consist of three libraries: Central Library on Tsushima Campus, Shikata Branch Library on Shikata Campus, and Institute of Plant Science and Resources Branch Library on Kurashiki Campus. The libraries provide a wide range of services to the local communities, and educational and research institutions, not only to member at Okayama University. Some library materials are available for reading to people in the community to support their lifelong learning activities. We also hold regular exhibitions, mainly records and documents of the Ikeda clan, the fief lord of Okayama. To promote and strengthen the web-based e-library services, we have been working on digitizing internal publications and the many Ezu (pictorial map) in the special collections. And we provide access to approximately 85,000 e-journals, 31 databases, and publishes the academic research achievements of the University's members (Scientific Achievement Repository). Okayama University Libraries Central Library 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama 700-8530 Shikata Branch Library 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama 700-8558 Institute of Plant Science and Resources Branch Library 2-20-1 Chuo, Kurashiki City, Okayama 710-0046
Shikata Branch Library is open 24 hours a day for students and teachers at Shikata campus (no staff on duty) after closing time. IPSR Branch Library is open 24 hours a day only for IPSR members.
Service

The Ikeda Family Collection (Ikedake Bunko)
Central Library houses the Ikeda Family Collection (Ikedake Bunko) which contains records and documents of the Ikeda clan, the fief lord of Okayama. The collection consists of 68,083 items of administrative and legislative archives, 22,117 volumes of Japanese classics, and 10,420 volumes of Chinese classics. The collection is well known as the first-rate primary materials for the research of the system of shogunate government and clan governments in the Edo period in Japan. (Chronicle of Nobunaga)  in 15 volumes Shinchō ki 〈Important Cultural Property〉 Keichō 15  (1610) Call No. 真-48 (Ki-48) (Körakuen Garden) Gokõen zu Bunkyū 3   (1863) Call No. T7-123
Programs Utilizing the Special Collections
1. Exhibition of Ezu from the Ikeda Family Collection, since 1997 (co-sponsored by Okayama City Museum since 2005) 2. Okayama Korakuen Garden Workshop for children, since 2006 (co-sponsored by the Faculty of Education) 3. Open Lectures at Okayama University, since 2008 4. Special Exhibitions on Plants and Agriculture, since 2009 (at the Institute of Plant Science and Resources Branch Library) Okayama Korakuen Workshop for Children in AY2019 Open Lecture at Okayama University in AY2021 Director of Okayama University Libraries Kenichiro Koga (Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science) Appointed in April 2021 Deputy Director Tatsuo Fujii (Faculty of Natural Science and Technology) Appointed in April 2021 Masafumi Motomura (Faculty of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems) Appointed in April 2021 Director of Shikata Branch Library Hitoshi Nagatsuka (Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences) Appointed in April 2022 Director of IPSR Branch Library Galis Ivan (Institute of Plant Science and Resources) Appointed in April 2020

Organization
Executive Director for Academic Affairs Library Management Committee Shikata Branch Library Subcommittee Institute of Plant Science and Resources Branch Library Subcommittee
Administrative Office
Director of Okayama University Libraries
Circulation Section Reference Section Shikata Branch Library Section IPSR Branch Library IPSR Branch Library Okayama University Libraries 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530 Contact for Inquiries: Okayama University Libraries Tel. 086-251 -7304 E-mail fae7304@adm.okayama-u.ac.jp Okayama University Libraries Edited by: https://www.lib.okayama-u.ac.jp/index_e.html Okayama University Libranes Search