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Shizuoka Main Library User's guide
■Visiting the Library
You need to scan your student ID or library card when you enter and leave the library and borrow library materials. If you do not have the ID, please contact the User Service staff. Graduate students need to present your student ID when entering the Closed Stacks.
* You may use your student ID/library card at any Shizuoka University Libraries.
■Service Hours
| Service |
Monday - Friday |
Weekend & Holiday |
Regular
ExamWeek |
Intersession |
Regular |
ExamWeek |
Intersession |
| Library Open Hours |
9:00～22:00 |
9:00～17:00 |
10:00～19:00 |
9:00～21:00 |
10:00～17:00 |
| Closed Stack Open Hours |
9:00～21:30 |
9:00～17:00 |
- |
- |
- |
Reference Services
(Including ILL Service) |
9:00～12:30,
13:30～17:00 |
9:00～12:30,
13:30～17:00 |
- |
- |
- |
| Library Laptop for Loan |
9:00～21:30 |
9:00～16:30 |
10:00～18:30 |
9:00～20:30 |
10:00～16:30 |
| Individual Study Room (3F) |
9:00～21:30 |
9:00～16:30 |
10:00～18:30 |
9:00～20:30 |
10:00～16:30 |
| Audio Visual Area (4F) |
9:00～21:30 |
9:00～16:30 |
10:00～18:30 |
9:00～20:30 |
10:00～16:30 |
| Harvest Room (5F) |
9:00～21:00 |
9:00～17:00 |
10:00～18:30 |
9:00～20:30 |
10:00～16:30 |
| Local History Room (5F) |
9:00～17:00 |
9:00～17:00 |
- |
- |
- |
| Microform Room (5F) |
9:00～17:00 |
9:00～17:00 |
- |
- |
- |
| Seminar Room (6F) |
9:00～18:50 |
9:00～17:00 |
- |
- |
- |
* Weekend & Holiday Services: Check-out, renewal and return of materials / Access to open-stack materials / Use of thin-client computer terminals and self-service copiers & printers.
* Reference services are NOT available on weekends and holidays.
■Closings
New Year Holidays （Dec. 28th - Jan. 4th）
During the university entrance exam period
* Library hours are subject to change. It will be notified on the board and the library website.
■Borrowing
| |
Undergraduate |
Graduate |
Faculty |
Non-University
members |
# of Items
(open shelves) |
5 |
10
(5) |
50
(5) |
3 |
Loan Periods
(open shelves) |
2 weeks |
1 month
(2 weeks) |
1 year
(2 weeks) |
2 weeks |
| Special Circulation |
Thesis&Dissertation/Seminar Class/Teaching Practice |
|
|
| Serials |
2 (overnight loan only; 16:00 - 12:00 of the next weekday)
* Current issues of serials may not be borrowed. |
|
* Each item may be renewed one time for two weeks if no hold/request has been placed.
* Loan periods may be extended over breaks.
* To apply for the special circulation service, please contact library staff.
<Overdue Penalty> If you fail to return books by the due date, your borrowing privileges will be suspended for the total number of overdue days.
■How to Borrow/Return
○Borrowing
Self-checkout stations are available for you to borrow library materials. You may also check out items at the Service Counter. You need your student ID or library card to check out library mateials.
* The library exit has a security system. If you fail to check out any library materials, it beeps and the gate will not open.
○Returns
Self-checkin stations are available for you to return library materials. You can also return items at the Service Counter. Please use the drop-off box when the library is closed.
■Renewal
You can renew library item (book) once as long as no hold/request has been placed. You can renew items online through myLibrary, at the self-checkout station or at the Service Counter.
■Research
The library catalog, OPAC, contains the holdings of Shizuoka University Libraries. All library books are arranged NDC (Nippon Decimal Classification). Serials are arranged in alphabetic order by title. Library materials are shelved not only in the reading rooms but also in cloed stacks and faculty offices.
○Accessibility
*1 You may download and print out from OPAC.
*2 Fill out the Facility Request Form when you want to browse the collection instead of picking up items that library staff have retrieved for you.
○Closed Stacks
You need to fill out a Request Form so that library staff can retrieve the item for you to pick up. Shizuoka University faculty, staff and graduate students may access the closed stacks to browse materials. Please do not forget to scan your ID or library card when entering the closed stack area. Undergraduate students working on graduate thesis may gain access to closed stacks. Please contact library staff. Library staff will give you a tour when you enter the closed stack area for the first time.
○Photocopy Services
Self-service copy machines are located in the Photocopy Corner on the 4th floor near the Reference Counter. You need either a copy card or coins to use these copiers. [Copy Application Form]
[pdf版]
Copy cards can be purchased from the vending machines near the copiers.
■Hold & Request
You can place a hold on a title that is checked out or place a request on an item that is not available at your library.
We will notify you by phone or email when the item is available for pickup. The item will be held for you at the Service Counter for about one week. You cannot place a hold while your borrowing privileges are suspended. To place a hold, find the item in OPAC and press the [Hold/Request] button.
■Recommend a Title for Purchase
The library welcomes suggestions from students for titles to consider purchasing. Please recommend us a book, journal or other information resource which support your study and research.
