HULS (Hiroshima University Library Supporter) is now recruiting new members to help us select books for the library!

This is an activity where you choose books from a student’s perspective—books that are useful for university learning or ones you'd recommend to fellow students. The selected books will be placed in the West Library. 

• Application Period: June 24 (Tue) – July 13 (Sun), 2025
  
  • Please note that the application may close early if the number of applicants exceeds the limit.

• We may adjust the selection if there is an imbalance in the departments or years of applicants.

• Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students of Hiroshima University

• Activities:
  ① Book hunting at a bookstore in Hiroshima City – July to August
  ② Online book selection – July to August
  ③ Displaying the selected books and creating promotional POPs – November to December
  
  • You are not required to participate in all of the above activities. Please join as much as you can.

• How to Apply: Use the HULS Application Form

• Contact:
  Hiroshima University Library
  Email: gakusup[at]ml.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
  
  • Please replace [at] with @ when sending an email.

• Note:
  Before starting the activities, participants are required to attend an orientation session about the book selection program. The date will be arranged after your application is received.

• Introduction to Library Materials and Facilities
  This video explains the location of Hiroshima University Library and the types of materials it handles.
  [PDF here]

• How to Use the Library
  This video explains the rules for borrowing and returning materials, as well as how to use the self-checkout machines.
  [PDF here]

• How to Search for Library Materials
  This video explains how to search for books and journals using OPAC, as well as how to find newspaper articles and electronic journals.
  [PDF here]

• How to Search for and Obtain Literature for Report Writing
  This video explains tips for searching, selecting keywords, and using databases like CiNii Research.
  [PDF here]

“Hiroshima University Institutional Repository” has moved to the new site due to the system migration.

　URL of the new site: https://hiroshima.repo.nii.ac.jp/

All requests for registration after February 2025 are registered only on the new site.

The new site has several problems, and we are currently investigating the causes.

　・It takes 40 seconds to open the site.
　・Some data is not displayed (click here for details).

We are currently receiving many requests and it is taking some time to register.
We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

〈Contact us〉
Hiroshima University Library
tosho-kikaku-jyoho〔@〕office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

 　December 28, 2024 - January 5, 2025

Therefore, requests for photocopying and borrowing books between Friday, December 27 and Sunday, January 5 will be processed from Monday, January 6.
We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

We are pleased to announce that 4 contents will be added to JapanKnowledge Lib.

To be added gradually after December 2024
-Shogakukan Korean-Japanese dictionary (SHOGAKUKAN Inc.)
-Shogakukan Japanese-Korean dictionary (SHOGAKUKAN Inc.)

To be added after April 2025
-World Yearbook (KYODO NEWS) [Scheduled to launch in summer 2025]
-Kosetsu Bukkyogo daijiten (TOKYO SHOSEKI CO., LTD. ) [Scheduled to launch in autumn 2025]
Contact:Library Information Distribution Group
           tosho-fukyu-wrc[at]office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

"Predatory Reports" is now available.

From August 29th (Thr) to September 2nd (Mon) , typhoon is forecast to approach Hiroshima Prefecture.
Please be aware of the possibility of temporary closures or changes in opening hours.

If we decide to temporarily close or adjust opening hours, we will announce it on the library website and X (Twitter). Before visiting, please make sure to check for updates.

Due to the summer vacation, InterLibrary Copy/Loan Request will be suspended for the following period.

We will response to your requests after Aug. 19th(Mon.).

Please note that requests for express delivery and EDDS will be processed in the order of application.
Since many other libraries will still be closed due to Summer vacation after Aug. 19th(Mon.), it may take longer than usual for orders to arrive.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

Tomorrow, July 11 (Thursday), heavy rain is expected in Hiroshima Prefecture.

Please be aware of the possibility of temporary closures or changes in opening hours due to class cancellations.

If we decide to temporarily close or adjust opening hours, we will announce it on the library website and X (Twitter). Before visiting, please make sure to check for updates.

Thank you for your understanding.

Hiroshima University Library Supporter HULS will hold an information session on student book selection.
If you are interested in this program but would like to make a decision after hearing about it, please join us!

• Date: Friday, July 12, 2024 16:30-17:30
• Place: Room 207, Group Reading Room, 2nd floor of the Central Library

For more information about the student book selection, please click here.

