Admission

Undergraduate Students(Including Correspondence Course)

You can use materials that are available only in the Kyoseikan Library.

In order to enter this library, you need to apply in advance to the Hiyoshi Library for access.

Application form

Applications for the day are accepted until 4:00 p.m. on weekdays. After 4:00 p.m. on weekdays, the application will be on the next weekday.

• Materials cannot be checked out.
• You cannot study and use a computer or a printer in this library.
• The visiting date should be within one week.

Graduate Students (Other Than 3 Grad Schools of Kyoseikan)

Present your student ID card at the counter when you enter the library.(The door at the elevator hall of 4th floor is continuously locked. Please push the button on the interphone at the door and call for staff.)

• You cannot study and use a computer or a printer in this library.

Faculty and Staff (Other Than 3 Grad Schools of Kyoseikan)

You can enter this library with your faculty/staff ID card or library card.(The door at the elevator hall of 4th floor is continuously locked. Please push the button on the interphone at the door and call for staff.)

Loans, Returns, Renewals, Reservations

Loans

Please bring the materials you want to borrow along with your student ID card, faculty/staff ID card, or library card to the library counter. Undergraduate Students cannot check out.
Some materials cannot be checked out. (journals, dictionaries, CD-ROMs, etc.)

* This is the loan conditions for the Kyoseikan Library. It is different from those of other media centers.
* Loan periods and conditions differ depending on type of materials and call numbers. For details, please refer to the rules for loans by call number [Japanese].
* Regarding your loan status, you can check the materials you currently have out on loan and the materials you borrowed in the past (loan history) at My Library on KOSMOS.

Returns

• Please bring the materials you want to return along with your student ID card, faculty/staff ID card, or library card to the counter in person.
• Materials can be returned at Media Centers on other campuses (excluding Hiyoshi Library).
• An overdue fine of 10 yen per book will be charged daily, including holidays, when the return deadline has been exceeded.
• For those who have exceeded the return deadline and will not return the book despite repeated reminders, the loan may be suspended for a certain period.
• You must compensate for the loss, soiling, or damage of library materials.

Renewals (Extensions)

You can renew (extend) the return date for the items you are borrowing up to 90 days from date of loan. Please either renew the items by yourself from My Library on KOSMOS or bring the items along with your student ID card, faculty/staff ID card, or library card to the counter. You may be unable to renew items when another person has made a reservation, etc. Additionally, an overdue fine (10 yen per day) will be charged for late renewals.
Renewals can be requested at Media Centers on other campuses (excluding some items).

Reservations

You can place reservations on materials currently out on loan to other people.
Please apply from search results after logging into KOSMOS or apply at the counter with your student ID card, faculty/staff ID card, or library card. You will be notified by e-mail when available. The items will be kept at the counter for 7 days after the e-mail.

Reproductions of Materials (Photocopying)

Please see Copy Services.

Use of Computers and Network

Non-members of 3 graduate schools of Kyoseikan cannot use library computers.