【IC card】
When you use the library, you need an IC card issued by Tokyo Tech such as Student card, ID card and Access card(J).
Ask each department wchich is in charge of issuing the card for details about application and issuance.
For people who aren't issue the card in spite of being affiliated with Tokyo Tech, we issue a card for using the library. Please come to the library counter with any document wchich certifies that you are a Tokyo Tech member and apply for issuing the card.

* When you use library services or ask something to the library, please let us know your user ID.
  User ID is the same as an account of Tokyo Tech Portal.
  In case of the people who have a card issued by the library, user ID is the number wchich is printed on the card.

【User registration】
If you are not an undergraduate or a grad student, you need user ragistration below firstly.

• Teaching staff who can pay at public expenses
  Please fill out "Application form for code registration", and submit it to the library counter with your ID card. You can send it by e-mail or internal mail.
  
  
• Other user
  Please fill out "Application form for library services", and submit it to the library counter with your student card or access card. （Reception time：8:45am - 5:00pm weekdays）

Please refer to here(J) about user registration for use of "TDL Online Request".

【Change user information】
The way of changing user information depends on items you want to change.

• Changing contact information
  Please change it from "Profile information" of "TDL Online Request".
  
  
• Changing other information
  Please submit the form for "User ragistration" above to the counter again.（Reception time：8:45am - 5:00pm weekdays）

Please refer to here(J) about how to change user information via "TDL Online Request".

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【Search materials】
You can search library materials by use of OPAC.
When you search materials, please note the following information.

• You can't use the book displayed "Checked out", "On the way", "Keep", "Return" on search result.
• When you use serials, please confirm "Check-in List" and "Volumes" on search result.
• The serial "in preparation" for bound is not available.
• You can't use the materials in "旧館"(means older building).
• Please ask the counter about use of closed stack materials.（Reception time：8:45am - 5:00pm weekdays）
  Please refer to the following about closed stack materials.
  →"Unique Materials"(J)

Please refer to here(J) about how to use OPAC.

【Checkout, Return, Renew】

• Checkout
  You can borrow books at the counter or self-loan machines.
  When you borrow books, you need IC card issued by Tokyo Tech(ID card, Student card, Access card) and PIN code(6 digit number).
  If you don't have IC card, please ask the counter.
  Books and audio-visual materials can be checked out, but journals and reference books can't.
  The number of items you can borrow is depending on your position.
  
  

  class	lending terms
  Undergraduate	5 books / 2 weeks
  Graduate/Faculty	10 books / 4 weeks
  Visitor（Who has the library card)	2 books / 2 weeks

  
  
• Return
  Please return books at the counter.
  If you miss the due date, you won’t be allowed to borrow books for the same days as the book is overdue.
  You may return books both of the libraries. ※When the library is closed, return books to the book post beside the entrance.
  You can check your lending term via "TDL Online Request".

• Renew
  You can renew due date at the counter or by self-loan machines, if the book has not been reserved.
  For the first renew, you can renew books via "TDL Online Request".
  However, you can't renew books in the following cases.
  • You have overdue materials.
  • Your borrowing right has been suspended.
  • The book you want to renew is requested by another user.

Please refer to here(J) about how to check your status via "TDL Online Request".

【Reserve】
You can reserve the book which is borrowed by other people.
Please fill out "Book reservation form" with the necessary information.
Campus members are able to reserve it via opac in our web site too.

Please refer to here(J) about how to reserve a book via opac in our web site.

【Photocopy】

• Using photocopiers
  Photocopiers are available in the library.
  When you use the photocopier, please fill out "Photocopy Request form".
  You should photocopy within the copyright law.
  
  You can pay at public or private expense for photocopy.（Monochrome / 10 yen, Color / 50 yen）
  If you want to pay at public expense, please use a copy card issued by co-op.
  Please refer to "Floormap" about the place of photocopiers.
  
  

  Cautions for the copyright law You can copy･･･ for the purpose of your research or study a part of work（less than half） a full article in a period (only when the next issue has been put out or the issue of the article has been published for more than 3 months) only single reproduction Don't make a reprint or distribute whether for value or no value.