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This activity is to select books necessary for university study and books to recommend to younger students from a student's point of view.

Tomorrow, June 28 (Friday), heavy rain is expected in Hiroshima Prefecture.

Please be aware of the possibility of temporary closures or changes in opening hours due to class cancellations.

If we decide to temporarily close or adjust opening hours, we will announce it on the library website and X (Twitter). Before visiting, please make sure to check for updates.

Thank you for your understanding.

The Asahi Shimbun Company’s newspaper article database, "Asahi Shimbun Cross Search", is currently conducting a trial release of the ‘Regional Pages β version’, which allows keyword searches of approximately 3.9 million articles and advertisements from about 310,000 pages of regional sections from 1991 March to December 1996, out of the ‘National Regional Sections’ (1935-1999). Please take this opportunity to use it.

CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform for Academics was upgraded from SciFinder-n.

If you have a SciFinder-n Username, you can access each tool with the same Username and Password as before.

After accessing, you can move to another database from the menu.

For details and manuals of each tool, please see here.

The following databases will be changed or suspended from the end of March 2024. For information on how to use these databases in the future, please refer to the following:

 

【Changing】

・ProQuestDissertations & Theses A&I

It is still possible to access Web of Science and change the search target database to 「ProQuest™ Dissertations & Theses Citation Index」in order to search for articles. However, you can no longer browse the contents of the articles.

For information on how to find open access doctoral dissertations and how to buy access to articles,please refer to this page (Japanese page).

 

【Suspended】
・APA PsycARTICLES
It is still possible to search for articles in the APA PsycINFO databaseas before.

However, to gain access to articles that are not available in Hiroshima University’s holdings or contracts, you will need to get it through another institution, so please apply for an interlibrary copy or loan request (Japanese page) on the library website.
・JDreamIII 科学技術文献データベース

With the suspension of JDreamIII, we have provided a guide to the main databases where you can search for articles related to science and technology, medicine and pharmacy. Please use these from now on.
　　・J-GLOBAL 科学技術総合リンクセンター (Science and Technology・Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences)
　　・医中誌Web (Medicine,Dentistry, Pharmacy and Health Sciences)
　　・CiNii Research (All disciplines)

【Questions and Concerns】

・About contracts: JournalCollection Manager
　E-mail:tosho-seibi-zasshi@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

・How to use・about interlibrary loans/copies: Reference Service Manager
  E-mail: tosho-fukyu-wrc@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

We are pleased to announce the publication of the March issue of "HU Library News". We will publish this newsletter every month as a trial. Please take a look on the library homepage, or at each library!

【March's Contents】
・HU Library Recommended Books

・March’s  Announcements
     Central Library’s Special Display「Key to the wide world」

     For Graduating Students

 ・This Month’s Antique Collection
     Genji-monogatari illustrated

・March Library Calenedar

We are pleased to announce the publication of the February issue of "HU Library News". We will publish this newsletter every month as a trial. Please take a look on the library homepage, or at each library!

【February's Contents】
・Let’s Take a Look at Some E-Books!

・February’s Events and Announcements
     Central Library’s Special Display「To a New World!」

     Long-Term Lending During the Break
     For Graduating Students
 ・Topics
     ReportonWork Experience（SaijoJHS）
　　「Ancient ChineseSorcery」Event
 ・This Month’s Antique Collection
     Chugoku Five Prefecture Property・TaxMaterialCollection

・February Library Calendars

There's a possibility that HU libraries will be closed on January 23-25th, 2024.
Because of heavy snow, and it seems to cause a damage.
If the libraries are closed, we will let you know on our website before opening time.

RapidILL has the following advantages compared to traditional document delivery methods:
 1. You can quickly obtain articles mainly from overseas electronic journals.
 2. Since there are no postage costs, you can obtain documents at a lower cost than before.
 3. Materials that are not held in domestic libraries may be available, allowing users access to even more documents.

We are pleased to announce the publication of the December issue of "HU Library News". We will publish this newsletter every month as a trial. Please take a look on the library homepage, or at each library!

January's Contents
・Let's Borrow Books from Public Libraries in the Prefecture !

Hiroshima University faculty, staff, and students can use APC vouchers to make articles published in the Royal Society of Chemistry journals open access. For more details, please see below.

