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The renovation of Group Study Rooms have finished.
The rooms have been made even more convenient and comfortable, and we look forward to your entry.

●New Installations
・Carry Taps (indoor portable outlet unit)
・4K large display

●Updates/Changes
・Maximum capacity increased from 10 to 12 people
・Walls and floors renovated in all rooms
・Desks in all rooms and whiteboards in rooms 4 and 5 are replaced

●Usage (remain the same)
・Reservation via MyLibrary and borrow the key at the counter
　Usage procedures → Group Study Rooms
・Projectors can be borrowed at the counter
・As before, eating, drinking, and smoking are prohibited inside the library

The group study rooms were renovated as part of the Hitotsubashi University 150th Anniversary Library Enhancement Project and Naming Rights agreement Project to improve students’ academic skills.
Please use the rooms and their facilities carefully.

For library users who will remain enrolled at Hitotsubashi University after April 2026, the user’s expiration date will be as follows:

Faculty and staff who will have renewed the contract	●Expiration Date The expiration date will be extended after April １, 2026. If you wish to extend your expiration date during the current fiscal year, please contact the Circulation Counter. (Weekdays 9:00-17:00) ■Books on Loan We will NOT extend the due date of books, so please return during March. Or renew your loans yourself through MyLibrary after extend your expiration during March 2026.
Students who will extend enrollment (enrolled under the same ID)	●Expiration Date We will extend the expiration date around March 12, 2026, and inform you on MyLibrary. ■Books on Loan We will NOT extend the due date of books, so please renew your loans yourself through MyLibrary.
Students continuing their education on campus or finding a job on campus	■Expiration Date If you have documents (e.g., Letter of Admission) confirming your higher education or employment, you can issue a temporary Library card expire on March 31, 2026. Please contact the Circulation Counter with your documents. (Weekdays 9:00-17:00) Please use your new student and staff ID cards from April, 2026. ■Books on Loan Please return any books you have on loan by the end of the fiscal year. They cannot be carried over after April. *Penalties for overdue books will be carried over.

• More information about losing or damaging the books on loan.
• More information if you will graduate of retire by March, 2026.

Please make sure to return all library materials when you graduate or retire in March 2026.
You can check your circulation status on MyLibrary.

Library Service Expiration (include MyLibrary)

All library services, including MyLibrary, will not be able to use after the expiration date.

States	Library Service Expiration
Undergraduate Students graduating in March 2026	March 18, 2026 (Graduation Ceremony)
Graduate Students graduating in March 2026	The date complete their studies
Faculty and staff members who will retire by March 2026	The end date of employment

※ After the expiration, you cannot use MyLibrary.
※ Please note that the expiration date is different from some Information Systems Management Headquarters services, such as Gmail.

Return of Materials

You can return them to the book return drop outside the entrance or also mail them back.

　

Please feel free to Contact Us

• More information about losing or damaging the books on loan.
• More information about using the library after graduation or retirement.
• More information if you will remain enrolled 2026.

We will be updating the library’s collection data within the HERMES-Search during the following period.
During this maintenance period, new data such as newly arrived books will not be added to HERMES-Search results, and corrections to existing collection data will not be reflected.

• Maintenance Period (Scheduled): Monday, February 9, 2026 – Approximately 1 month

*The schedule is approximate and may be shortened or extended.
*HERMES-Catalog will remain available for searching the latest holdings as usual. Please also use the New Books List.
*Even outside the maintenance period, searches for new arrivals in HERMES-Search typically experience a delay of approximately 4 to 8 days.

We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

Due to construction work on the 4th floor of the Main Library, the procedures for accessing Rare Materials will be temporarily changed as outlined below.

Period: February 10, 2026 to March 31, 2026

• Please submit your request to use Rare Materials no later than seven open weekdays prior to your desired date of use.
• Rare Materials will not be available on the day following Sundays or national holidays.

