LibGuides: Bukkyo University: Murasakino Campus Library (紫野キャンパス図書館)

General Information

Facility:	Murasakino Campus Library
Address:	96 Kitaharananobo-cho Murasakino Kitatku, Kyoto 603-8301
Phone:	+81-75-491-2141
FAX:	+81-75-491-5724
Email:	mmc-info#bukkyo-u.ac.jp (Please replace # with @)
Hours:	9:00-20:00, No class: 9:00-17:00, Summer school period: 8:30-21:00
Closed:	Sunday, National Holidays, 10/23, New Year's Holidays, Inventory Period

About Murasakino Campus Library:

Murasakino Campus Library 成徳常照館 was opened in April 1997. The building consists of five stories with a two story basement. The first floor to the fourth floor are reading and study rooms. Open Stack is located at the first basement, and the second basement for closed stack. Finally, the fifth floor is a multi-purpose hall.

Resources & Facilities

Murasakino Campus Library
紫野キャンパス図書館
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Museum of Religious Culture
宗教文化ミュージアム

Summary of Collection(s)

Collection size (As of 2016):

Books: 1,010,026 volumes

Japanese: 789,349 volumes

Non Japanese: 220,677 volumes

Periodicals: 12,981 titles

Japanese 9,386 titles

Non Japanese 3,595 titles

Note: The number mentioned above is the total of all libraries.

Notable Collection:

Jōdoshū Bunkenshitsu (浄土宗文献室): Documents related to the modern Jōdo sect: "浄土教報," "浄土週報," "教学週報" and "宗粋"
Newspapers related to Buddhism: "中外日報" "文化時報" and "仏教タイムス"

Note: The Guide uses the ALA/LC standard romanization, however, it also reflects different romanization system used by an individual institution.

Databases

BAKER (Japanese)
The Baker 佛教大学論文目録 repository stores data about the academic publication materials related to the Bukkyo University, and users can search by title and author name. In addition some articles on web are also available in PDF.

Digital Collection(s)

Bukkyo University Library Digital Collections
160 titles (7200 images) of rare books and including Rakuchū-Rakugai-zu-Byōbu," fairytale books and scrolls relevant to Kyoto and also Jōdo Buddhism related literature

Please read disclaimer found on:
http://archives.bukkyo-u.ac.jp/collections/?page_id=12&lang=en

Access

How to Use the Facility

Using the Library

Prior to the visit:

Letter of Introduction (紹介状 Shōkaijō) from your home institution library. Please use the following form if the home institution does not have one:

A letter of Introduction (Word, PDF)

Upon Arrival:

Please present the letter of Introduction

Please present some form of personal ID.

Accessing Rare Materials

Permission from the director of the library is required.

Please apply at least one week prior to your visit.

Please note that sometimes materials cannot be viewed because of the material's fragility or weather conditions.

Service Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9:30-16:30

Reading should take place in the assigned reading area near the director of the library.

Photocopy:

Photocopy services are provided in accordance with Japanese copyright laws.

Please submit the application form 申請書類 to the director of the library.

Digital photocopy or Microfilm only

Sometimes Photocopies cannot be permitted because of the condition of the materials.

Individuals will receive a print of the image. Digital data or film becomes the property of the library.

It is prohibited to reproduce, copy, or sell images without the library's consent.

Photos should only be taken by contractors assigned by the library.

Individual must pay all expense for photography, printing and copying.

The following things require specific re-approval from the director of the library:

Publishing

Web publishing

Broadcasting

Exhibiting

If used for research articles and books, two copies must be given to the library.

Give Us Your Feedback

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For all comments and questions about the Guide, please e-mail us:

mlaguide@nccjapan.net

Bukkyo University: Murasakino Campus Library (紫野キャンパス図書館)