Check-out・Return・Reservation

 Check-out
■How to check out materials
 Your student/staff/library card is needed when you borrow books.
In the case you forgot to bring your card, please consult with a librarian as you may borrow them by following a due procedure at the circulation desk.
【Main Library / Reading Room 5】
Please use a self-checkout/return machine.
You cannot return overdue materials using the machine, so please come to the circulation desk.
In addition, some materials require procedures at the desk.

【Asia Library (Branch Library)】
Please go through a pocedure at the circulation desk.

Note when using a self-checkout/return machine

 Please make sure that the number of books you borrow/return matches the number shown on the display. If some books fail to be processed, the security gate may ring when you leave the library, or you may receive a reminder for overdue materials.

■Number and period for loan
 Number of items for loanPeriod for loan Renewal(Extension)
Graduate Students20 items4 weeksOnce (2 weeks)
Undergraduate Students10 items3 weeksOnce (2 weeks)
Junior College Students10 items3 weeksOnce (2 weeks)
Part-Time Students6 items2 weeks
Alumni6 items2 weeks 
General Citizens6 items2 weeks
Full-time Teachers & Staffs 30 items2 monthsOnce (2 weeks) 
Part-time Teachers 20 items4 weeksOnce (2 weeks) 
 ※If you wish to extend the loan, you may renew it once only. Please go through a renewal procedure by the end of the loan period.
 However, you cannot renew the loan when someone else has reserved the book, it is overdue, or you have other overdue books.

■Loan Period during the Vacations
Loan periods change during summer, winter, and spring vacations. Details will be announced on the library website and by schedule handouts.

■Special Loan System
 This system allows you to check out books that you need to write papers and graduation theses or to conduct graduation researches.
 Apart from the conditions determined for each user type, you are allowed to check out up to 6 additional items for 4 weeks.
 If you wish to use this system, please follow a procedure at the circulation desk.

■Items not available for Check-Out
 Items which are not available for check-out are labelled “禁帯出(Not to be taken out)”.
 You may read them in the library only.
 They are as follows : rare materials / bibliographies, indexes, catalogs / dictionaries, encyclopedias / yearbooks / white papers / academic journals / newspapers / audiovisual materials / doctoral dissertations, master’s theses

 Return
■Regarding penalties for overdue books
 If you delay in returning materials, you'll not be able to borrow books for a certain period of time.
These materials will also be used by others, so each person should bear in mind not to delay in returning them.

 Reservation
 When the books you wish to borrow have been checked out by other users, you may reserve them. Please follow a procedure at the circulation desk or “MyLibrary”(P.06).