  
  
• Other photocopy
  • Please ask at the counter about photocopy of CD-ROM or E-Journals.
  • Please refer to here(J) about how to use microfiche.

Please refer to here(J) about how to use E-Journals.

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【Ordering books(on campus)】
You can order books from the other campus.

• How to order
  Even if you can't find materials you want, please fill out "Campus Loan" and submit it to the counter. You need an application per a book.
  
  
• Time for book delivery
  The book will usually arrive the next business day. However, if you order a book on the weekend, it will arrive next week.
  
  
• Receiving books
  If the book arrives, we'll contact you.
  Please come to the counter within a week after we inform you.

Please refer to here(J) about how to order via OPAC in our web site.

【Ordering books(off campus)】
Even if you can't find the book you want in our library, you can borrow it from other libraries via our library.

• How to order
  Even if you can't find the book you want in OPAC, please fill out "Interlibrary Loan Request Form (for Book)" and submit it to the counter. You need an application per a book.
  
  
• non-circulating materials
  It depends on the policy of client libraries to be allowed to borrow rare books, refernce books, large books, japanese binding books, new books, and serial publication.
  
  
• Time for book arrive, rough standard of charge and tenancy

  client library	days	tenancy	charge
  university library in Japan	1 week ～	1,2 weeks	about 1,000 yen ～（round trip）
  National Diet Library (NDL)	1 week ～	1,2 weeks	about 600 yen ～（only return trip）
  KL-NET（libraries in Kanagawa Prefecture）	1,2 weeks	within 1 month	free
  BLDSC (British Library)	2 weeks ～ 1 month	within 1 week	about 6,000 yen ～ / case (round trip)
  OCLC（primarily university libraries in USA）	1 month	about 1 week	about 6,000 yen ～ (round trip）
  other organizations	2 weeks ～ several months	(getting treated as individuals)	(getting treated as individuals)

  ※If you want to pay at private expense, you can order only to university librarises in Japan and National Diet Library.
  
  
• Eligibility for use of the service
  Please use books under the circulation policy of the client library.
  
  
• Receiving books
  If the book arrives, we'll contact you.
  Please come to the counter between 8:45am and 5:00pm on weekdays.
  
  
• Return books
  Please return books which you have borrowed to the counter. Please don't return them to the book post.

Please refer to here(J) about how to request interlibrary Loan via "TDL Online Request".

【Ordering photocopies(on campus)】
Even if you can’t find materials you want, you can order their photocopies from the other campus.

• How to order
  Even if you can't find materials you want in our library, please fill out "Interlibrary Loan Request Form (for copy of article)" and submit it to the counter. You need an application per an article. When you pay at public expense, you need the registration, the seal, and the budget code of the expense burden teacher.
  You can order photocopies from the other campus via "TDL Online Request".
  
  
• Time and charge for ordering photocopies
  It will usually arrive the next business day. However, if you order a book weekend, it will arrive next week.
  （Monochrome / 10 yen, Color / 50 yen）
  
  
• Receiving photocopies
  If photocopies arrive, we'll contact you.
  The case of paying at public expense ：Plesae come to the counter.
  The case of paying at private expense ：Plesae come to the counter between 8:45am and 5:00pm on weekdays.

Please refer to here(J) about how to order photocopies via "TDL Online Request".

【Ordering photocopies(off campus)】
If you can't find materials which you want in our library, you can borrow their photocopies from other libraries via our library.

• How to order
  Even if you can't find the book which you want in OPAC, please fill out "Interlibrary Loan Request Form (for copy of article)" and submit it to the counter. You need an application per article. When you pay at public expense, you need the registration, the seal, and the budget code of the expense burden teacher.
  You can order photocopies from the other campus via "TDL Online Request".
  
  
• Time and charge for ordering photocopies
  

  client library	days	charge
  university library in Japan	3 days ～	about 35 ～ 150 yen / platinum ＋ shipping etc.
  National Diet Library (NDL)	1 week ～	24 ～ 200 yen / platinum ＋ package charge (150 yen) ＋ shipping
  Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)	1 week ～	9 yen / platinum＋ basic fees（838 yen）
  BLDSC (British Library) 、 CISTI (Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information)	1 week ～	about 2,500 yen ～ / case
  OCLC (primarily university libraries in USA)	1 week ～	about 2,500 yen ～ (confirm with specifics)
  other organizations	2 weeks ～ above 6 months	about 5,000 yen ～ 30,000 yen (confirm with specifics)

  ※If you want to pay at private expense, you can order only to university libraries in Japan, National Diet Library, and Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).
  
