Please make sure to return all library materials when you graduate or retire in March 2025.
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.

StatesLibrary Service Expiration
Undergraduate Students graduating in March 2025March 18, 2025 (Graduation Ceremony)
Graduate Students graduating in March 2025The date complete their studies
Faculty and staff members who will retire by March 2025The 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.

The delivery address

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".

 

Please feel free to Contact Us

Our website will be down for maintenance from 9:00 to 17:00 on 2/6(Thu.).

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.

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."

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.

The Spring Vacation Loan 2025 will be held during Spring Break.

 Period: January 29-April 2, 2025

StatusDate Due
UndergraduatesApr. 17, 2025*
Graduates (Books for Study)Apr. 17, 2025*
Graduates (Other materials)2 months*
*For those who are scheduled to graduate or complete their degree in March 2025, the Date Due is Mar. 18, 2025 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. 29, 2024.

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

Due to the Common Test for University Admissions, the Library will be closed on January 18 and 19, 2025.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

Due to the preparations for the Common Test for University Admissions, library will close at 17:00 on January 17, 2025.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

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.

The computer area on the 1st floor will be unavailable due to routine maintenance on January 8 from 1 pm until closing time.
We thank you for your understanding.