For library users who will remain enrolled at Hitotsubashi University after April 2023, the user’s expiration date will be as follows:

Faculty and staff who have renewed the contractThe expiration date will be extended after April 3.
If you wish to extend your expiration date during the current fiscal year, please contact the Circulation Counter. (Weekdays 9:00-17:00)
Students who have extended enrollment
(enrolled under the same ID)		We will extend the expiration date around March 10 and post it in the “Message to you" section of MyLibrary.
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 campusIf 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. Please contact the Circulation Counter with your documents. (Weekdays 9:00-17:00)
You CANNOT transfer borrowed items to a new student ID number. Please return them by March 31.
*Overdue penalties will carry over.

You must return all library materials when you graduate or retire in March 2023.
Please check your circulation status on MyLibrary.

All library services, including MyLibrary, expire at the end of your enrollment period.

For those who are graduating or completing their studies, it will expire on March 17, 2023, and for those who are retiring, it will expire on the end date of employment.
The expiration date is different from some Information Systems Management Headquarters services, such as Gmail.

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

  • Send them by traceable service. (e.g. “Yu-Pack", “Letter Pack" of Japan Post co., ltd.)
  • Wrap the books in a plastic bag to prevent rain and water.
  • Pay the postage yourself.

The delivery address is as follows;

2-1, Naka, Kunitachi-Shi, Tokyo, 186-8602
Hitotsubashi University Library, Circulation Counter
*If there is the product name field, please write “Return Book".

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All services will be suspended from 17:00 to 24:00 on February 13, 2023 .

　

〈Schedule〉
9:00-19:00 on Saturday, 25th Feb. 2023 (Japan Time)

〈Suspended service〉
All JapanKnowledge Services (JapanKnowledge Lib, Select contents and JKBooks)

20,000 academic ebooks included in 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.

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 reports indicating which titles are the most popular within the university during the period under an EBA model.

ACCESS: 　 Oxford Scholarship Online

 ※Please log in to “Hitotsubashi Authentication System Single Sign-On" when accessing from off-campus.

The Library offers long-term loans for the Spring Vacation.

Period: January 30 – April 2, 2023

Date due
Undergraduate studentsMonday, April 17, 2023
Graduate students: Books for StudyMonday, April 17, 2023
Graduate students: Books for Research2 months (as usual)
  • This does not include bound periodicals, and “not for loan” items.
  • When the expiration date of the student ID card is earlier than the due date, the expiration date will be regarded as the due date.
  • The loan period of the Chiyoda Campus Library materials will also be extended on the same schedule.

About Renewal

  • Users can renew materials already borrowed into the long-term loan period, unless the materials are overdue or have been reserved by another user.
  • Using MyLibrary, users can view their checked-out or reserved items and renew their loans.
  • When using MyLibrary, users can renew into the long-term loan period from 9 a.m. on January 30.

[Both the main Library and the Chiyoda Campus Library] Due to the system outage of Interlibrary Loan service,

  • We will stop accepting requests for interlibrary loan from 9:00 am January 17(Tue.) to 9:00 am January 31(Tue.), 2023.
  • The deadline for publicly funded services (FY2022) for in-kind loan fees for graduate students will be changed to January 16 (Mon.), 2023.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and ask that you please apply well in advance.

Except for the suspension period, you can apply for interlibrary loans from other institutions through MyLibrary. For details on how to apply, please click here.

We will photograph inside the library as follows.

[Date] Friday, December 23, 2022, 8:40 –
[Place] Library Main Building, Reading Room

  • Photographs taken will be published.
  • 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.

The Library offers long-term loans for the Winter Vacation.

Period: December 12 – 28, 2022

Date due
Undergraduate studentsThursday, January 12, 2023
Graduate students: Books for StudyThursday, January 12, 2023
Graduate students: Books for Research2 months (as usual)
  • This does not include bound periodicals, and “not for loan” items.
  • When the expiration date of the student ID card is earlier than the due date, the expiration date will be regarded as the due date.
  • The loan period of the Chiyoda Campus Library materials will also be extended on the same schedule.

About Renewal

  • Users can renew materials already borrowed into the long-term loan period, unless the materials are overdue or have been reserved by another user.
  • Using MyLibrary, users can view their checked-out or reserved items and renew their loans.
  • When using MyLibrary, users can renew into the long-term loan period from 9 a.m. on December 12.

[Both the main Library and the Chiyoda Campus Library] Due to the system outage of Interlibrary Loan service,

  • We will stop accepting requests for interlibrary loan from January 17(Tue.) to 31(Tue.), 2023 (tentative).
  • The deadline for publicly funded services (FY2022) for in-kind loan fees for graduate students will be changed to January 16 (Mon.), 2023.

We will inform you again when the detailed date and time of the suspension period are determined.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and ask that you please apply well in advance.

Except for the suspension period, you can apply for interlibrary loans from other institutions through MyLibrary. For details on how to apply, please click here.