Recommendation can be made online through myLibrary. Before submitting a suggestion, please check the online catalog to make sure the title you want is not owned by any Shizuoka University Libraries. Please include your telephone number and e-mail address on the form.
A student may recommend up to three titles with a limit of 10,000 yen per year.
Your suggestions will be carefully evaluated at the acquisition meeting.
■Reference Services
Reference librarians help you make effective use of the library resources by advising you on the use of the catalog and website and suggesting appropriate databases for your subject area.
If you have any questions, please visit the Reference Counter.
1. Referral Service
We issue a referral letter, enabling you to be referred to other institutes, including other university libraries, for use of specific items that are not available at Shizuoka University. You are encouraged to verify their access policies on their websites before requesting the letter. You are expected to bring your Student ID along with the referral letter to the institute.
2. Library Seminar
All Shizuoka University freshmen will take a Basic Library Seminar during regularly scheduled class times; you will have a library tour and learn how to locate library items. If you want to improve your research skill, please contact a Reference Service librarian to arrange an Advanced Library Seminar.
We also offer seminars on databases and electronic journals. Please check out library news for schedules.
3. Cooperation with Shizuoka Prefectural Central Library
You can borrow materials from Shizuoka Prefectural Central Library, using the reference services at Shizuoka University Library. When you cannot find a certain material you need in our OPAC, please go to the Shizuoka Prefectural Central Library website and try searching on their online catalong to see if Shizuoka Prefectural Central Library has the material. You can also return materials which you have borrowed at Shizuoka Prefectural Central Library at the Circulation Counter of Shizuoka University Library. The transportation of materials is operated once a week.
■Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Services
- Before making a request, please check our OPAC to see if the item is available at any Shizuoka University Libraries.
- If you need two or more items at a time, please complete a separate ILL Request Form for each title you require.
- If you are a faculty member and want to use the public budget, do not forget to enter your Keiri Bunrui Number.
- Copying fees may vary depending on the lending library.
1. Borrowing Hamamatsu Library materials
You can have circulating library materials available at any Shizuoka University Libraries. To place a request, find the item you want in our OPAC and press the [Hold/Request] button. Contact a reference librarian when you need materials shelved not in the library but in faculty offices in Hamamatsu Campus. To obtain a photocopy, go to myLibrary and make an ILL request. Copying fee is 20 yen per page. Delivery is scheduled daily between Shizuoka and Hamamatsu campuses.
2. Obtaining photocopy
If you need a journal article, book chapter or image of an item that is not available at any Shizuoka University Libraries, you may obtain a photocopy from other libraries. You will be responsible for the shipping and copying charges. It takes approximately one week to obtain the photocopy.
- Fee & Time
- You need to pay the copying and round-trip delivery cost.
- Payment method may vary depending on the lending library.
- How to make an ILL request
- Visit the Reference Counter in person or fill out this ILL Request Form below and bring it to the counter.
[ILL Request Form]: [PDF] [Word]
- Go to myLibrary (See below)
- Pickup
- We will notify you via email or phone when the item is ready for pickup.
3. Borrowing books and other library materials
If you need an item that is not available at any Shizuoka University Libraries, you may borrow a copy from other libraries. You need to pay the round-trip delivery cost. Items usually arrive within one week after you make a request. There may be a restriction on borrowing materials, when the item is for onsite use only.
- Fee & Time
- You need to pay the round-trip delivery cost.
- It can take anywhere from 7 to 10 days or more to get your requested item, depending on the lending library.
- How to make an ILL request
- Visit the Reference Counter in person or fill out this ILL Request Form below and bring it to the counter.
[ILL Request Form]: [PDF] ・ [Word]
- Go to myLibrary (See below)
- Pickup
- We will notify you via email or phone when the item is ready for pickup.
4. Making an ILL Request online through myLibrary
You may make ILL requests, modify the requests and view the status of the requests online through myLibrary.
Undergraduate students need to register for this online service at the Reference Counter.
- Applying for this service
- Fill out the application and send it to the Reference Service or visit the Reference Counter in person.
- Tutorial
■Computing
Thin-client computers are available at the PC Work Area on the 4th floor. Personal Booth, Reading Rooms and Harvest Room have wireless/wired connections to the internet.
In order to log on to the library computer or use the internet, you need an account and password issued at the Center for Information Infrastructure.
(On Campus)
○Printing from the Thin Clients
○Connecting to the Shizuoka University Network
○Library Laptop for Loan
- Fill out a Laptop Request Form and present the form along with your student ID or library card at the Service Counter to borrow laptop computers.
- Shizuoka University faculty, students and staff may borrow the laptop computers.
- You may borrow a laptop for three hours. You must return the laptop 30 minutes before the library closes.
- You may use the laptop in the reading rooms, Individual Study Rooms, Harvest Room and Seminar Room. Computers are not allowed in the eastern half of the reading room on the 5th floor. Laptops must stay inside the library security gate.
- Windows XP, Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint), Internet Explorer, Adobe Reader are available.
- Wireless/Wired connection is available. You need an account and password issued at the Center for Information Infrastructure.
- You can use a USB flash drive and print out materials.
