Request Photocopies (Interlibrary/Intercampus) ※Charged

If the material you need is not held by the nearby Kyoto University (KU) libraries, you can request photocopies from other KU campuses or other institutions. In principle, this service is charged. Please apply through KULINE.

※This page is for members of the Graduate School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, or Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry.

・Costs/delivery time estimates
・Payment method, form you receive, pickup library
・How to apply
  　Application to use public expense
・Copyright guidelines

Costs/delivery time estimates

Request to other KU campuses Request to other institutions (in Japan)※1

Cost

Black ＆ white: 10-20 yen/page
Color: 60 yen or more/page
No postage

Black ＆ white: 35-60 yen/page
Color: 100 yen or more/page
＋postage, etc.

Delivery time

2-3 days　※2

1 week　※2
※1 For information on ordering from overseas, please refer to the Main Library's website.
※2 It may take more than 1 week depending on the situation of the lending library.

Payment method, form you receive, pickup library

Payment method

Form you receive

Your campus

Pickup library

Public expense
(Initial registration required)

 Paper Katsura Katsura
Yoshida North
South
PDF　※
(KU library materials only）		 Katsura MyKULINE
Yoshida

Private expense

Paper

Katsura

Katsura

Yoshida

Main
  • 【Public expense】Pickup library for those who belong to Yoshida Campus is as follows.
    • North Library: Division of Civil, Environmental and Resources Engineering, Division of Architecture and Division of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    • South Library: Division of Engineering Science and Division of Chemical Science and Technology
    • For those who belong to the Division of Informatics and Mathematical Science: The Graduate School of Informatics Library will handle your requests.
  • 【Private expense】You can also choose Uji Branch Library as the pickup library.
  • 【Public/Private】Photocopies of materials held by Yoshida campus libraries cannot be picked up at the North Library and the South Library. Please visit the library directly.
  • 【Public/Private】For those who belong to Cooperating Chairs : If you wish to change the library that handles your request, please contact the library where you wish to change.
  • 【Public/Private】For materials held by Katsura Library, the North Library and the South Library, we offer free photocopy requests up to three items per person per day.

※Notes on receiving in PDF format

  • Photocopies of materials owned by other KU campus libraries can be provided in PDF format if you apply for them at public expense.
  • You can view the PDF for two weeks under the campus network environment.
  • To comply with Copyright Law, you cannot save PDFs to a computer or other device. Only one copy can be printed. Redistribution of PDFs or printed materials to third parties is strictly prohibited.
  • For information on how to connect to the campus network from off-campus, please refer to the website of the Institute for Information Management and Communication.

How to apply

Please apply through the online service KULINE. Please refer to the following for details.

  • When you search on KULINE and find holdings at KU libraries:
    • Click on the "Copy" button.
  • When you search on KULINE "OtherUniv Search" and find holdings at other institutions:
    • Click on "ILL" on the left side menu. 
  • When you cannot find holdings on KULINE/KULINE "OtherUniv Search": 
    1. Click on the "User Service" tab at the top of the page.
    2. Apply from "InterLibraryLoan/Photocopy Request".

　Kyoto University Library Network Website: Guide to Interlibrary Loan Services

〔Application to use public expense〕

If you wish to pay with public expense, please submit the “Application Form for Photocopy/Interlibrary Loan at Public Expense" [PDF] only for the first time. This is to confirm that the person responsible for the budget has approved its use and to register the budget. A signature or seal of the person responsible for the budget (e.g., the faculty representative of the laboratory) is required.

Copyright guidelines

You can request photocopies only within Copyright Law.

  • 【Journals】: Journals that have been published for a certain period after publication (The next issue has been already published or three months have passed since the publication) may be photocopied. 
  • 【Books】: Only a part of an entire book may be photocopied. For collected papers written by multiple authors, less than half of each article may be photocopied. ※In principle, full-page photocopies of books are not allowed.
  • Photocopying is permitted only for research purposes, and only one photocopy can be made per person. Regardless of whether or not compensation is received, recopying or distribution of photocopies is prohibited.