🌸In-Gallery Talk with the Curator (Updated: April 16)🌸
Date 1: April 25 (Fri.)
Date 2: April 29 (Tue./Holiday)
Starts at 2:00 p.m. on both dates.
Please meet us at the Exhibition Room, Center for Scholarly Information, 2nd floor.
No registration needed. Anyone is welcome to join.
*The talk will be conducted in Japanese.
Interior of the Former Library (Founded in 1925; Building #2)
Greetings
We can all agree on the importance of a library’s collection. Regardless of where in the world a library is located, a library’s collection reveals its history and special characteristics.
Waseda University Library was founded in 1882, more than 140 years ago, when a library room was established in Tokyo Senmon Gakko, the forerunner of the University. The Library as it is today has been shaped by the vast quantity of materials that have been collected, classified, and made available to users over many decades.
Exterior of the Library (Founded in 1904; Defunct)
Currently the Library collection comprises more than six million books. At the outset we struggled to find items for the shelves, but by collecting materials donated and loaned by members of the University, we have continued to serve our users. In step with the growth of the University, the Library moved to new buildings and made a point of expanding its collection to encompass a variety of materials. As the sixth Director of the Library Ōno Jitsuo (1905-1994) put it, the Library is “the beating heart of the University.”* Precisely that thought, we believe, was behind the wishes and deeds of those who went before us.
Flyer (with the Backside in Japanese); Click to Download
In this exhibition we focus principally on the collection of materials facet of the Library’s journey and introduce a variety of materials in our holdings. These materials might be described as the “foundations of knowledge.” How did they come to us? Delving into contemporary anecdotes concerning the acquisition of different materials, we look back at the process by which Waseda University Library’s collection was built.
* Ōno Jitsuo (1905-1994, sixth Director of the Library), “On ivy,” Waseda Daigaku Toshokan kiyō no. 1 (1959).
Waseda University Library
Toyotomi Hideyoshi Kaizoku Hatto
Dates & Venue
Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
Dates: March 21 (Fri) – April 30 (Wed), 2025
Hours: Weekday:10:00～18:00 Sunday:10:00～17:00
Venue: Exhibition Room, Center for Scholarly Information, 2nd floor
- Admission Free. Visitors without a library card can enter, too.
Okuma Monjo
The List of Library Materials on Exhibition
The List of Library Materials on Exhibition (in Japanese)
Virtual Museum
In exchange of comment sheet, we will give you WUL seal bookmark! (stock limited)
Being Prepared
*You can visit the exhibition online!
