We have started a trial service to reserve materials in the stack areas.
Please see the page “Using the Stack Areas“, and apply via the email form “Reserving stack area materials form."
Restroom Renovation Work (Feb. 7-Mar. 31, 2025)
We will carry out renovation work of restroom on 1F of the Periodicals Annex.
There are time when it is not available, so please use the restroom on other floor.
Place: Men’s, Women’s and Multi-functional restrooms on 1F of the Periodicals Annex
Date : February 7, 2025-March 31, 2023
Some noise will occurs during the work.
We apologize and thank you for your cooperation.
Spring Vacation Loan 2025 (Jan. 29-Apr. 2, 2025)
The Spring Vacation Loan 2025 will be held during Spring Break.
Period: January 29-April 2, 2025
| Status | Date Due |
|---|---|
| Undergraduates | Apr. 17, 2025* |
| Graduates (Books for Study) | Apr. 17, 2025* |
| Graduates (Other materials) | 2 months* |
- 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. 29, 2024.
Help Desk hours will change from April 2025 (9:30～16:30)
Starting in April 2025, the opening hours of the Help Desk on the first floor of the library will change as follows.
Please be aware of this in advance.
【 Current Hours 】
◇Weekdays
・Quarter: 9:00-17:00
・Break: 9:00-12:00, 13:00-17:00
【 After Change 】
◇Weekdays
・Quarter: 9:30-16:30
・Break: 9:30-12:00, 13:00-16:30
【Repost】20,000 academic ebooks from Oxford Scholarship Online are now available (-1/31/2025)
20,000 academic ebooks from Oxford Scholarship Online are now available. Oxford Scholarship Online provides academic ebooks from Oxford University Press, spanning 27 subject areas. New titles will come up every month.
Oxford Scholarship Online does not cover handbooks, dictionaries and encyclopedias.
Titles on Oxford Scholarship Online Archive are not included.
The library will cancel ebooks when you send a purchasing request for the title within this package during this period. After the period, titles to be purchased are determined, based on the usage, etc.
ACCESS: Oxford Scholarship Online
※Please log in to “Hitotsubashi Authentication System Single Sign-On" when accessing from off-campus.
Available titles are listed under “Find out more>Browse all books in this collection" on the above site.
Transformative Agreement with Taylor & Francis
We have entered into a two-year transformative agreement (*1) with Taylor & Francis from January 2025 to December 2026.
*1 Transformative Agreement
This is the agreement under which the fees paid by universities and other institutions to publishers for access to articles will be progressively converted to APCs (Article Processing Charges), with the aim of expanding open access publication.
Support for Open Access by Transformative Agreement
If you are the corresponding author of a paper submitted to a hybrid journal of Taylor & Francis Journals(Open Choice Journals), the APC may be covered by the University.
The list of eligible titles can be found at the following link;
*Journals marked “Open Select: choose to publish open access" are eligible titles.
Eligible for Transformative Agreement Title List
For more information, please check the URL;
Notice of Video Shooting (Dec. 25, 2024)
We will shoot a video inside the library as follows.
[Date] December 25, 2024 (Thu.) from 3:15 pm to 3:45 pm
[Place] Library Entrance
- This is a video shoot for the Open Campus 2024. This video will be available to the public.
- There will be no close-up shots of faces but there is a possibility that you will be in the background.
- Some noise may be generated.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Winter Vacation Loan 2024 (Dec. 12-26, 2024)
The Winter Vacation Loan 2024 will be held during Winter Break.
Period: Dec. 12-Dec. 26, 2024
| Status | Date Due |
|---|---|
| Undergraduates | Jan. 12, 2025 |
| Graduates (Books for Study) | Jan. 12, 2025 |
| Graduates (Other materials) | 2 month |
- The bound periodicals and In library use only materials are not included.
- 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 Winter 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 Winter 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 Dec. 12, 2024.
Trial:Asahi Shimbun Cross Search”Overseas Editions 1935-1945″(2024/12/1-2025/1/31)
Asahi Shimbun Cross Search"Overseas Editions 1935-1945″
The Asahi Shimbun digitized the “Overseas Editions" published from 1935 to 1945 covering such as Taiwan and Korea in colonies. Please see in detail.
Period: – January 31, 2025
*Off-campus access is available. Please log in to “Hitotsubashi Authentication System Single Sign-On" when accessing from off-campus.
The Clock Tower Commons was named “TSR COMMONS”
Due to the naming rights agreement of Hitotsubashi University, The Clock Tower Commons learning space on the 1st floor of the clock tower has been given a nickname “TSR COMMONS".
The period: December 1st, 2024 ～ November 30th, 2027