Library service will be unavailable due to system maintenance. We thank you for your understanding.

DateTimeService to suspend
12/22（Thu.）18:00～19:00■Circulation Services
・Checkout / Return / Renew
■Terminals
・OPAC
・External users PC
・HERMES-IR restricted-access collections terminal
・Self-checkout machine
■Online Services
・HERMES-Catalog
・MyLibrary
・Database List
・Part of search results of HERMES-Search
・HERMES-IR
・E-mails with domain name @lib.hit-u.ac.jp
  • Time of maintenance may change depending on situation.
  • Some electronic resources are available from off-campus.

The computer area on the 1st floor will be unavailable due to routine maintenance on December 14 from 1 pm until closing time.
We thank you for your understanding.

Our website will be down for maintenance from 18:00 on December 12th. The service suspension may change depending on situation. During maintenance, urgent messages will be posted on Facebook and Twitter.

You can still use HERMES-Search, HERMES-Catalog, MyLibrary, and HERMES-IR. You can still use databases also via the Databases List and e-journals via the title list or HERMES-Search. Some electronic resources are available from off-campus. When you access an e-resource from off-campus via the library’s respective search system, the Hitotsubashi Authentication ID Single Sign-On login screen will appear. Enter your Hitotsubashi Authentication ID and password to log in. We thank you for your understanding.

“BELL" is a University Library public relations magazine. Latest issue, No.228 is now issued.

BELL No.228
BELL No.228

Newsletter

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.

The Library will be closed on the following schedule.

  • November 18 – 20, 2022 (Friday – Sunday)

The library will be closed for Ikkyosai.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

“BELL” is a University Library public relations magazine. Latest issues, No.226 and No.227 are now issued.

BELL No.226
BELL No.226
BELL No.227
BELL No.227

The computer area on the 1st floor will be unavailable due to routine maintenance on November 9 from 1 pm until closing time.
We thank you for your understanding.

〈Schedule〉
9:00-19:00 on Saturday, 26th Nov. 2022 (Japan Time)

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