Chiyoda Campus Library

LIBRARY SERVICES UNDER COVID-19 PANDEMIC
(April 5, 2021)

To prevent the spread of the COVID-19, Chiyoda Campus Library is open during the service desk hours only, and only to the members of the university.

Some carrels are available on request in advance only for reading non-circulating materials such as master theses and journal issues.
A networked desktop PC and a PC for Japanese legal journals DVDs are available on request in advance.

Only the staff entrance is accessible. Please present the ID card before entering the library.

Please refrain from entering the library if you are unwell, such as fever, cough, feeling lethargic, or loss of smell and taste.

Users are required to wear masks.

Please refrain from staying for long time.

HOURS
Until Wednesday, April 7, 2021:
11:30am-2:30pm, 3:30pm-6:30pm

After Thursday, April 8, 2021:
1:15pm-4:00pm, 5:00pm-8:15pm

excepting Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays and from Dec. 27 through Jan. 4
(Users must leave the library at the closing times.)

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ITEMS
Until Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Graduate students: 60 items
Undergraduate students: 20 items
After Thursday, April 1, 2021
Graduate students: 30 items
Undergraduate students: 10 items

MAILING SERVICES (Materials held in the university)
(Until Tuesday, March 30, 2021)
Please see: https://www.lib.hit-u.ac.jp/en/20200811/22548/

MAILING SERVICES (Photocopies from other institutions)
(Until Tuesday, March 30, 2021)
Please see: https://www.lib.hit-u.ac.jp/en/20201218/24101/

MAKING REQUEST FOR A CARREL
Please send a request via e-mail to cyd-lib-ml at ad.hit-u.ac.jp with the subject “CARREL REQUEST” before the previous day of use including:
(1) Name
(2) Student ID or Faculty/Staff number
(3) The date and time
(Semester periods: 1:30pm-4:00pm or 5:30pm-8:00pm
Vacation periods: 11:45am-2:15pm or 3:45pm-6:15pm)
(4) Material (such as ‘Master theses’ and ‘Journal issues’)

MAKING REQUEST FOR A DESKTOP PC
Please send a request via e-mail to cyd-lib-ml at ad.hit-u.ac.jp with the subject “PC REQUEST” before the previous day of use including:
(1) Name
(2) Student ID or Faculty/Staff number
(3) The date and time
(Semester periods: 1:30pm-4:00pm or 5:30pm-8:00pm
Vacation periods: 11:45am-2:15pm or 3:45pm-6:15pm)
(4) Purpose of use (such as ‘Use of  [database name]’ and ‘Japanese legal journals DVDs’)

ONLINE SEARCH FOR MASTER THESES (BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AND CALL NUMBERS) FROM OFF-CAMPUS
Master theses could temporarily be searched via HERMES-Catalog from off-campus logging in to MyLibrary but it has not been accessible due to system failures. Please search on PCs on campus or see the list at the library.
1. Log in to MyLibrary from the link on the main library website home page.
https://www.lib.hit-u.ac.jp/en/top-2/
2. Two windows appear. Click on ‘HERMES-Catalog’ on the list on ‘Remote Access Database Menu’ window.

BOOK RETURN
Please return the items at the library service desk during the library hours.
Please contact us by e-mail if you want to return books by mail. (cyd-lib-ml at ad.hit-u.ac.jp)

ALUMNI, VISITORS
Visitors, including alumni, may not use the library.

E-RESOURCES ACCESSIBLE FROM OFF-CAMPUS
Please read the following notice from the main library.
https://www.lib.hit-u.ac.jp/en/20200904/22752/

VISITING OTHER LIBRARIES, LETTERS OF INTRODUCTION
Being suspended

Notices from the main library:
https://www.lib.hit-u.ac.jp/en/top-2/

Who can use the library?

University members

  • Faculty and Staff　　Faculty/Staff ID is required.
  • Graduate Students　　Student ID is required.
  • Undergraduate Students　　Student ID is required.

Visitors

  • Registered alumni　　User ID is required.
  • Other visitors
    Please contact us via e-mail before visiting. Your ID is required.

Service hours

  • Semester periods: 1:15pm – 4:00pm , 5:00pm – 8:15pm
  • Vacation periods: 11:30am – 2:30pm , 3:30pm – 6:30pm

Closed

  • Saturdays, Sundays and National Holidays
  • December 27 to January 4
  • There may be additional closures.

Circulation Service

University members

Faculty and staff70 items2 weeks
Graduate students30 items2 weeks
Undergraduate students10 items2 weeks
  • Items borrowed from the main library are included.
  • Items may be renewed 3 times unless the item is reserved or a borrowed item is overdue.
  • Self-checkout is available.

Non-circulating

Reference books, periodicals, audio-visual materials, CD-ROM etc.

Book Delivery Requests

The university members may make requests for delivery of books (excepting non-cirulating materials) to the main library via HERMES or MyLibrary.
Items are dispatched twice a week (usually Mondays and Thursdays).

Visitors

In-library use and photocopying (40yen per sheet) only

Photocopy

There is a card-operated photocopier for graduate students in the library (to be used only for library materials).
The copyright law should be observed.

Photocopy Delivery Requests

The university members may make requests for delivery of photocopies to the main library via MyLibrary (20yen per sheet).
Items are dispatched twice a week (usually Mondays and Thursdays).

Contact us

Chiyoda Campus Library
Hitotsubashi University
National Center of Sciences, 5F
2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101-8439, JAPAN
Phone: 03-4212-3014
E-mail: cyd-lib-ml<at>ad.hit-u.ac.jp（Replace " <at> " with “@".）

Access

Please refer to this page.