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Online service■ Library’s homepage (Eng)https://lib.tut.ac.jp/index_e.html

Toyohashi University of Technology
Library

Library Guide（For TUT members)·Announcements from the library, opening calendar, library guide,
online reservation site for facilities etc. are posted on the librarywebsite.
Besides that, the following functions are also available.

1F Multi Plaza

Library opening hours■ Search for materials (OPAC)· Use OPAC to search for books, magazines, audiovisual materials,
etc. OPAC will give you all the information that you need to findmaterials on the shelves in the library. Books are arranged in theorder of the number of call mark.
■ My library· Confirmation of loaned book · Extension of lending period · Request for ILL service · Student book purchase request can be done.
■ Using electronic materials· You can search for electronic journals, e-books, databases.
Links to each website can be found at library’s homepage.

2F Quiet area (for individual/multi-person learning)

9:00～20:00

Vacation

Mon～Fri

9:00～17:00

Fully closed : summer holidays, New Year holidays,
2・3 Floor closed: collection inspection days
In the morning once a month, etc.
Except the fully closed days or switching time from afterhours opening to regular hours opening, regular opening
hours and after-hours opening is held. (Unmannedopening / Automatic opening) For details, please refer tothe library opening calendar at library’s homepage.

・No food and drink is allowed in the workstation area.
・Drinks with lids and water bottles are allowed inside thelibrary entrance gate and information lounge. If you havefood and drink that you are not allowed to use, please put themin your bag or leave them at the counter before entering.
・Please use your own ID card to enter the library. Do notlend your ID card or borrow another person’s ID card.
・Please pass thorough the gate one by one .
・Switch off your mobile phone or turn it into silent mode.
Do not make phone calls inside the library.
・If you damage any facilities or equipments by intention ornegligence, or lose or damage the materials, you will be required to compensate. Please take note.

Mon～FriSat., Sun., Holidays : Closed■ Attention ■・Please carry your stuff when you leave your seat.

Regular

3F Quiet area (individual study only)
Contact

Please eat and drink in designated areas only.
<Map of places where you can eat and drink>
https://lib.tut.ac.jp/guidance/eatspace_e.pdf

Published in April 2024

Toyohashi University of Technology LibraryE-mail: tosho@office.tut.ac.jp
Tel: 0532-44-6564, 6565 (direct)
Library homepage https://lib.tut.ac.jp/index_e.html

＊Regular Library Hours＊ Entering・Browsing■ Entering the library· The first floor is free to enter and exit.
· For entry to the library area (2nd and 3rd floor) , an ID card (student/staff pass) is required.
Hold the ID card over the IC reader at the entrance gate and passthrough when the gate opens. Please inform the counter if you forget tobring your card.
■ Browsing· Browsing can be freely viewed except some materials. When you finish browsing, please return the materials to their original location.
· If you wish to browse books or magazines that are in the laboratory or
separate archive, please inform the counter.

Returning borrowed materials

Facilities■ Procedure· Please return borrowed books to the counter or put into the bookpostbox next to the front door of the library.
You can also use the self-check book machine installed on the 2ndfloor. If you return using the self-check book machine, please put thebook into the book postbox next to it.
· To prevent damage, audiovisual materials and attached materials(CD-ROM) must not put into the book postbox. Please hand them overto the library staff at the counter during regular opening hours.
※ If the return of materials is delayed, you cannot borrow materials fora certain period of time as penalty. Please take note.

· On the 1st floor, there are two meeting rooms. On the 2nd and 3rdfloor, there are two group study rooms, and six study cubicles.
Please make a reservation procedure, if you wish to use.

Copiers

Borrowing materials■ Procedure· Show your ID card (student / staff pass) with the material you intend
to borrow at the counter .
· General books can also be borrowed using the self-check bookmachine installed on the 2nd floor.

