Floor Map

Science and Technology Library, Kyushu University

Library Policy

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Return items to their proper shelf locations after reading.
Be quiet and do not disturb other users.
Switch your cell phones to the silent mode. Call is allowed in thecellular phone booths.
No food is allowed.

【Eating / Drinking Restrictions in the Library】

Members Guide
https://www.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en

Opening Hours
Mon – Fri(Exam Weeks)

9am – 9pm
9am – 10pm

Sat, Sun & National Holidays

10am – 6pm【Closed】
Bon holidays (in mid-August)Year-end & New Year holidays*On our temporary closure, please check our notice and website.

Service Hours
Borrowing / Returning /Interlibrary Loan

Smoking is totally prohibited in the campus.
Do not use illicitly information appliances and electronicinformation.
Do not leave your wallet and other valuables in the seat.

ReferenceTheses
Closed Shelf Materials
Map Room Materials
National Diet Library (NDL)
Digital Collections (Print Service)
Photocopying /Audiovisual Equipment

Ask A Librarian
Circulation Desk (Borrowing, Returning, Facilities, etc.)
TEL: 092-802-2450
092-802-2453
FAX: 092-802-2455
titoservice@jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Reference Desk (Interlibrary Loan and Reference)
TEL: 092-802-2451
092-802-2454
titosanko@jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Science and Technology Library,Kyushu University

Group Study Rooms /Individual Study Rooms /Open Seminar Rooms /Braille & Speech Synthesizer
NDL Digital Collections (Reading)[Mon – Fri]
9am – Closing Time
[Holiday]10am – 6pm[Mon – Fri]
9am – 5pm
[Mon – Fri]
9am – 5 min. before closing[Holiday]10am – 5:55pm[Mon – Fri]
9am – 10 min. before closing[Holiday]10am – 5:50pm

Borrowing Limit & Period
Types ofBorrowing
GeneralSpecial*Users
All Kyushu Univ.
Members
SeniorStudents
Graduate
Students
Faculty& Staffs

Limit
10 items

Books

PeriodPeriodicals

2 weeks

1 week90 days－10 items
30 items*Please tell us when borrowing. If other users request to borrow, return temporarily.

West Zone, Ito Campus
744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka-shi 819-0395, Japan(As of April 2024)

Renewing Limit & Period (Books Only)
GeneralOnce (2 weeks)Special

3 times (270 days)*The renewal periods above are its maximum (depending on the renewal timing).

Library Card

Reservation / Inter-Campus Delivery

Your Kyushu University ID card is necessary to enter the library and borrow the materials.

Loss / Renewal of Your Library Card
If your Kyushu University ID card gets lost or expires, please inform the loss to yourStudent Section or Personnel Section promptly.

National Diet Library Digital Collections
You can access to digital contents of the National Diet Library (NDL), and get copies ofReservation
When an item you want is already checked out by another user, you can make areservation by clicking “Reserve” button on your search result page in the Collections.

If a book you want is located in the Central Library or the other campuses, you can request toEntrance

send it over here without charge.

Please touch your card on the scanner of the entrance gate, wait until the gate opens
fully, and pass it through one by one.
If you do not have your card, please call us on an intercom at the library lobby.

Exit
The exit gate opens automatically when you stand in front of it. Please do not bringout library materials without checking out.

You are free to read materials on the open stacks. After reading, please put them backwhere they were.
Closed-stacks materials can be requested at the circulation desk.

Newspapers and casual magazines are located.

“My Page” provides you various library services: checking the due date, renewing the items,

Audiovisual Booth (3F)

booking the study rooms, etc.

There are 5 audiovisual booths on the 3rd floor. Audiovisual materials in the library
are available here.

Interlibrary Loan (Including Fee-based Services)If you cannot find a book you need at Kyushu University Library, you can borrow it fromlibraries of other universities.

University.

Interlibrary Loan.

Borrowing / Renewing / Returning
Borrowing

Only

There are self-service copy machines on the 1st floor and the 2nd floor.
PDF files on USB memory stick can also be printed.

weekday afternoons.

