Photocopy

The following methods are available for copying in the library.

Self-service via Copy Machines

UnitBlack/WhiteColor
1 Sheet10 yen50 yen
  • Copying is available via card-type copy machines or coin copy machine.
  • Please fill in an “Request Form for Photocopying of Documents."
  • This is in order to confirm that the copying is legal as “reproduction in libraries, etc."
  • The machines that can be used vary depending on the kind of prepaid card.
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Co-Op Use
    • Coin-type
  • Please do not copy anything other than library materials.
  • Non-library items such as notebooks and other materials brought into the library cannot be copied on library premises.
  • Please refrain from copying damaged materials.
    For items that would likely suffer damage from copying, please inquire at the Help Desk.
  • If you use the self-copy machine, the library cannot issue a receipt, but the following services are available at the Co-op West Shop ( weekdays from 10:00 to 16:00 except during the year-end and New Year holidays and summer holidays (when the store is closed during the above hours, the Co-op Office on the right side of the store can provide services)).
    • If you use the coin copy machine, you can get a receipt at the Co-op West Shop if you bring the photocopied materials.
    • If you are using the copy machine for the Co-op card, a receipt will be issued when you purchase a Co-op copy card at the Co-op West Shop.

Application via the Help Desk

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University User1 Sheet20 yen60 yen
Non-University User1 Sheet40 yen80 yen

Copying of the following items is handled at the Help Desk on the 1st floor of the main building.
Please pay at the Help Desk when you pick up your copies, in cash or by mobile payment (PayPay or LINE Pay). Please refer to the notes for mobile payment here. You can pick up copies at the counter outside Help Desk opening time when cash payment is not required.

Copying of materials in a fragile condition

Library staff will make copies using a specialized machine.

Microform Viewing/Printing

Make an application at the Help Desk after retrieving the microforms at the Checkout desk. Please refer to this page for the usage hours.

Copying of Rare Materials

Copying of the University’s rare materials and documents published before 1850 is as a rule only available via microfilm.
For details, please see here.

Copying of collections managed by the Center for Historical Social Science Literature

Copying procedures should be completed at the Center for Historical Social Science Literature.

Help Desk Service Hours
Mon-Fri 9:00-17:00 (except 12:00-13:00 during holiday terms)
* Users wanting their copies and receipt on the same day should apply by 15:00.
Note, however, that depending on the amount of copying and how busy the library is, same day delivery may not always be possible.

Paying for the expense of copying with external funds

The expense of photocopying at the university libraries can also be paid with external funds such as Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research and donations. Please check the details below before using this service.
*Only faculty members who have been provided with a faculty copy machine ID card can use this service.

Payment Period

  • From April 1 to the end of January for photocopies in the library.
    *After the period stated above, you have to pay with “photocopy fee (school expenses)”. “Photocopy fee (school expenses)" can also be paid during the period stated above.

Notes on photocopying

(1) If you want to use the copy machine in the library

  • Please fill out the “Application form for photocopying (external funds)" located next to the copy machine in the library and submit it to the Help Desk on the first floor of the library.
    *After 5:00 p.m. on weekdays, on weekends and holidays, and in the absence of Help Desk staff, please submit your request to the Main Counter.
    *If you don’t know “a jurisdiction, resource, and the name of the project” of external funds, please refer to the office of the graduate school you belong to.
    *Please also fill out a “Application form for photocopying" and drop it in the box next to the copy machine in the library.

(2) If you want to use photocopy service by staff

  • Please fill out the the “Application form for photocopying (external funds)" and submit it to the Help Desk on the first floor of the library.
    *If you don’t know “a jurisdiction, resource, and the name of the project” of external funds, please refer to the office of the graduate school you belong to.
    *Please also fill out a “Application form for photocopying" and submit it to the Help Desk.

Copyright

Please conduct all copying within the scope of legality prescribed in the Copyright Law.

  • It is illegal to copy a book in its entirety.
    The legal limit allows for a range not in excess of half the number of pages in a work.
  • The full text of an article in the current issue of a periodical cannot be copied.
    Copying of the whole of an individual work included in a periodical already published is permitted after a reasonable period of time has passed since publication (i.e. after the next issue has appeared).
  • One copy per person is the legal limit.
    Making copies to give to other people is illegal.
  • Normally, the permission of the copyright holder is needed to copy material.However, as an exception, and only when certain fixed conditions are met, copying without seeking the copyright holder’s permission is acceptable.
  • When copying within the library, Article 31 (Reproduction in libraries, etc.) of the Copyright Law applies. However, when copying outside the library, conditions for free use of a work are prescribed as in Article 30 (Reproduction for private use) and Article 35 (Reproduction in schools and other educational institutions) of the Copyright Law.

cf. Q&A: Copyright issues in University Libraries (National Public & Private University Library Co-Op Committee, University Library Copyright Advisory Committee) *only in Japanese
cf. Copyright (Agency for Cultural Affairs)
cf. Copyright Research and Information Center