 

Eligible articles	Articles accepted for publication in RSC journals between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024　*Gold OA journals are not eligible.
Description	Article processing charge (APC) will be waived. (Normal price: ￡2,500 per article).
Number of available articles	11 　*First-come, first-served; APC payment is required from the 12th article, but a 15% discount will be applied to the APC list price.
Terms of use	Faculty, staff and students affiliated with Hiroshima University　The e-mail address "***@hiroshima-u.ac.jp" must be registered when submitting a manuscript.
Expiration date of voucher	Until December 31, 2024

Instructions for using the voucher[PDF] *On-campus only

 

Contact,

Library Information Planning Group

Email：tosho-seibi-zasshi@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

There's a possibility that HU libraries will be closed on December 22th, 2023.
Because of heavy snow, and it seems to cause a damage.
If the libraries are closed, we will let you know on our website before opening time.

APC Support through Transformative Agreement（Wiley, Springer）
Starting in January of 2024, HU will begin supporting APC’s through Transformative Agreements with Springer Nature and Wiley on a trial basis. A Transformative Agreement is a contract with a publisher which combines the publishing fees and subscription fees into one. With these contracts, the University can bear the burden of Journal APC fees, allowing researchers to publish open access in these publisher’s journals without bearing any extra expense. However, each publisher has a different limit on the number of APC’s they can support.

For more details, please refer to the URL below:
https://commu.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/aqua/46692b17-dcf5-482a-98a7-c980773e6f31/view

 　December 28, 2023 - January 4, 2024

Therefore, requests for photocopying and borrowing books between Wednesday, December 27 and Thursday, January 4 will be processed from Friday, January 5.
We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

We are pleased to announce the publication of the December issue of "HU Library News". We will publish this newsletter every month as a trial. Please take a look on the library homepage, or at each library!

December's Contents
・What kind of place is the "Writing Center"?

We are pleased to announce the publication of the November issue of "HU Library News". We will publish this newsletter every month as a trial. Please take a look on the library homepage, or at each library!

November's Contents

We are pleased to announce the publication of the October issue of "HU Library News". We will publish this newsletter every month as a trial. Please take a look on the library homepage, or at each library!

October’s content:

We would like to introduce you to the newly established Library Newsletter “HU Library News”!

We will publish this newsletter every month as a trial.

Please take a look on the library homepage, or at each library!

 

September’s content:

Higashi Senda Library’s renewal report

• September’s announcements, events, and Central Library’s “Work and Skill” display.
• About different topics including the Book Hunting
• This month’s antique book “Ise Monogatari” a “Nara Ehon”.
• September’s Library Calendar

APC vouchers have been used up to the maximum number available in 2023. Please note that vouchers are no longer being offered this year.

If you wish to make your article open access, APC payment is required, but a 15% discount will be applied. (To apply the discount, you must use the email address "****@hiroshima-u.ac.jp" at the time of submission.)　

 

Update: June 21, 2023

 

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Hiroshima University faculty, staff, and students can use APC vouchers to make articles published in the Royal Society of Chemistry journals open access. For more details, please see below.

 

Eligible articles: Articles accepted for publication in RSC journals between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023　*Gold OA journals are not eligible.

Description: Article processing charge (APC) will be waived. (Normal price: ￡2,500 per article).

Number of available articles: 10 　*Availability is on a first-come, first-served basis; after the 11th article, payment of the regular fee is required.

Terms of use: The e-mail address "****@hiroshima-u.ac.jp" must be registered when submitting a manuscript.

Expiration date of voucher: Until December 31, 2023

Instructions for using the voucher[PDF] *On-campus access only

 

Contact,

Library Information Planning Group

Email：tosho-seibi-zasshi@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

The library user survey is conducted to improve library services and facilities. It will take you approximately 5-10 minutes to complete. Please tell us your feedback and comments.

Survey Form: https://forms.office.com/r/FGAUPAPr3S

Date：Monday, January 30th - Tuesday, February 28th

There's a possibility that HU libraries will be closed from around January 22th to around 26th, 2023.
Because of heavy snow, and it seems to cause a damage.
If the libraries are closed, we will let you know on our website before opening time.

There's a possibility that HU libraries will be closed on September 20th, 2022. Because a typhoon is approaching Hiroshima Prefecture, and it seems to cause a damage. If the libraries are closed, we will let you know on our website before opening time.