*Reproduction in the library is subject to legal limitation. You are allowed to makecopies only for the non-profit use, one copy, and less than half of the whole item.

You can ask them about academic writing, presentation, mathematics, mechanics,

Braille and Speech Synthesizer (1F)

programming languages, etc.

Braille materials and a magnifying reader are available. The room key can beborrowed at the circulation desk.

Please show your library card at the circulation desk.
In Library Use

Copy Machine (1F / 2F)(university budget). As for the card, please ask the Kyushu University Co-op.

Learning Support Desk
Library teaching assistants “Cuter” accept your questions at the Learning Support Desk on

https://catalog.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en

You can borrow a headphone and a remote control at the circulation desk.

Payment can be done by coins, 1,000-yen bills (private expense), or a copy card

You can search printed books, journals, e-journals and e-books, etc. From search
results, you can also make a request of the Inter-Campus Book Delivery andEntrance Plaza “Q-Bridge” (1F)My Page (Online Library Service)

In addition, you can request photocopy of materials from other campuses of Kyushu“Collections” (Kyushu University Library Catalog)

Library.

Library Facilities

The request can be made on your search result page in the Collections.

Your SSO-KID is necessary to log in.

Reading

Please make an application at the reference desk.
*From 2022, individuals can access this service by registering with the National Diet

Inter-Campus Delivery

Entrance / Exit Gates

them in the library.

Current Issues of Journals, Newspapers, Audio-Visual Materials,
Theses, Reference Books, Rare Books, and Assigned Books

Renewing

Shelf Guides
Science and Technology Library’s collection mainly covers the fields of mathematics,

Individual Study Room / Group Study Room (1F / 2F)

natural sciences, engineering, information science, agriculture, and liberal arts.

Kyushu University members can book the study rooms below on the My Page.

Floor

Location

Materials

CapacityTimeYou can renew items (books only) at the circulation desk or on the “My page” by due

Mathematical Books, Geological Maps,

Individual Study Room (2 rooms)

1Up to 3 hours

date, unless other users are reserving them.

Whether Maps, Sugi Coll., Watanabe Coll.,Group Study Room (4 rooms)

1-10

Up to 3 hours

Returning

3FOpen Stacks

Please return library materials at the circulation desk by due date. You can return themat other libraries in Kyushu University.
When the library is closed, the book drop on the left side of the entrance is available.
If you have not returned materials by due date, you cannot borrow new materials forOpen Seminar Room 1 & 2 (2F)

Audiovisual Materials

Normally the Open Seminar Rooms are available without an application.

2FOpen Stacks

Paperbacks, Reference Books,

International Lounge

Language Textbooks,

1F

Open Stacks
Entrance Plaza

Chromebooks, projectors, and headphones can be borrowed at the circulation desk.

Reference Desk / Library Workshops
Reference librarians support your literature research and use of e-resources at theThe John Lossing Buck Library,Books (NDC 460-999),

the days overdue.

Equipment

Morinaga Coll., Esaki Coll.,

Compact ShelvingBF

Large-sized Books

Learning Commons (1F / 2F)

Books (NDC 000-459),

Movable tables and chairs are available freely for group study.

New Arrival Books, Current Journals,
Newspapers, Magazines

Refresh Room (2F / 3F)

Secondary Sources, Statistical Books,

It is a break room that you can talk, but please be considerate of other groups.

Former Colonies Books, Large-sized Books,

Users can eat and drink in this space. When using this space, please keep the area

Kyushu University-related Publications,
Government Publications

reference desk (9am – 5pm on weekdays).

ASRS

Books for Research, Back Issues of Journals,

The library also offers lectures on particular databases, and workshops in units ofTheses (Closed Stacks)

Theseslaboratories and classes.

For holding a workshop or an event, Kyushu University members can reserve themon My Page or at the circulation desk (at least 3 days before use).

quiet and clean for the other users.

Wi-Fi (“kitenet”)
There are Wireless LAN access points in the library.
As for the way of accessing and further details, please visit the website
below of the Information Infrastructure Initiative, Kyushu University:
https://iii.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/