Jan. 1. 2024
■Circulation
Maximum number of items

Period102 weeks

Undergraduate Students
Graduate students
Faculty & Staff

Library for Science and Technology*Following items are in-library Use Only:

GUIDE

・Rare books
・Magazines or journals
・Audiovisual materials
・Loose-leaf books
・Almanacs
・Materials marked as “禁帯出 (in-library use only)”・Other miscellaneous materials

Some of them may allowed be borrowed on the day. Please ask the information desk if you want
to use any of these items outside the library.

■ADDRESS
Kobe University Library for Science and Technology, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ward,
Kobe 657-8501, Japan■OPENING HOURS■CONTACTTEL：078-803-5308

FAX：078-803-5310

E-mail：nlibsvc@lib.kobe-u.ac.jp
URL：https://lib.kobe-u.ac.jp/libraries/en/list/shizen/

During the semester
Weekdays

8：45 ― 20：00

Saturday

11：00

Sunday― 17：00

ClosedSummer / Spring break
Weekdays

8：45 ― 17：00

Weekends

Closed■CLOSED ON
Public Holidays except for school days
Bon holidays
New Year Holidays
8:45-13:00 on the 3rd Thursday of every month to organize books

■FLOOR GUIDE
4F■OUR POLICY ON FOOD AND BEVERAGE
Drinks with screw-on lids are allowed anywhere in our library.

Innovation StudioCup Drinks
Open SquareAllowed

You can eat snacks only in Foyer on the 4th floor.
You can buy cup drinks from the vending machine in the Foyer and drink them only in
the Innovation Studio, the Open Square or the Foyer.

Foyer〇Snacks Allowed■OUR POLICY ON CONVERSATIONS〇Beverage Vending Machines
Collaboration RoomYou can’t talk in:〇Reservation Required

・The Silent Space on the 3rd floor.
3F・The Browsing Room and the Stacks on the 2nd floor.

Learning Commons
Online Pods

Silent Space■OUR POLICY ON ROOM RESERVATION〇Reservation Required●Reference Books

No Talking

Collaboration

Can be reserved 3 months in advance / for 3-20 persons /Room 1for 2 hours at once /for groups including faculty staff or graduate students of the schools
or departments supported by our library

2F

Courtyard

Collaboration

Can be reserved 1 week in advance / for 3-12 persons

Room 2-3

for 2 hours at once /for anyone belonging to the schools or departments supported by ourlibrary

Online Pods
Browsing Roomfor 2 hours at once /●Books●Oversized BooksStacks●Books From The Past Libraries
Separate Placement

Information Desk

〇Pay for ILL service●Reserved Books●New Arrived Books

Newly Acquired
Journals Room

●New Arrived Journals〇Photocopier / Copying Machine

Stacks●Back Issue of Journals

Refresh Corner●Featured Books

for anyone belonging to the schools or departments supported by ourNo Talking●Books Located on1F

Can be reserved 1 week in advance / for only 1 person /※If you would like to use AV materials (CD-ROMs etc.), please ask the staff.

library
Please make a reservation using Library Account on our website.
[URL for Room Reservation] https://op.lib.kobe-u.ac.jp/opac/rsv/
We don’t accept reservation by phone.
IF you don’t belong to the schools / departments supported by our library, you can makea reservation on the day of use at the Information Desk on the 1st floor.
【Room Reservation】■SCHOOLS / DEPARTMENTS SUPPORTED BY OUR LIBRARY
Faculty/Graduate School of Science
Faculty/Graduate School of Engineering
Faculty/Graduate School of Agriculture/Agricultural Science
Graduate School of System Informatics
Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation
Organization of Advanced Science and Technology
Administrative Office