The ERI library has the collection of publications listed below and supports research in all fields of seismology, physics of earth and planets, geology, volcanology, and earthquake engineering. The collection includes additional fields of mathematics, physics and engineering. As of April 1, 2004 Library possesses;

Books: 19,000 Japanese volumes and 30,638 foreign ones,
Scientific magazines: 823 Japanese serial titles and 885 foreign ones,
Maps: Geological, topographic and fundamental bathymetric maps around Japan. Fundamental land utility maps of Japan and others. Total of about 20,000 sheets,
Tsuboi collection: 10,000 reprints of Prof. Chuji Tsuboi.
16 mm films, videos: 50 titles,
Archives (Including old Japanese drawings like Namazu-e and Kawaraban): 600 titles,
Photographs (Kanto earthquake, Niigata earthquake, 1906 California earthquake): 3,000 photos.

The ERI library has also distributed "Bulletin of Earthquake Research Institute" to other libraries of a great number of institutes in Japan and overseas on exchanged basis.

Open hours & URL
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http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/TOSHO/lib.html