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Extended Checkout for Summer Vacation (Students only)
(2024/07/01)
The loan period and return date during the summer vacation are as follows.
Student |
Type of Item |
Check-out |
Due date |
Undergrad. |
All |
Jul.25 – Sep.21 |
Oct.7 |
Grad. |
Open Shelf (Shizuoka) |
Others |
Jul.8 – Sep.6 |
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Newly arrived eBooks [from January 1st until June 19th, 2024] 436 books
(2024/06/19)
New eBooks are available now! You can search for eBooks available in Shizuoka University Library on the OPAC and can read them from the linked URL in the search results.
Newly arrived ebooks
You can use these on campus and off-campus through “GakuNin”.
Shizuoka
Shizuoka Main Library is going to close at 6 p.m. (May 28th)
(2024/05/28)
Because of the approach of Typhoon No.1, Shizuoka Main Library is going to close at 6 p.m.
Shizuoka
[Ended] Gallery Exhibition「私たちの知事選2024」
(2024/05/16)
This exhibition is the poster presentation about the election for Shizuoka prefectural governor by students of the political science seminar, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
They compiled and analized the results of a survey conducted among Shizuoka University students regarding this election.
Feel free to drop by.
■May 16th (Thu) – May 28th (Tue) 9am – 5pm : Monday – Friday (The last day ends at 14:30.)
■Shizuoka Main Library 4th floor, Gallery

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【Recovered】Wiley E-journals/E-books Off-Campus Access Error
(2024/05/13)
Now you can use Off Campus Access. We are sorry for inconvienience(2024.May.23).
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Wiley E-Journals/E-Books Off-Campus Access Error:
We have confirmed that errors are occurring when accessing Wiley’s e-journals and e-books.
We are currently working on it. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.
*On-Campus Access is normally available.
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The Student Advisory Group members wanted!
(2024/05/10)
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.
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


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Hamamatsu Branch Library
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[Ended]Seminars about CAS SciFinder-n
(2024/04/12)
We will hold seminars. Seminars will be held in Japanese.
【1】CAS SciFinder-nセミナー(基礎編)
【2】CAS SciFinder-nセミナー(応用編)
You can choose to participate either face-to-face (Shizuoka Main Library.) or online (Zoom).
If you are a member of Shizuoka University, you can attend the seminars. And you are welcome to attend seminars held at a campus other than your own.
Please join us!
For more information, click here.
セミナー情報
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Library Tips for Freshmen
(2024/04/11)
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.

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.

Using the Library!
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- 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.
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- The Shizuoka main library holds about 890,000 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.
- 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’ ?
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- ‘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?
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- 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 Shizuoka University’s Microsoft365 account (Last Name.First Name.24@shizuoka.ac.jp) 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 Shizuoka University’s Microsoft365 account (Last Name.First Name.24@shizuoka.ac.jp) 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’?

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 report No.176 is now out!
(2024/04/11)
Library report No.176
https://www.lib.shizuoka.ac.jp/aboutus/publish/report/
(Japanese Only)
Hamamatsu
[Ended]Gallery “Photo Exhibition 2024” by Hamamatsu Photograph Club
(2024/04/09)
Exhibition by the Hamamatsu Photograph Club. Please take a moment to enjoy these beautiful works that capture fleeting moments!
- April 11st (thu) – May 16th (Thu) 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (until 1:00 pm on the last day)
- Hamamatsu branch Library 1st floor, Gallery and Lounge

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