Floor Guide (Katsura Library)

2nd Floor

Open Lab/Research Commons

The Open Lab and Research Commons are spaces with environments and facilities that differ from those of laboratories, to stimulate interaction among researchers, foster intellectual activities among students, and encourage collaboration with researchers outside the university.
These spaces are available for group work and discussion, as well as for conferences and poster exhibitions.
The wall separating the Open Lab and the Research Commons is movable, and it can be used as a single area.

Media Creation Room

Media Creation Room is a place to support the creation of content for research and learning.
This room has a studio, with equipment for shooting and editing video and creating graphics. 

1st Floor

Reading Room

Mainly, books published since the 1990s and new journals are placed.

• Books (Reading Room/Paperback/D&I Books/Nagao Collection/Large-Scale/Exhibition)
• Reference books
• Journals (new arrival/bound)

Stack 1

Research books moved from Katsura and Yoshida libraries are stored by their unique classification.

• NDC10
• Civil, Environmental and Resources Engineering [GE1/GE2]
• Architecture and Architectural Engineering [AR]
• Engineering Science [ME1/ME3/AA/NE]
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering [EE]
• Chemical Science and Technology [MC/EH/PC/SB/CE/IC]
• Large-Scale Books

Group Study Rooms

The Group Study Rooms are spaces for group work, discussion, and online meetings.

Theater Room

Theater Room is a space for viewing video materials.
Equipped with soundproofing, you can watch Blu-ray and DVD on a 4K-compatible 85-inch TV.

Study Carrels

Study Carrels are rooms for individuals to concentrate on studying.

Basement 1st Floor

Stack 2

The theses and dissertations of the Graduate School of Engineering and the School of Engineering are stored.

Stack 3

Block A

Natural Science BNC (Back Number Center) Journals are stored.

The Katsura Library, which is an Area Cooperative Library, has collected a total of 3,765 titles in the library's collection, from the BNC (Back Number Center) journals including selected titles in the field of natural sciences, as part of the shared facility for the joint preservation of science and engineering materials across the university.

• Japanese [A-1]
• Western languages [A-2/A-3/A-4:large-scale]

Block B, C

Journals' back numbers are stored in the underground stack.

• Natural Science BNC [B-1:large-scale]
• Chemical Science and Technology [B-3]
• General Engineering [B-2:large-scale/B-4]
• Chemical Abstracts [B-5]
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering [B-6]
• Civil, Environmental and Resources Engineering [C-1:large-scale/C-3/C-4/C-5]

Basement 2nd Floor

Stack 4

Especially old books are stored in the underground stack.

• Architecture and Architectural Engineering [Masuda Collection / Tamakoshi Collection / Fukushima Collection / AR2-1 / Classic Books]
• Civil, Environmental and Resources Engineering [Okino Collection/GE1/GE2/GE3]
• Engineering Science [ME2]
• Large-Scale Books

Stack 5 (Block D, E)

Block D, E

Journals' back numbers are stored in the underground stack.

• Architecture and Architectural Engineering [D-1:large-scale/D-2]
• Engineering Science [E-1/E-2:large-scale]

Block F

Especially old and large books are stored in the underground stack.

• Architecture and Architectural Engineering [AR2]

How to Enter the Basement Stack Rooms

Kyoto University Members can enter, so please proceed to the Information desk on the second floor.
You can't bring your luggage.
You can also use the Place a Hold Service.
If you are not a Kyoto University Member, please let us know at the information desk.