You must return all library materials when you graduate or retire in March 2024.
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 15, 2024, and for those who are retiring, it will expire on the end date of employment.
Please note that 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.

The delivery address is as follows;

2-1, Naka, Kunitachi-Shi, Tokyo, 186-8602
Hitotsubashi University Library, Circulation Counter

  • 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.
  • If there is the product name field, please write “Return Book".

Due to the heavy snow, library will close at 17:00 on February 5, 2024.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

Due to Heavy Snow, opening hours of library might change between the afternoon of February 5 and the morning of February 6.

As soon as it is decided, we will inform you on the website and the bulletin board inside the library.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your cooperation.

Due to the the entrance examination, the Library will be closed on February 25 and 26, 2024.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

Due to the preparations for the the entrance examination, library will close at 17:00 on February 24, 2024.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

〈Schedule〉
9:00 – 17:00 on Sunday, 25th Feb. 2024 (Japan Time)

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

Our website will be down for maintenance from 13:00 on 1/30（Tue.）. The outage might have to be extended if any unanticipated problems occur. During maintenance, urgent messages will be posted on Facebook and X(formerly Twitter).

You can still use HERMES-Search, HERMES-Catalog, MyLibrary, and HERMES-IR.

We thank you for your understanding.

〈Schedule〉
From 21:00 on Wednesday, 31th Jan. to 3:00 on Thursday, 1st Feb. 2024 (Japan Time)

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

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

Period: January 29 – April 3, 2024

CategoryDate due
Undergraduate studentsThursday, April 18, 2024
Graduate students: Books for StudyThursday, April 18, 2024
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 29.

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.

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.

Available titles are listed under “Find out more>Browse all books in this collection" on the above site.