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  [Ended]Network won’t be available Jun.4th-5th

(2022/05/27)

Due to the replacement of network equipment, the network in the libraries will be down during certain hours on June 4th.
This replacement also affect authenication services including ‘myLibrary’ and ‘GakuNin’ on June 4th and June 5th.


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  [Ended]Network won’t be available May.21st-22nd

(2022/05/18)

Due to the replacement of network equipment, the network in the libraries will be down during certain hours on May 21st.
This replacement also affect authenication services including ‘myLibrary’ and ‘GakuNin’ on May 21st and May 22nd.


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  The download service at “Maruzen eBook Library” has resumed.

(2022/04/28)

The download service has resumed on April 27th.
Click here for a notice from the provider

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(April 8 , 2022)
Maruzen eBook Library provider informed us that the download service will be suspended on the following dates. We apologize for any inconvenience.
【Suspension period: April 5 to May 9, 2022】


※Browsing is available as usual.
Full-text trial reading service (5 minutes) of about 80,000 books in the “Maruzen eBook Library” is now on. (Until the end of May, 2022)


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  The Student Advisory Group members wanted!

(2022/04/20)

Would you like to join the Student Advisory Group and do something to improve our library?
If you are interested, please contact the each library counter.

In order to prevent the spread of COVID19, it may be difficult to carry out activities as usual in this year.
We would like to think with you about what kind of activities we can do in this situation.

As for the activity of last year, please see the following.

 Shizuoka Main Library:図書館をつかう>静岡本館 学生モニター
 Hamamatsu Branch Library:図書館をつかう>浜松分館 学生モニター

Shizuoka Main Library


(*Click the image to open the PDF.)

Hamamatsu Branch Library


(*Click the image to open the PDF.)


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  Library Tips for Freshmen

(2022/04/01)

入学おめでとう

Congratulations on your admission! Welcome to Shizuoka University.
Shizuoka University has the Shizuoka Main Library (Shizuoka Campus) and the Hamamatsu Branch Library (Hamamatsu Campus).
This webpage summarizes what freshmen should know when using the library for the first time.

さくら

Using the Library!

  • Please bring your student ID card to enter the library. Even if you haven’t had your student ID card yet, freshmen can enter the library. Please let the library staff know at the entrance gate.
  • You need your student ID card to borrow books from the library. After your student ID card will be issued, you may borrow books with it.
  • Please check the library calendar on the library website or bulletin boards for the opening hours.
  • Undergraduate students may borrow 5 books for up to 2 weeks. And you can renew loan period of borrowed books only once. The checkout limit and the loan period for graduate students are different. Please see the Shizuoka main library user’s guide or the Hamamatsu branch user’s guide on our website for more details.
  • What things you can do at the library.

    • The Shizuoka main library holds about 910,000 and the Hamamatsu branch holds about 300,000 volumes of books, and there are also many journals and newspapers. The materials on the open shelves in the reading room are freely accessible. Many materials in the closed stacks are also available.
    • You can place a request on a book that is located at another campus’s library. In addition, if the Shizuoka University library doesn’t have the book you look for, you can borrow materials from other libraries through interlibrary loan.
    • You can use the various facilities available in the library. For more information, please see the Shizuoka main library floor guide or the Hamamatsu branch floor guide on the library website.
    • Wireless LAN connectivity to the campus network is available at all library locations. You can connect your wireless devices (laptop, smartphone, etc.) to the campus Wi-Fi.
    • You can use PCs at the PC work area. (This service is currently only available in the Hamamatsu Branch Library.)
    • At the Shizuoka Main Library, you may borrow a laptop that can be used in the library. You need your student ID card to borrow a laptop.

    What is ‘Lib★Navi’ ?

    • ‘Lib★Navi (Library Navigator)’ is a guidebook to use the Shizuoka University Library. It is one of the material of guidance for freshmen.
    • We use ‘Lib★Navi’ as a textbook of the Library seminar for freshmen.
    • Please check ‘Lib★Navi’ if you have any question about using our library.

    What service can we use online?

    • You can search for materials held in Shizuoka University Library on the OPAC. The OPAC is an online tool for searching materials available in the library which you can use anytime, anywhere online.
    • Not only printed books and articles, you can use Electronic Journal/Book titles and Databases which Shizuoka University Library subscribes. You can use some of them with your own SHIZUDAI ID and password when you are off campus.
    • ‘myLibrary’ is an online service which you can apply renewing the loan period, requesting books or photocopies of journal articles from other libraries, etc. You need your SHIZUDAI ID and password to use ‘myLibrary’.
    • You can see information of library at the Shizuoka University Library website and Official Twitter. On Twitter, we post useful information and various news about our library. Please follow us!

    What is ‘the Student Advisory Group’?

    さくら

    We’ll explain in more detail about how to use the library at the library seminar for freshmen.
    If you have any question, please feel free to contact the library staffs.


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  Library Hours and Services (Apr.4th – for the time being)

(2022/03/29)

We will change Service Hours of the library as follows:
Further changes may be made depending on the future spread of the new corona infection.

Apr.4th – for the time being

Library Open Hours

weekday: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday and holiday: Closed

Closed Stacks Hours

Shizuoka Main Library

  • Application to use materials in closed stacks: 9 am to 4:45 pm on weekdays.
  • Enter the closed stacks (for faculty staff and graduates): 9 am to 7:30 pm on weekdays.
  • Materials in the closed stacks are not available on weekend and holidays.

Hamamatsu Branch Library

  • Application to use materials in closed stacks and enter the closed stacks: 9 am to 5 pm on weekdays.
  • Materials in the closed stacks are not available on weekend and holidays.

Information About Library Services for the time being from Apr.4th

Use of facilities and equipment in the Library

Shizuoka Main Library

  • Seats are available for a short time.
  • Seats, facilities and equipment in the library has been reduced.
  • Personal booths, Audio visual, “Library Laptop for Loan” service are available for use. Once a day for up to three hours.
  • PC Work Area is available, but the computer is not.
  • Harvest Room is available for use as seating during exam periods.
  • Seminar rooms are available only for applications by representatives of faculty and staff for classes and other purposes.
  • Gallery is available. Please follow our cautions.
  • Lounge is not available for use.

Hamamatsu Branch Library

  • Seats are available for a short time.
  • Seats, facilities and equipment in the library has been reduced.
  • Personal booths are only available on weekdays during certain hours.
  • Gallery is available. Please follow our cautions.
  • Group study rooms and some facilities are not available.

ILL Services

Interlibrary loan service is available, but it may take longer than usual or be unable to offer to your request.

National Diet Library Digital Collection service

National Diet Library Digital Collection service is available (9 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm to 5 pm on weekdays). You can use it about three hours.

Visitors

Visitors will not be able to use Shizuoka University Library for the time being.


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  For those who will graduate / For those who will continue to be enrolled

(2022/02/17)

■For those who will graduate

The due date is the same date of the graduation ceremony. (Shizuoka campus: March 23rd, Hamamatsu campus: March 17th)
Please return the books you borrow by the due date.

■For those who will proceed to the graduate school at the Shizuoka University

You can extend the loan period until March 31st. If you need extension, please ask to the library staff. (Weekday, 9:00-12:30, 13:30-17:00)
From April, you can borrow library materials after your student card issued.

■For those who will continue to be enrolled due to repeating a year etc.

If you are a fourth-year undergraduate student or a second-year graduate student who will continue to be enrolled next academic year due to repeating a year etc., you can extend the loan period until April 15th.
If you want extension, please ask to the library staff. (Weekday, 9:00-12:30, 13:30-17:00)