Rules for use of the library

Guide to Josai University❶Removal of materials from the library without being
checked out is strictly prohibited. Please check out allmaterials properly at the main desk.
❷Please use library materials, facilities and equipment withdue care.
❸You will be held responsible for compensation of any loss,
damage or soiling of library materials.
❹Please refrain from whispering, making noise and talking
on the phone within the library.
❺Do not eat (including candy or chewing gum), drink orsmoke; however you can bring in a container with asealable top such as a plastic bottle or water bottle to getwater at the Reading Room.
❻Lending your student ID card or user’s card to others isprohibited.
❼You are responsible for keeping your personal belongings
with you at all times.

MAP
高崎

Takasaki
寄居

東武東上線

Yorii

Tobu Tojo Line

JR八高線

JR Hachiko Line

坂戸

川越

大宮

SakadoKawagoe

Omiya

JR埼京線

川角

JR Saikyo Line

Kawakado
東武越生線

越生Tobu Ogose LineOgose

坂戸キャンパス

JR川越線

高麗川

JR Kawagoe Line

Sakado Campus

Komagawa
飯能

Hanno

東飯能

池袋

上野

Ikebukuro

Ueno

地下鉄有楽町線

Higashi-Hanno

Tokyo Metro
Yurakucho Line

西武池袋線

Seibu Ikebukuro Line
八王子Hachioji

JR中央線

Akihabara
麹町

新宿

JR Chuo Line

Kojimachi

Shinjuku

東京紀尾井町キャンパス
JR山手線

Tokyo Kioicho Campus

JR Yamanote Line❽Taking photos or recording a video without permission
within the library is prohibited.

秋葉原

東京Tokyo
有楽町

Yurakucho
浜松町

羽田空港

Haneda Air Port

Hamamatsucho
東京モノレール

Tokyo Monorail

Opening hours©Josai University,Mizuta Memorial Library〒350-0295 1-1, Keyakidai, Sakado-shi, SAITAMA
Tel: 049-271-7736

Fax: 049-286-8126

Weekdays

9:00 – 21:00⎛ Summer vacations 9:00 – 19:00 ⎞⎝ Examination periods 8:30 – 21:00 ⎠Saturdays

9:00 – 19:00

Sundays

9:00 – 17:00

Closed• National holidays, Anniversary of the founding (April 20 th )URL: http://libopac.josai.ac.jp/E-mail: library1@josai.ac.jp• National Center for University Entrance Examinations days

Issued April 2014

• Any other days set by the Director• Summer and New Year vacation

About the Mizuta Memorial Library
Our library has been collecting materials and information for students
and researchers to study. You can also get materials from overseas
through the library.
To support your studies, we offer various kinds of services andevents. For example, opening on Sundays, monthly exhibitions aboutcertain themes, a Syllabus Room where books listed on course
syllabuses can be found, Student Advisors who can give you guidance,classes for developing your skills, a “Students’ Library” where students
choose books for the library, “Bibliobattles”, a social book review game
event, and so on. By making the best use of our library and the services
we offer, you will be able to enhance and enjoy your university life!
Number of materials(As of April 2014)

Volumes: Around 450 thousand (27 thousand in Japanese and 18
thousand in other languages)*We offer access to e-journals, e-books and databases, which you cansearch for specialized information. You can use this information in a study
room, a computer room or in a WiFi area through the on-campus network.

Borrowing and returning materials
To check out materials, you will need to bring your student ID card or
user’s card. You can borrow, return and renew materials at the maindesk on 1st Floor.

How to find materials
Library website

URL：http://libopac.josai.ac.jpThe website provides links to tools for searching materials such as
OPAC and databases.Information for some classes at the library andother news are also available.

NumberUndergraduates

5❶To find the materials held in our library: OPAC
You can find books, journals, articles, AV materials, e-books ande-journals that the library holds.
❷To find textbooks and reference books: Syllabus Book List
You can look for the textbooks and reference materials that arelisted on syllabuses, which can be found at the Syllabus Room on
3rd Floor.
❸To find articles on journals and newspapers, academic theses andother data: Database List
The database provides a convenient way to search for materials.
❹To find issues published by Josai University: JURA (Josai UniversityRepository of Academia)
URL: http://libir.josai.ac.jp“JURA” stores and discloses the academic products of research andteaching carried out at Josai University, such as journal articles,
theses, dissertations, research papers, teaching materials and soon, in an electronic form. You can read the contents of thesematerials held in the repository on-line.

Undergraduates-planning tograduate at the end of the year

10Graduates

20BookJournal

AV

7 days14 days

Floors 1-5, 9th Floor

Syllabus Room

3rd Floor

An item with a 14-day loan period (except SyllabusBooks) that is not requested by another person may
be extended once for another 14 days.
Items that are currently checked out can be reserved
through OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog)

Microfilm and Microfiche Stack

3rd Floor

Personal Reading Room

3rd Floor

You may not check out an additional item when you
have an item that is overdue.
Newspapers and reference books (yearbooks, white
papers, encyclopedias, dictionaries and so on) may
not be checked out.

Audio-visual Room

2nd Floor

Audio-visual Booth

1st Floor*Syllabus books can be borrowed for 14 days but cannot be checked out during exam periods.

Renewals

Reservations
Overdue items
Items that
may not bechecked out

Facilities
Reading Room

90 daysGroup Study Room

Mathematics Library

A collection by German economist Bernhard Laum which holds
around 1,800 volumes on monetary economics, his field of expertise.
Kaname Akamatsu Collection
A collection by Hitotsubashi University professor emeritus Kaname
Akamatsu which includes his books and journal articles regarding
global economic theory etc.
Isoji Ishida Collection
A collection by former Josai University professor Isoji Ishida which
includes around 2,500 volumes of Japanese books and 1,100
volumes in other languages on issues regarding labor economics.
Hideo Shimojo Collection
A collection by former Josai University professor Hideo Shimojo
which holds articles from Japan and around the world about theeconomic development of silk.
Kounosuke Nozawa Collection
A collection by Josai University professor emeritus Kounosuke
Nozawa which includes 133 volumes of typical Japanese books on
management mathematics before and after World War II as well as
273 volumes in other languages.

Period14 days

Gerschenkron Collection
A collection by Alexander Gerschenkron, a specialist in the economic
history of the Soviet Union and economic theory, which holds around
5,300 volumes including his own works.
Laum Collection

How to find materials

Item limits and loan period
Categories

Collections

3rd Floor, 6th Floorth4 Floor in Building No. 1Eiichi Makita Collection
A collection by former Josai University professor Eiichi Makita whichincludes around 1,800 volumes of British and American literature.
Collection of Institute of Statistical ResearchDonated by the Institute of Statistical Research, the collection includes
8,103 volumes of valuable statistical materials on the national census
since the middle of the Meiji era.
Collection of old materials on Chinese medicine
Valuable materials such as “Kaitai Shinsho”(Anatomical Tables) areon permanent exhibition. They are also viewable online from thelibrary’s website as “Digital Archives”.