• About a library card
• Services requiring a library card
• Apply for a library card

About a library card

This card is required to enter the Media Center, borrow books, and use various request services.

• From April 1 2025, faculty and staff members affiliated with the Shinanomachi campus* will be able to use their Shinanomachi ID card as a library card. For more details, visit this page.
  *For those who are applicable to the following positions, ID card cannot be used as a library card.
  Please use the local library card to acquire our service.
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  ■ Examples of positions and statuses for which your ID card cannot be used as a library card
  ・Co-researchers
  ・Temporary staff / Part-time staff
  ・Students
  ・Former Faculty/Staff Members ...etc.
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• If you have a faculty ID card, use it as a library card.
• If you are a student, use your student ID card as a library card.
• Examples of library cards:
  

Services requiring a library card

A library card is required when entering/leaving the library or using the following services.

• Borrowing / Renewing
• Hold Request
• Interlibrary Loan
• Walk-in Access to eResources

Apply for a library card

Shinanomachi Media Center will issue cards to the following members:
Keio University faculty, staff, and alumni of Shinanomachi Campus and Faculty of Nursing & Medical Care.
If you belong to a different campus, please contact the Media Center of your campus.

To apply, please come to the Shinanomachi Media Center counter with something that identifies you (Shinanomachi ID card, etc.).
If you are unable to come, please send the following two documents to the Shinanomachi Media Center by fax or mail.
- Application form for a library card
- Photocopy of identification document