University Library
The Kansai University Library consists of four branches: the University Library on the Senriyama Campus, the Library on the Takatsuki Campus, the Takatsuki Muse Campus, and the Sakai Campus.
The total holdings of printed books and periodicals are approximately 2,140,000 volumes, in addition to which the University Library has a large collection of invaluable manuscripts and other materials. The annual acquisition of books, periodicals, and other library materials amounts to approximately 79,400 volumes.
Among the holdings of the University Library, the following special collections attract the attention of academic circles. Detailed catalogues of these collections are being published (at present in Japanese only).
The Bible Collection
Early Modern Archives
The Ebara Collection
(Japanese Literature)
The Gembudo Collection
(Confucian Texts and Studies)
The Gokyu Sesso Collection
(Japanese History, Biographies)
The Hakuen Collection
(Chinese Classics)
The Hattori Collection
(European Philosophy)
The Hirose Collection
(English Literature)
The Hosoe Collection
(English Language and Literature)
The Ikuta Collection
(Japanese Literature)
The Iwasaki Yoshitaka Collection
(Japanese Literature)
The Iwasaki Uichi Collection
(Politics, Sociology)
The Masuda Wataru Collection
(Chinese Literature)
The Materials in Arts and Literature connected with Osaka
The Miyajima Collection
(Economics)
The Murohara Collection
(Materials concerning the 1957 - 1978 Campaigns against the Construction of Shimouke and Matsubara Dams)
The Nagasawa Collection
(Basic materials for Bibliography)
The Naito Collection
(Chinese Classics, CD-ROM catalogue also published)
The Nakamura Yukihiko Collection
(Early Modern Japanese Literature)
The Yaguchi Collection
(European Economic History)
The Yoshida Collection
(Asian Geography, European Political History)
The present University Library was built on the Senriyama Campus in April 1985. It is a spacious and fully-equipped building designed to function as the heart of the University, with sophisticated facilities for full service well into the future.
Not only does it collect and preserve material for students and researchers and make it available to them, but it also offers campus-wide services through the LAN.
Users can look for their desired book using the OPAC system nicknamed "KOALA" by linking up with the web site. Moreover, it is possible to retrieve it outside the university.
Furthermore, the Library now has access to outside information sources through the Internet, and also constantly modifies its web site to offer the latest information.
The University Library has five stories, three stories above and two under the ground, covering a building area on the first floor of 5,018 square meters. The total floor space adds up to 21,750 square meters. The two basement floors are devoted to stacks and carrels for researchers.
The layout of the Library is planned to afford faculty members and students easy access to the full range of library functions. On the first floor are the service area, reference room with approximately 65,700 reference books, newly-arrived periodical and newspaper areas containing about 4,800 Japanese and foreign titles. The second floor serves as an openstack reading room with a combined total of 143,000 books. It also contains an audio-visual room and reading rooms for small groups. The third floor houses three general reading rooms, three special reading rooms, large and small, for group study, rare book stack rooms, and a multipurpose reading room.
Kansai University Library will try to continually enrich its collections of classics, and improve its services by providing new electronic intelligence.
