Library Service Guide

Photocopy

Making Copies in the library

General rules in the library

Photocopying is limited by the rules of the library and Copyright Law(*).

  • Photocopy in the library is permitted only for the purpose of personal study or research.
  • Only a partial copy of library items is permitted (less than half of the total pages of the material).
  • Only a single copy of library items may be made.
  • The latest issue of periodicals(journals, magazines and newspapers) cannot be photocopied.
  • It is not permitted to make copies of personal documents such as notebooks, etc.
  • Please fill out the 'Application form of copy services' and put it in the box provided.

(*)Copyright Law : Article 31. (Reproduction in libraries, etc.)
(i) where, in response to the request of a user of a library, etc. and for the purpose of his research or study, such user is furnished with a single reproduction of (a)a part of a work already made public, or (b) in the case of an individual work reproduced in a periodical already published for a considerable period of time, all of such individual work.

Copying in the Libraries

For more information on copying service, please refer each library's guide on Libraries in Nagoya University.