FacilityGuideCounter

This is also a reference desk for returning and borrowing
books, and for information about library holdings.

Entrance/Exit
Gate

When entering, please scan your student ID or librarycertificate to proceed. When leaving, please exit one at atime. If the buzzer sounds, the gate will lock. In thisevent, please follow the instuctions of the counter staff

AutomaticLending Terminal

Here you can borrow books yourself

OPAC Terminal

Here you may check on what materials are in stock.
In addition to the Reference Books Room, there are also
terminals in the Reading Rooms on the 1 ～ 3 floors and in
the Journal Room.

Copy Corner

AV Material
Viewing CornerWith the coin-operated copy machine,you may copy documents in thelibrary to the extent that you do not violate copyright. The
copy fee is 10 yen for black and white per page and 50 yen
for colored per page. There is a paid printer where you canprint materials from your own device.

DVDs, videos, etc in the library collection can be viewed
here. Please check videos out at the counter (Student ID isrequired). Removing materials from the library is prohibited.

Urawa National
Higher School
Memorial RoomThis room contains materials donated by the Urawa
National Higher School Alumni Association. Hours ofoperation are from 9:00-17:00 on weekdays.

Stack RoomThe 1st floor holds foreign books, while the 2nd and 3rd
are dedicated to Japanese books.

Journal Room

The first floor houses University and publications fromvarious institutions. The second floor houses foreign
Journals, almanacs and yearly government statistics.The
third floor holds Japanese Journals, catalogs and indexes

Newspaper Corner(2F)
Learning Commons（2,3F)

Contains English-language newspapers, including the Asahi andYomiuri. Back issues are available in the Journal room.

Meeting room, available for use by student groups

Seminar Room
（2F)

Blu-disc players and wide screen monitors are available.

Information
TerminalCorner（2F)

Includes 20 on-line information terminals

Group Study Room
（3F)

White boards for group discussions are available, and theuse of computers is allowed.

InternationalExchangeCommons（3F）

Basic material for learning Japanese language culture
available in English, Korean and Chinese.

３ＦJournal Room

Stack RoomJapanese Books（Humanities, Natural SciencesEngineering）
000-200, 400-900Natural Science/Engineering
Books 500 400
Reading RoomGroup Study Room(1)～(3)

Uni Women
Men ＷＣ ＷＣ Urawa National
ＷＣ
Higher School Mem.
Resource Center

Japanese Journals

Learning CommonsＥＶ

Humanities and Social Sciences
Books(Philosophy · History · Art ·Literature etc.)

000-200

Saitama University
Library
GuidebookInternational Exchange
Commons

600-900
Archive

Reading Room

Seating Area

２Ｆ

Seating Area

Seating Area

Uni Women

Men ＷＣ ＷＣ
ＷＣ

Foreign Journals

Journal Room
Almanacs,
White Paperback numbers

Social Sciences
Books 300

Reading Room

Seminar Room(1),(2)Stack RoomJapanese Books(Social Sciences）
300
ＥＶ

Learning Commons
Reference Books SyllabusCorner
Newspaper Support
Corner Desk
Reference Books
Room
OPAC Terminal New Journals
Micro film

Seating Area

１Ｆ

Seating Area

Information Terminal Corner

Copy Corner AV Material Room
Viewing Corner

Women'sWC

University Journals/
Newspaper/Gazette

Journal Room
Other Institution's
Publications

Exhibition
Men's Corner
ＷＣ

Stack Room

Foreign Books
000-900

Uni
ＷＣ

ＥＶ

〒338-8570 Saitama City, Sakura-ku, Shimo Okubo 255
Counter：048-858-3667／048-858-3668

Automatic Lending
Terminal

Entrance Gate

Emergency Exit

Staff RoomCounter
Vending Machine
CornerStaff Room

Bld. 2
Quiet Space (no personal computers)Book-dropEntrance

LoungeBld. 1

Learning Commons(computers allowed)

Open Space (conversation and computers allowed)

https://www.lib.saitama-u.ac.jp/

In order to use the library, please bring your student ID or library card.
Opening hours
Hours during school term

Hours for term breaks

Weekdays

Weekend,holidays

Weekdays

Weekend,holidays

9：00 ～ 21：30

9：00 ～ 17：00

9：00 ～ 17：00

ClosedPlease note that the library conducts inventory on the fourth Thursday
from April to June, October. During these periods, open hours will berestricted (17:00-21:30).
Closing days
・Saturdays, Sundays and holidays during term breaks
・The summer holiday period・New Year’s holiday
・University entrance exam dates
・Academic exam dates
・Dates of the Mutsume-Festival

・Please borrow books via the automatic lending machine or the loan counter,using your student ID or library certificate.
・To return books, please bring them to the return counter during open hours,
or to the book post next to the library entrance during closing hours.
・If you return materials past the return deadline date, you will be barredfrom borrowing again for a period equal to the number of days late.
・Books “currently on loan” can by reserved one week from their date of return.
Please be aware, however, that the reservation will be cancelled if the bookis overdue.
・The loan period for borrowed materials may be renewed up to 3 times. Please
use the OPAC user service menu and/or the automatic lending machine.
・If the loan period ends on a day during which the library is closed, the loan
period will automatically be extended until the end of the holiday. Details
will be announced on the library homepage and bulletin board.

Book purchase request・If books necessary for study or research are not in the library, you canapply to have them purchased.
・Please confirm via OPAC that the article is not in the library and apply at
the Reference Counter. You can also request this via the library website.

Reference service
・Feel free to inquire about the location of library materials, literature, items
and use of the library.

A calendar of open hours is posted at the counter.
Extraordinary closures will be announced via the library homepage and bulletin.
Book Lending
Classification

Number ofdocuments

Lending
periodRenewals
allowedUndergraduate andGraduate students, people ofequivalent status

Up to 10

Up to 2 weeks

Up to 3 times

Executive staff,
Faculty

Up to 20

Up to 4 weeks

Up to 3 times

Staff, Professor emeritus,
Former faculty and employees

Up to 10

Up to 2 weeks

Up to 3 times*W ith permission from their supervisors, undergraduate and graduate students writing
graduation theses, master theses or doctoral dissertations may apply for permission toborrow up to 20 documents for up to 4 weeks.

Library Assistants (LA)・Graduate student library assistants (LA) provide learning support, including
consultations on researching and writing papers. They can be found at thesupport desk on the second floor.
Institutional Repository
・Researchers can read the full texts and abstracts of academic journals,
bulletins, research reports, dissertations, research presentation materials
by Saitama University faculty and students, and the like in the institutionalrepository.
・Please use the following URL.
https://sucra.repo.nii.ac.jp/
Database - Electronic Journals etc.
・The library provides various databases, electronic journals and e-books.
・The portal can be accessed via the library website.
https://www.lib.saitama-u.ac.jp/

Get off at JR Keihin-Tohoku Line’s Kita-Urawa Station and take the bus for
Saitama University (about 15 minutes)or
Get off at JR Saikyo Line’s Minami-Yono Station and take the bus for Saitama
University (about 10 minutes)< Library Conduct >・Food and drinks are prohibited everywhere other than the first floor
lounge・Please handle library materials carefully so as not to damage them・Please be sure to take all your valuables with you when leaving yourseat.