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Due to a scheduled upgrade of the library system, several library services will be suspended or restricted during the following period. This will affect a wide range of services, including borrowing, interlibrary loan requests, and catalog searches. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and kindly ask for your understanding and cooperation.

◆ Service Suspension Period Due to System Upgrade
From 5:00 PM on Mon., Aug.25 to 12:00 PM of Mon., Sept. 1 (planned)
Please note that the scope of service suspension varies depending on the service. Details are provided below.

◆ Services to Be Suspended During the System Upgrade
(1) From 5:00 PM on Mon., Aug. 25, 2025, until the end of the suspension period:
・Requesting materials (reservations and interlibrary loans)
・Login-based services such as the User menu (renewals, copy requests, book loan requests, etc.)
Please note that due to interlibrary operations using the system, some services may become unavailable even before 5:00 PM on August 25. It may take longer than usual to obtain materials before and after the suspension period.

(2) From the closing time of each library on Monday, August 25, 2025, until the end of the suspension period:
・Borrowing and renewing materials at library counters or self-checkout machines
・Use of Auto Lib, Central library.

(3) From 8:30 AM on Tue., Aug. 26, 2025, until the end of the suspension period:
・Email notification services (due dates, arrival notices, etc.)

(4) Services that may be intermittently unavailable during the suspension period:
・OPAC (catalog search)
・Web pages under https://opac.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/...
・Web pages under https://www.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/...
Note: These services will be completely unavailable from around 8:30 AM to 7:00 PM on Sunday, August 31.
Some other contents on the library website may also be temporarily hidden.

◆ Services Available During the Suspension Period
・Returning borrowed materials
・Use of reading seats and group study rooms
・Receiving interlibrary loan items (only for items for which a pickup notice was issued by 5:00 PM on Aug. 25)
・Access to the library website (may be intermittently unavailable)
・Access to electronic journals and databases

Contact:
tohso-kikaku-jyoho@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
For contact information for each library.

Due to scheduled maintenance of the Hiroshima University Institutional Repository, some services will be temporarily unavailable as outlined below.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding.

【Service Suspension Schedule】

Date & Time: Wednesday, August 6, 2025, from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
*Please note that the end time may vary depending on the progress of the maintenance work.

【Services Affected】

Access to the Institutional Repository website (including all search and viewing functions)
Viewing of restricted doctoral dissertation files on the website

Please note:

Printed doctoral dissertations will remain available for request and viewing as usual.
Requests for new registrations to the repository will be accepted as usual.

【Inquiries】
（Regarding the repository）
Repository Team
Email: tosho-kikaku-jyoho[at]office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Please replace “[at]” with the “@” symbol.

（Regarding doctoral dissertation viewing）
Reference Services
Email: tosho-fukyu-wrc[at]office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Please replace “[at]” with the “@” symbol.

• 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]

• OPAC search
• Library web services (Checking borrowing status, renewing borrowed items, ILL (copies/physical materials), purchase requests, library hours calendar, etc.)
  *Other functions on the library's website may also experience slower performance.
• Borrowing materials
• Retrieval of closed stacks materials (e.g., from Auto Lib., special collections room)

• Use of reading spaces
• Access to open-shelf materials
  *Please note that OPAC search and closed stack material retrieval will be unavailable as mentioned above.
• Returning borrowed materials
• Use of printers and copiers
• Receiving ILL (copies/physical materials)
• Use of databases and electronic journals

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

As stated in the notice below, due to the launch of the cashless payment service, MYple payment (money charged on your Hiroshima University ID card) will not be accepted for interlibrary loan requests (photocopy, book-lending, etc.)after May 31^st 2024at Central Library,

Please use the convenient cashless payment system.
Please click here for details and payment methods for interlibrary loan (photocopy, book-lending, etc.).

New major payment methods accepted:
・Credit Card（VISA, MASTER, JCB, AMERICAN EXPRESS, etc.）

・IC Card (Rakuten Edy, WAON, nanaco, IC cards for transport such as pasmo/suica/etc. ,QUICPay, iD）
・Smartphone payment（PayPay, dpay, Rakuten Pay, auPAY, Merpay, Yucho Pay, etc.）
・Debit Card（J-Debit）

Acceptance time for cashless payment：　
【Central Library】
　　Weekday　　 　                          8：45  ～    15 minutes before closing
　　Weekends and Holidays          10：00 ～    15 minutes before closing
　※MYple(money charged on your Hiroshima University ID card) is accepted 10：30～ 15 minutes before closing

 【West Library】
　　Weekdays　 　8：45～　15 minutes before closing

Please keep in mind：

・Cashless payment may not be available for some services, depending on what organization is handling the order.

・You cannot use more than one payment method.

・Cash payment is accepted on weekdays from 8:45-16:30 (excluding Central Library’s limited service days, usually the 3^rd Thursday of every month).

・After May 31^st 2024 at Central Library,MYple payment (money charged on your Hiroshima University ID card) will not be accepted for interlibrary loan requests (photocopy, book-lending, etc.).

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

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

・March Library Calenedar

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

・February Library Calendars

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

HULibraryNews202309_en_rev2.pdf

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