There's a possibility that HU libraries will be closed from September 5th to 7th, 2022. Because a typhoon is approaching Hiroshima Prefecture. If the libraries are closed, we will let you know on our website before opening time.

Central    12：00-22：00 *1
East    12：00-21：00 *1*2
West    12：00-21：00 *1
Kasumi    12：00-21：00 *1
Higashi-Senda    12：00-22：00 *1

Provider	Details of contents	Resources	Expiration	Access conditions from off-campus
n/a  Wiley	Over 21,000 ebooks	Wiley Online Library	8 May 2022	VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
n/a  EBSCO	600 e-books	Harvard Business Publishing Collection	31 May. 2020	VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
n/a  Taylor & Francis	Over 140,000 ebooks	Taylor & Francis ebooks	27 Jun. 2020	VPN Connection Required
n/a  ProQuest	Over 20,000 ejournals	ProQuest Central	30 Jun. 2020	VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
n/a  ProQuest	2.25 million dissertations	ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global	30 Jun. 2020	VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
n/a  ProQuest	Over 180,000 ebooks	Ebook Central	30 Jun. 2020	VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
n/a  ProQuest	Over 60,000 video materials	Academic Video Online	30 Jun. 2020	VPN Connection Required
n/a  Oxford University Press	Over 30,000 academic and Introductory ebooks, handbook and reference databases	University Press Scholarship Online (including OSO)  Oxford English Dictionary Online  Oxford Research Encyclopedias   Oxford Handbooks Online   Very Short Introductions Online	30 Jun. 2020	VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
n/a  Oxford University Press	1,400 medical ebooks & manual of style	Oxford Medicine Online  AMA Manual of Style	19 Jul. 2020	VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
n/a  Oxford University Press	357 ejournals	Oxford Journals Collection	24 Jul. 2020	VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
n/a  De Gruyter	75,000 e-books published from 1650 to 2016	De Gruyter	30 Jun. 2020  31 Jul. 2020	VPN Connection Required
n/a  EBSCO	Over 17,500 ejournals	Academic Search Ultimate  Business Source Ultimate  Humanities Source Ultimate  Sociology Source Ultimate  Applied Science & Technology Source Ultimate	2 Aug. 2020	VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
n/a  Thieme	3 ejournals & Full-text resource for methods in synthetic organic chemistry (More information)	Thieme Connect（Synthesis, Synlett, Synfacts）  Science of Synthesis	20 Aug. 2020	VPN Connection Required
n/a  Bentham Science	130 ejournals [Accessible period:2000-2020]	Bentham Science Publishers	31 Aug. 2020	VPN Connection Required
n/a  JSTOR	32,000 ebooks	JSTOR	30 Jun. 2020  31 Aug.2020	VPN Connection Required
n/a  ASME	31 ejournals	American Society for Mechanical Engineers journals	9 Dec. 2020	VPN Connection Required
n/a  JSTOR	Over 2.5 million images of museum collections and photo archives around the world	Artstor Digital Library	30 Jun. 2021	VPN Connection Required
n/a  EBSCOhost	Over 10,000 Japanese ebooks	EBSCOhost ebooks	25 Aug. 2021  25 Sep. 2021	VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
n/a  EBSCOhost	Over 180,000　ebooks	Academic Collection	25 Aug. 2021  25 Sep. 2021	VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
n/a  EBSCOhost	550 ebooks on leadership, strategy, innovation and management	Harvard Business Review Press Collection	25 Aug. 2021  25 Sep. 2021	VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required
n/a  Maruzen-Yushodo	Over 100,000 Japanese & English ebooks	Maruzen eBook Library	26 Mar. 2022	VPN Connection or Shibboleth/Institutional login Required

　n/a：Not available
[More Information]
Complimentary Expanded Access Specifics Sheet by ICOLC (International Coalition of Library Consortia) 
*Open Access contents are only available for HU members. Please refer to column Scope Limitations.

Global research on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by WHO

[Inquiry]
Reference Service

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CiNii Articles, a bibliographic database provided by the National Institute of Informatics for searching articles published in Japan, will be integrated into CiNii Research on April 1, 2022.
With this integration, the "Articles(JPN)" tab of the OPAC search has been changed to "CiNii Research".

CiNii Research allows you to cross-search not only journal articles, but also research data, holdings at universities and other institutions, doctoral dissertations, and KAKEN research project information.

