How to Use the Library

• University Members
  You can use the library with your student ID card or university-issued ID card.
  University Members who do not have a student ID card or university-issued ID card(such as part-time teachers or non-degree students) can get library user card in the library. 
  Please come to the library Circulation Desk on the first floor with documents that confirm your enrollment period and affiliation such as notice of employment or appointment letter. 
  If your student ID card, ID card, or library membership card is about to expire, please click here. (Application for temporary extension and Reissue)

• Non-University Members

  For alumni, former staff, please click here. (Written in Japanese)
  Interlibrary access partnership organization members, please click here. (Written in Japanese)
  Bunkyo Ward residents(women who are 18 years of age or older ), please click here. (Written in Japanese)
  All others, please click here.(Written in Japanese)

Hours of Operation and Services Offered

• Hours of Operation

  Mondays to Fridays 8:45–21:00 (on days when there are no classes, closing time is 17:00)
  Saturdays 10:00–18:00 (closed during summer, winter, and spring vacations)
  Sundays 13:00–18:00 (closed during summer, winter, and spring vacations)

• Additional closures

  National holidays; Saturdays and Mondays during summer, winter, and spring vacations; collection inventory days; University closures;
  Kiin festival days; year-end/new-year holidays; Common Test for University Admissions days; entrance exam days; etc.
  Calendar

Browse/Loan

• Library Search

  To search on-campus materials, please use OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog). 

• Browse

  You can browse materials in the library freely except for commemorative library and bookstorage materials, etc. 
  Some materials require staff assistance.
  Staff assistance is needed for the following: 
  Materials located in the "Library (Basement Stack Room)," "Repository Library," "Repository for materials of value," or "Library (Doctoral Dissertation)" as per OPAC
  Some materials in "Library(Institute for Gender Studies - University Materials)”
  University members can request staff assistance from here (Microsoft Forms, Japanese Only) . Please be fully aware of the material management schedule before applying. 

• Loan

  The number of books you can borrow and the loan period are as below. 
  To borrow, please use the automatic lending machine near the gate. (There are two machines on the first floor) 

  	Number of books you can borrow	Loan period	Audiovisual materials	Location: Library (XXX Exhibit)
  Undergraduates (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior)	Up to 10 books	Up to 2 weeks	For 3 items, the loan period is up to 1 week	Included in the loan limits for books and audiovisual materials. Subject to the standard loan periods for books and audiovisual materials.
  Undergraduates (Senior), Graduate Students, Faculty (Part-Time)	Up to 20 books	Up to 4 weeks
  Research Students and So On	Up to 10 books	Up to 2 weeks
  Faculty (Full-Time), Professors Emeritus, Officers	Up to 20 books	Up to 8 weeks
  Administrative Staff, Former Staff	Up to 10 books	Up to 4 weeks
  High School Students, Alumni	Up to 5 books	Up to 2 weeks
  Bunkyo Ward Residents	Up to 5 books	Up to 2 weeks	For 1 item, the loan period is up to 1 week

  ■You may only borrow audiovisual materials no longer under copyright.
  ■ You may not borrow journals, reference materials, newspapers, white papers, statistics documents, and some audiovisual materials. 
  ■ During summer, winter, and spring vacations, the loan periods can be longer (except Bunkyo Ward residents).
  ■ If you wish to keep using materials you have borrowed, you may extend the loan period once before the due date.
  　You are not required to bring the materials to the library to extend the loan period; you can extend online.
  　To extend the loan period, please login to My Account. You can also register at the counter.
  　*You cannot extend the loan period of audiovisual materials or materials which have been reserved.
  ■ If you wish to borrow materials by mail, please click here. 

• Returns

  Please bring your returns to the counter while the library is open. When library is closed, please use the book drop in front of the entrance. 
  Please fully comply with due dates. 
  ■ You cannot borrow other material if you have items that are overdue.
  ■ After you have returned overdue items, you cannot borrow new material for the same number of days as you exceeded the due date of your returned items.
  ■ If you wish to return items by mail, please click here.

Floor Map

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Library Guide Video

The library guide video made by LiSA（Library Student Assistant) can be found below.

OCHANOMIZU UNIV. LIBRARY TOUR second edition