  
• Receiving photocopies
  When photocopies arrive, we'll contact you.
  The case of paying at public expense ：Plesae come to the counter.
  The case of paying at private expense ：Plesae come to the counter with charge between 8:45am and 5:00pm on weekdays.

Please refer to here(J) about how to order photocopies from other libraries via "TDL Online Request".

【Visiting other library】
Please check the qualifications of user on the library's HP previously. That's because the qualifications of user of the library is different from each other.

When you need a referral form, please come to the counter between 8:45am and 5:00pm on weekdays.
Issue of a referral form requires some time because of inquiry to the library you want to visit.
Please allow enough time for application.

You can visit the following libraries depending on each application agreement.
※Suzukakedai Library has joined.

• University Llibraries in Kanagawa Consortium(J)　※target:Graduate/Faculty
  ⇒You can visit the libraries joining "University Llibraries in Kanagawa Consortium" by using the access card, "神奈川県内大学図書館共通閲覧証".
  If you desire issue of the access card "神奈川県内大学図書館共通閲覧証", please come to the counter in Suzukakedai Library between 8:45am and 5:00pm on weekdays.


• University Libraries in Yokohama City Consortium(J)
  ⇒Please check the qualifications of user on the library's HP previously. That's because the qualifications of user of the library is different from each other.

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【Opening hours】
Please check "the calendar of the library" on the front page in this site.

• Ookayama
• Suzukakedai

• Group study room（Ookayama library）
  Please refer to here(J) about how to use the facility.
  
  
• Seminar presentation room（Suzukakedai Library）
  Please refer to here(J) about how to use the facility.

Please refer to here about how to reserve facilities in the library via "TDL Online Request".

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【Purchase of materials (for teachers)】
Please refer to the following about how to commend books related to class and how to purchase materials for the laboratory.
You can apply for above via "TDL Online Request".

　→"Purchase of materials(for teachers)"(J)

Please refer to the following about how to purchase of materials via "TDL Online Request" too. 　"Commending books related class"(J)　"Request of purchasing journals"(J)　"Confirmation of the state of budget use"(J)

【Request of books】
We accept your request to purchase books which our library dosen't have.
Please fill out "Book purchase request form" and submit it to the counter.
The requested book must be materials which many students can use for long term as a prerequisite for "Request of books"
You can request to purchase books via "TDL Online Request" too.

Please refer to here(J) about how to request to purchase books via "TDL Online Request".

【Materials donation】
Please refer to the following about how to donate materials to our library.

　→"Materials donation"(J)

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【Guidance】
The guidance is being held in the library for persons who want to utilize the library more effectively.
We hope you can attend the guidance.

　→"LiDance"(J)

【Ask Service】
We accept your asking and demand. We'll make a reply as much as possible.
Please check "FAQ(Frequently Asked Questions)"(J) about previous case example.

　→"Ask Service"

Please refer here(J) about how to use "Ask Service".
Please refer here(J) about how to use "frequently asked questions (FAQ) ".

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• Ookayama campus 【to the library(J)】
  Tokyu Ooimachi line / Tokyu Meguro line "Ookayama station" 1-minute walk
• Suzukakedai campus 【to the library(J)】
  Tokyu Denentoshi line "Suzukakedai station" 10-minutes walk

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• Keep quiet in the library.
• Keep valuables in your possession at all times.
• Cellular phone's call, food and drink are allowed only in particular area.
• No smoking.

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Ookayama Library
L-1, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550
TEL 03-5734-2097(8:45am - 5:00pm weekdays) / FAX 03-5734-2985

Suzukakedai Library
S-3, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503
TEL 045-924-5152(8:45am - 5:00pm weekdays) / FAX 045-924-5156

Please use "Ask Service"(J) to apply via online.
Please refer to "FAQ(frequently asked questions)"(J) about previous case example.

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