The following trouble, announced by the Information Media Center (IMC), also affects the login to the Library Web page ("Login by HIRODAI ID").
Please check the IMC's web page for the status of the troubles.

Free trial access to SciVal, a research performance analysis tool provided by Elsevier, is available.

Opening hours will be changed as follows:

From Oct. 15, 2021

Opening hours will be changed as follows:

From Jul. 12, 2021

Central    12：00-20：00 *
East    08：30-20：00
West    12：00-20：00 *
Kasumi    12：00-20：00 *
Higashi-Senda    12：00-20：00 *

*The opening hours after noon are also subject to change, and will be decided and posted around 11:00 a.m.

To prevent the spread of COVID-19, opening hours will be changed as follows:

From May. 18, 2021 to May. 31, 2021

〇 Central Library, West Library, Higashi-Senda Library
  Weekdays : from 8:30 to 20:00
  Saturdays, Sundays and holidays : Closed

〇 East Library
  Weekdays : from 8:30 to 17:00
  Saturdays, Sundays and holidays : Closed

〇 Kasumi Library
  Weekdays : from 8:45 to 20:00
  Saturdays, Sundays and holidays : Closed 

[contact]
Central Library : tosho-fukyu-cent@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
West / East Library : tosho-fukyu-west@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Kasumi Library : tosho-fukyu-hiro@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Higashi-Senda Library : tosho-fukyu-senda@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Updated on Mar. 13, 2023

Possibility of the temporary closing on October 9th and 10th

There's a possibility that HU libraries will be closed on October 9th and 10th, because a typhoon is approaching the Hiroshima Area. If the libraries are closed, we will let you know on our website before opening time.

HU Libraries are temporarily closed from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on July 14th, because of HU All morning classes cancelled.

Whether to open after 12:00 p.m. will be decided based on the class cancellation status.

Whether to open after 12:00 p.m. will be decided based on the class cancellation status.

We provide HU members the service according to the Hiroshima University Activity Restrictions Index.

 

From June 1st, HU activities have been restricted to “Level 2", so we restarted limited services; borrowing and returning books.

In addition, the seats can be used for attending classes and conducting ongoing research from June 16.

*We have reduced the number of seats to keep distance between users.

 

How many seats can use?

 

・Central Lib. about 120 seats (usual:922seats)

・West Lib. about 200 seats (usual:852seats)

・Kasumi Lib. about 90 seats  (usual:327 seats)

・Higashi-senda Lib. 30 seats  (usual:81 seats)

 

The facilities for group learning and discussion or poorly ventilated room are suspended.

 

Please check the news "Restart of Some Services" and consider visiting.

 

We will be opened on June 1st with limited services and time for HU menbers.

Opening hours:

All Library is be opened.Please check the opening hours page in advance and visit us.
*Closed on Saturday,Sunday,and public holiday.

Available services;

Borrowing our Library books and Returnig,
InterLibrary Copy Request / InterLibrary Loan Request
New Purchase Request 
*Limited seats available from June 16.
*Be sure to wear a mask.
*Thoroughly wash your hands and disinfect your hands with antiseptic solution.

Make sure that your stay will be short.

How to enter and exit; 

Libraries are available for only Hiroshima University students and staff.
Student ID card (blue) or staff ID card (green) is required to enter and exit.
People who do not have the University ID card are not able to use the libraries.

West Lib.:please refer to the URL.(JPN only)
Kasumi Lib.:please refer to the URL.(JPN only)

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Libraries are available for only Hiroshima University students and staff from Monday, March 30, 2020.
Student ID card (blue) or staff ID card (green) is required to enter and exit.
People who do not have the University ID card are not able to use the libraries.

