RIEB Library
The RIEB Library is one of a few libraries solely for economics and business administration. This library collects many important books and documents and is open for outside researchers as well. It serves as a key library in the Kansai area. This Library is connected with National Institute of Informatics (Ministry of Educations, Science and Culture Information Network). Thus, researchers of other institutes can locate necessary books and documents via this information network.
Books and Periodicals
(As of April 1st, 2011)
| Classification | Japanese Books |
Foreign Books |
Others | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Library Books | 60,687 | 77,658 | ||
| Statistical Books | 13,638 | 8,668 | Individual country government statistics, OECD, EC, etc. statistics | |
| Special Collection | Latin America | 11,628 | Humanities and Social Science Collection | |
| America | 1,776 | 9,236 | Donated by Osaka American Center | |
| Oceania | 3,372 | Donated by Australian Government | ||
| Newspaper Article | 3,200 | Newspaper Scraps from 1911 (Meiji 44) to 1970 (Showa 45) | ||
| Periodicals | 1,629 19,691 |
1,678 26,977 |
Bound Periodicals | |
| Total | 98,992 | 137,540 | ||
| microfilm 6,853 reels microfiche 704,827 sheets |
US Congress, US census Reports, US Government Statistics, Latin America Statistic Documents, Asian Countries Statistical Documents etc. | |||
Utilization
Borrowed (books)
(*: including undergraduates)
| by non-Kobe researchers |
by granduate students |
by other dept. of Kobe Univ. |
by RIEB staff | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 516 | 3,676 | 479 | 483 | 5,154 |
| 2002 | 390 | 2,694 | 677 | 1,014 | 4,775 |
| 2003 | 324 | 2,821 | 632 | 825 | 4,602 |
| 2004 | 372 | 3,103 * | 695 | 802 | 4,972 |
| 2005 | 295 | 1,664 * | 561 | 1,282 | 3,802 |
| 2006 | 88 | 1,172 * | 324 | 463 | 2,047 |
| 2007 | 87 | 891 * | 297 | 410 | 1,685 |
| 2008 | 50 | 934 * | 310 | 433 | 1,727 |
| 2009 | 186 | 1,055 * | 406 | 563 | 2,210 |
| 2010 | 169 | 749 * | 204 | 587 | 1,709 |
Statistics on the World Economy
Since statistics are indispensable for research in economics and business, the RIEB library has been putting much of its efforts into collecting statistics from around the world. This library collects many statistical books of various international organizations and individual country governments. The following collections are open to researchers.
（all in microfiche & microfilm／As of April 1st, 2011）
| Collections | Collection Period |
|---|---|
| International Facilities Statistics | 1983 - 1987 |
| Annual Reports of the World's Central Banks | 1946 - 1999 |
| African Official Statistical (Serials) | 1821 - 1976 |
| African Statistical Series | 1936 - 1982 |
| Middle Eastern / North African Statistical (Series) | 1907 - 1983 |
| Asian Statistical (Series) | 1935 - 1977 |
| European Official Statistics | 1843 - 1970 |
| Latin American Caribbean Official Statistics | 1821 - 1976 |
| Latin American Caribbean Statistical (Series) | 1935 - 1977 |
| British Government Publications Containing Statistics | 1801 - 1967 |
| U.S. Census Publications | 1790 - 1970 |
| The Federal Government of U.S. Statistical Publications | 1973 - 1992 |
| Australian Government Statistics | 1904 - 1965 |
| Canada Statistics Bureau Statistics | 1851 - 1988 |
| U.S. Statistical Reference Publications | 1980 - 1995 |
| HMSO's 20th Century Government Publications | 1922 - 1977 |
| CIS US Serial Set Index | 1789 - 1969 |