How to apply at the front desk

1. Fill in the “application form for copying.”
2. Indicate the title of the book and the pages to copy.
3. Put bookmarks between the pages where you need copies. If the pages are continuous, put one bookmark at the first page and another on the last page you need.
4. Hand in the materials and the form at the desk. Our staff will receive and handle them.
5. Receive the copies and pay the fee at the copy desk on the 2nd floor.
6. Microfilms are printed by using the reader printer in the micro reader room on the 2nd floor. To see microfilms, ask at the desk. For more information, please talk to the attendants.
7. Hours: 9am – 4:30pm

* Generally we will give you the copies on the day. However depending on conditions in the copying room, we may give them on the next day or later in that case you can choose either to come back to the facility to collect them or we can mail them to your address.

How to apply by letters and FAX

• Include the following details and send. Any format will be accepted.

1. Your name (We only accept application for copying for personal researches. Therefore, you may not write your group, company, or school name.)
2. Your address
3. Your telephone number and fax number
4. Your e-mail address if you have one
5. The title of the material
6. The information of the material: author, publisher, year published, issue and volume if it is a magazine, call number)
7. The parts you need to copy (the title of the chapter, the pages, etc.)

• Send to: Copy Service of Center for International Children’s Literature, Osaka Prefectural Central Library, Aramoto-kita1-2-1, Higashi-osaka City, 577-0011 Fax: 06-6745-0262
• Our outsourcing staff will let you know the copy fee and the postage later on.
• After we receive the fee, our outsourcing staff will send you the copies you requested.

How to apply on the internet

• Find the material you need to copy by OPAC search*. If you find it, click “apply for copying on Web” on the material description page. Follow instructions on each page. You will need to have your Users Card number and password. (If you do not have password, Please see “log in” for users*.) Those who do not have Users Card need to apply for “Website Only User.” For more information, see a guide to online copy service*.
• One user can order up to 30 materials at a time.
  * We limit the number of materials so that we can accept as many users’ orders as possible.

* Our copy service outsourcing company: TRC, Inc.

Purpose

• Copies must be used privately for personal investigations or researches which are not necessarily highly academic.

Limitations of copying

• Only materials in the facility can be copied including books, magazines, documents, and microfilms.
• Materials which are protected by copyright can be copied partially 1 time for 1 person.
• Individual articles on newspapers and magazines published certain years ago can be copied entirely. However, if you need copies of more than 2 articles, we cannot make copies of more pages than half of all pages of the issue. With current issues, less than half of each article can be copied.

N.B.

• In order to preserve materials, we may decline to copy fragile materials.
• In order to preserve materials, users are not allowed to copy materials on their own.
• Depending on the binding of a material, its copies may be distorted or faded around the binding and unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it.
• We will not do double-sided copies.
• We will not accept detailed orders for instance: scaling, color correction, margin adjustment, etc.
• Generally, we copy materials on to paper at the minimum size required to read the contents therefore, please note that small areas of the four sides may not be copied. If you need entire image of the material, please let us know because we will not to be able to recopy it.
• We may fold copies to put in a envelope. Let us know when you apply if you need them unfolded otherwise we will not accept recopying.
• If you need a copy of articles with pictures and images, please let us know.
• If you have received copies of the wrong materials, please let us know within a week of us sending them to you. After a week or longer, we may not be able to respond to your inquiry.
• Regardless of whether you have paid the fee, users must not recopy nor distribute copies.
• If you have any problems due to copyright, you would bear the onus.

Fee

* Regardless of paper size, we charge the same price per one sheet of copy paper.
(One-sided copy only)

* If we send copies to your address, it will cost you the postage, a shipping charge of 100 per 50 sheets, or communication expenses.

* Postage: cost price

Flow from application to delivery

1. You send application.
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2. We accept application.
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3. We quote a fee.
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4. We inform you of the charge by e-mail, fax or postcard.
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5. You make payment.
   • You may pay by postal fee transfer or send the charge in cash by registered mail
   • As soon as we receive the charge, we ship the copies.
   • We do not accept payment by credit card or cheque.
   • Please make payment in the name of the applicant.

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6. We confirm the payment.
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7. We ship the copies.