How to enter and exit; 
Central Lib. :please refer to the URL.
West Lib.:touch your student or staff ID card to the card reader near the  entrance and exit gate.
Kasumi Lib.:please refer to the URL.(JPN only)
Higashi-senda Lib.:touch your student or staff ID card to the card reader near the  entrance and exit gate.
The following facilities for group learning and discussion or poorly ventilated room are suspended;

・Individual Study Room【Central and West Lib.】(from Mar. 2(Tue.),2020)
・Group Study Room【Central and West Lib.】     (from Mar. 2(Tue.),2020)
・BIBLA Group Space【Central Lib.】                 (from Mar. 2(Tue.),2020)
・BIBLA Kasumi【Kasumi Lib.】                         (from Mar. 2(Tue.),2020)
・Language Laboratory【West Lib.】                  (from Mar. 2(Tue.),2020)
・Group work area【West Lib.】                        (from Mar. 30(Mon.),2020)



The following services for Face-to-face consultation by library and information media center staff will be suspended from Mar. 1(Mon.),2020;

・information Desk【Central Lib.】

If you want to ask the Librarian, please use the web inquiry form.
[Reference Request Form  ]



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Please check the following webpage, and decide whether to visit to library.

In library, please cooperate in measures against infections the Corona Virus;
The washing hands ,"Coughing manners " including wearing a mask and putting some hand sanitizer on your hands.

First release：Mar. 2
Update: Mar. 27

The library may change its opening hours or may be closed without prior notice due to the emergency measures about COVID-19.

HU libraries will replace the library server system from August 22 to August 28. During this time, some library services including OPAC will be unavailable.

Date and Time
 17:00, Thursday August 22 - 9:00, Thursday August 29 (expected)

Services unavailable from 17:00, Thursday August 22
- Reserve / Hold books via OPAC
- User login services including renew books and request of InterLibrary Loan and new purchase

Services unuvailable from 17:00, Friday August 23
- Borrow and Renew materials
- OPAC search
- Website : http://opac.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/
- E-mail alert from HU libraries
* There is a possibility of some webpages of HU libaries unavailable

Services available
- Return checked out materials
- Library website
- E-Journals, E-books and online databases
- Single and group study rooms
- Receive your InterLibrary Loan items which will be delivered until 16:00 August 26

Contact:
tosho-kikaku-jyoho@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

1.Library holidays

Date: August 10^th(Sat.) to 15^th(Thu.)

We will response to yourrequests after 16th August.

 

2.   Schedule for library system migration

Date: August 22^nd(Fri.) 5:00 pm to 29^th (Thu.) 9:00 am.

Inter-library Loan Serviceon Online Request Form Stops 

   Afterservices resume, please request from web-form.

We appreciate your kindly understanding.

We will inform you about the opening hours of these two libraries in the afternoon.

Central Library : 8:30 - 
East Library     : 8:30 - 
West Library    : closed
Kasumi Library : 8:45 - 
Higashi-Senda Library : closed

East Library

We will be closed for the following period due to the holidays.

Central Lib.      April 29 - May 6
East Lib.         April 28 - May 6
West Lib.         April 28 - May 6
Kasumi Lib.       April 27 - May 6
Higashisenda Lib. April 29 - May 6

We will response to your requests after 7th January.

We appreciate your kindly understanding.

・Borrowing
   For Undergraduates
   [Each Library 10 vols.]
*Other members as usual

・Renewals
   For Undergraduates, Graduates, Faculty and Staff
   [You can renew a book twice.]
    *It cannot be renewed if another user has already reserved the book or if you have overdue book.

Inquiry: Central Library
E-mail: tosho-fukyu-cent@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

There's a possibility that HU libraries will be closed on September 29th and 30th, because a typhoon is approaching Hiroshima Area. We will let you know on our website once we decide.

All HU libraries are closed on July 28, 2018 , due to the typhoon.

Campus network and some library services will be unavailable on July 18 and 19 due to the emergency network maintenance.



2) Web services
- OPAC search
- Web form requests including ILL and new purchase
- Opening hours calendar, new books and monthly ranking in our webpage
- Website : http://opac.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/

HU libraries are open to the public. You may use HU libraries if you are unable to go to your university because of the influence of the torrential rain.

We would like to inform you about the opening hours at HU libraries on Friday, July 13.

Central Library : 8:30 - 22:00  *Shortened
East Library     : 8:30 - 17:00  *Shortened
West Library    : 8:30 - 17:00  *Shortened
Kasumi Library : 8:45 - 21:00
Higashi-Senda Library : 8:30 - 22:00

We would like to inform you about the opening hours at HU libraries on Thursday, July 12.

Central Library : 8:30 - 22:00  *Shortened
East Library     : Closing
West Library    : 8:30 - 17:00  *Shortened
Kasumi Library : 8:45 - 21:00
Higashi-Senda Library : 8:30 - 22:00