Please note that these arrangements may be subject to change depending on the progress of the construction work, so be sure to check for the latest information.
We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

We will close accepting the book purchase request service for students for the 2025 academic year on Saturday, January 31st.
If you would like to request the purchase of books for your research or study, please apply as soon as possible.

If this is your first time applying, please see Book Purchase Requests before submitting your request.

Applicants	Undergraduate and graduate students of the University *Excluding those who have reached the limit on the number of books or the purchase amount.
Materials that can be requested	Books (eBooks) for research and learning activities
Application Menu	MyLibrary > Purchase Request *For more information on how to use MyLibrary, please click Book Purchase Request via MyLibrary.

24,000 eBooks from Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO) are now available for a limited time.
OSO provides academic eBooks from Oxford University Press, spanning 27 subject areas. New titles will come up every month.

• Period : 2025/7/25-2026/2/28
• Not available titles : Handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, OSO Archive titles (some titles published 1990-2009).
  Available titles are listed under “Find out more > Browse all books in this collection" on the OSO top page.
• Remote access : Available　　※See detail Remote Access

Notice : Any book purchase requests for the applicable titles during this period will be canceled.

Access from ➡　Oxford Scholarship Online
※Available titles are marked (include purchased titles)

This survey is conducted to determine the priority order of titles to be contracted for FY2027 through FY2029.

Considering factors such as the weak yen and ongoing annual cost increases, the library has decided to strive to preserve electronic journal package contracts as much as possible. We will

also maintain a list of individual journal titles and databases ranked by usage. This list, which we named the “Maintenance Policy List," will be used to determine which titles to continue when there is a budget constraint.
For journals for which usage data cannot be obtained, mainly print editions, the library will conduct a usage survey, and the results will be adopted as the “Maintenance Policy List*."

This survey reflects the trial survey conducted in July 2025, and based on its results, the priority order for contracting foreign journal titles from FY2027 onward will be determined. We appreciate your cooperation.

* “Maintenance Policy List" is a list of individually contracted foreign journal titles arranged in order of usage frequency, used to determine contracted titles from the top according to the allocated budget.

Target participants: Students and faculty members of Hitotsubashi University who have an email address ending in “g.hit-u.ac.jp" or “r.hit-u.ac.jp."

Scope: Approximately 190 foreign journal titles in print format for which usage data cannot be obtained
(Includes about 20 electronic journal titles for which usage data is unavailable.)

Response Method:
Select, via radio buttons, the titles of print journals that you used by visiting the library at least once during the period from January 1 to December 31, 2025.

Survey Period: January 21 – February 16, 2026 at noon

Vote here.

*Please make sure to log in using an address that ends with “g.hit-u.ac.jp" or “r.hit-u.ac.jp".

The Spring Vacation Loan 2026 will be held during Spring Break.

　Period: January 28-April 2, 2026

Status	Date Due
Undergraduates	Apr. 16, 2026*
Graduates (Books for Study)	Apr. 16, 2026*
Graduates (Other materials)	2 months*

*For those who are scheduled to graduate or complete their degree in March 2026, the Date Due is Mar. 18, 2026 or the date on which each individual’s diploma is awarded.

• If the expiration date of the ID card is faster than Date due, Please return the materials by the expiration date of the ID card.
• The bound periodicals and In library use only materials are not included.
• The Spring Vacation Loan will also be held on the same dates in Chiyoda Campus Library.

About Renewal the materials

• The materials on loan can be changed to Spring Vacation Loan, with the exception of books that are overdue or reserved.
• You can renew the material’s status online by using MyLibrary, from 9 a.m. on Jan. 28, 2026.

The Group Study Rooms will be closed on the following schedule due to renovation work.

Date:  February 9, 2026 ～ February 15, 2026
Place: Group Study Rooms 1～3 on 2F of Library Main Building
　　　 Group Study Rooms 4～5 on 5F of Periodicals Annex

Please use the Clock Tower Commons (TSR Commons) during the closure of the group study rooms. The period when the group study rooms are closed, the opening hours of the Commons will be extended to 8:40 am-6:30 pm.

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.