■ Types of material and lending periodStudent■ Color copiers (for official use)
· Staff pass or a Xerox card is required. If students need to use thiscopier, please obtain the Xerox card from your supervisor. Library
dedicated Xerox cards are distributed to faculty members that wish touse.
※ If you want to make a photocopy of some material in library,please make sure to fill the "Photocopy application form" next to eachcopier and submit it.

Staff

Types ofMaterial

Numberof books

Lending
periodNumberof books

Lending
periodComputers

GeneralMaterial

Up to 7books

Within 20days

Up to 10books

Within 30
days

Audio-visualmaterial

Up to 3items

Within 3
days

Up to 3items

Within 3days■ Desktop Computers [Workstation Area (1st Floor)]· There are educational terminals and printers at the Information Media
Center. An ID card and "PIN code" are required to enter the room.
The user ID is issued by the Information and Media Center.
■ Large-sized Printer [Workstation Area (1st floor)]· If you wish to use it, you need to submit a “Large-sized printer usage
application form” in advance. Faculty members and staffs are required
to apply only for the first time, while students need to apply for everyyear.
■ OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) / NDL Digital* During summer vacation and student internships lending
periods are extended.
* Audiovisual materials that can be borrowed are CD copyrightprocessed DVD.
* Non-lendable Materials, Journal, Magazine, Newspaper, Redmark DVD cannot be rented. Only available for watching in thelibrary.
You can watch it in the group study room on the 2nd floor or thestudy cubicle room1･2 on the 3rd floor.

■ Extension of lending period· If the books are not reserved, you can extend for once
within the lending period. You can extend by My Library on
the library website.
■ Reservation· If the book you need are on loan to another person, you canmake a reservation for lending materials. Please search on
OPAC and click the reservation button.

Collections terminals [１ｓｔ floor]· Available during opening hours. Please inquire at the counter to viewmaterials that are available with Digitized Contents Transmission
Service of National Diet Library Digital Collections.

■ CD-ROM dedicated terminal [2nd floor]· You can use CD-ROM attached to the book.

■ Wireless LAN· Available inside the buildings. Authentication for wireless LAN connec
tion and authentication for using the university network are required.
■ LAN connection· You can use it in the meeting room on the 1st floor.

You can use web reservation system. (Reservations are on a firstcome-first-served basis)· No reservation is required for workstation area.

＊＊Library After-hours＊＊ Precautions for use
Ex) Weekday Please leave once and enter again with ID card
Regular hours

Library After-hours close for switching

9:00～20:00

20:00～8:30(Please leave 2nd and3rd floor)8:30～9:00■ Using Library· During Library After-hours, you need an ID card to enter thebuilding. Hold an ID card over the IC card reader (touch panel) next
to the door and enter “PIN code” to the library space (2nd and 3rdfloor) and workstation area (1st floor). It is necessary to attend
library guidance to obtain “PIN code”.
■ Borrowing· Only general books are available. Please use the self-checkbook machine. Installed on the 2nd floor. From 2 AM to 4 AM, theself check-machine isn’t operating due to maintenance.
■ Returning· Please put into the book postbox installed next to the front door ofthe library. Or, please return it with the self-check machine in thelibrary. In that case, please put the books that have completed thereturning procedure into the postbox installed next to the selfcheck machine.
· To prevent damage, please hand over attached materials (CD ROM) and audiovisual materials to the library staff during regularopening hours.
■ Facilities· Facilities on 2nd and 3rd floor and meeting rooms on the 1st floor
can not be used during library after-hours.
■ Countermeasures against abnormalities· If self-check machine’s system has troubles, please fill in your ID
number and name on the back of the receipt, and put your book in a
“return bag” with receipt and put it into the box next to self-checkmachine. Library staffs will correspond the next day.
· In the unlikely event of an emergency, please contact the security
guard room with “Security guard direct phone line” beside thelibrary counter . (Just raise the handset, it leads to the security guardroom.)■ Security and others· Air conditioning is in operation. If you open the window, pleaseclose it when you go home for security reasons. Thank you foryour cooperation.