User Guide for Visitors

※Open Hours are subject to change. Please check the updated hours on our website or the notice at the library entrance.

• Your Library Card is required to borrow the library materials at the counter.
• Return the materials to the library counter or book-drop posts at the library entrance.
• Library materials with “Library Use Only” are only available inside of the library.
• The library may charge you for lost or damaged materials to replace them. Please handle materials carefully.
• Our students and other users are studying very hard quietly in the library. Please be considerate and refrain from taking photos of them.

You are welcome to browse books, newspapers, periodicals, and other library materials in the open shelves area. Please return the library materials to the book carts after using them. Library materials stored in the closed shelves area are available upon request at the counter. Visit the library website to search our collection.

The library has a laptop and desktop computer each installed for catalog searching (web OPAC). Please use these to search for materials in our collection.

The Library Card is necessary to borrow library materials. Please bring your valid photo ID (ex. driver’s license) with your current address to create your library card.

We have books in Japanese and in English and other languages. When searching for a book on the library website, click the words or number under “location” to see the floor map which shows the location of the book. Make a note of the “Call No” to go find the book you are looking for. The library staff is happy to show you where the book is located.

Materials in the library can be copied within the scope of the copyright law for the purpose of study and research. Under the Japanese copyright law, the volume of pages to be copied must be less than a half-page of the work, and only one copy is permitted per person. Please fill out the application form and submit it to the counter. Photocopying costs 10 yen per page.

Library staff at the service counter are ready to provide assistance if you need help locating the library materials and to answer your questions. Please feel free to stop by the counter for assistance.