Eligibility and privileges by user type
Undergraduate Students, Junior college Students
Using the Libraries
A student ID card is required for entering the Library, using facilities and borrowing materials.
If you have forgotten your student ID card, you can still enter the library if you apply at the circulation counter.
Loan Policy
| User type | Books | Reserved materials for classes | Audiovisual materials (cassette tapes only) |
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| Undergraduate Students Auditing Students Part-Time Students Exchange Students |
10 | 14days | Included in the total number of materials loaned | 7days | 3 | 7days | In-library use only |
| Junior college Student | 10 | 14days | - | - | 3 | 7days | In-library use only |
Graduate Students
Using the Libraries
A student ID card is required for entering the Library, using facilities and borrowing materials.
If you have forgotten your student ID card, you can still enter the library if you apply at the circulation counter.
Loan Policy
| User type | Books | Audiovisual materials (cassette tapes only) |
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| Graduate Students Researchers Entrusted Researchers Auditing Graduate Students Part-Time Graduate Students |
20 | 60days | 3 | 7days | In-library use only |
Faculties and Staffs
Using the Libraries
A faculty and staff ID card or User ID card is required for entering the Library, using facilities and borrowing materials.
If you have forgotten your ID card, you can still enter the library if you apply at the circulation counter.
Loan Policy
| User type | Books | Audiovisual materials (cassette tapes only) |
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| Faculty and Staff Missionaries Associate Missionaries IEFL/ ALE |
No limit on number of materials loaned for educational or research purposes | 180days | 3 | 7days | In-library use only |
| Part-timeLecturer Visiting Professors Exchange Professors Visiting Scholars Doctoral Researchers Professor Emeritus |
30 | 180days | 3 | 7days | In-library use only |
| Retired Faculty and Staff Senior Teaching Assistants Administrative Assistants Temporary Staff Part-Time Staff |
20 | 60days | 3 | 7days | In-library use only |
Alumni
Using the Libraries
A library card is required in order for those who have graduated from Kwansei Gakuin's schools to use the university library. If you do not have one, follow the procedures outlined below. You can always apply during operating hours.
Library card issuing for alumni
Registration: Information Counter
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Nishinomiya-Uegahara Campus Library:1st floor
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Nishinomiya-Seiwa Campus Library:3rd floor
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Kobe-Sanda Campus Library & Media Center:2nd floor
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ID (driver's license, health insurance card, resident's card, etc.)
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A photo (4.5-cm long x 3.5-cm wide, black and white or color)
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2,000 yen
Expiration
The library card is valid for a year.
For renewal of your library card, please contact us at the Information Counter on the 1st floor before its expiration.
Loan Policy
| User type | Books | Audiovisual materials (cassette tapes only) |
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| Alumuni | 5 | 14days | 3 | 7days | In-library use only |
Visitors from other universities
Using the Libraries
Faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students of other universities may use materials held in Kwansei Gakuin University Library under the interlibrary loan agreements with other university libraries.
Please consult the library of your university in advance. No direct inquiry from individuals is accepted.
Please bring the request for availability issued by the library concerned (and our response to it) and your university ID to the Information Counter on the 1st floor. Without prior permission, visitors cannot enter the library.
Service hours: Monday - Friday: 9:30 - 16:00 (9:30 - 15:00 during examination and holiday periods). Visitors are not accepted on Saturdays and Sundays.
| Visit to the Library | Loans | PC,Study Cubicles,Group Study Rooms | Databases, E-Journals,CD-ROMs,Audiovisual materials | Service Hours | |
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| Undergraduate Students(Kansai University, Doshisha University, Ritsumeikan University) | Prior confirmation is required. Please bring the request for availability issued by the library concerned (and the response to it) and your university ID. | N / A | N / A | N / A | Monday - Friday: 9:30 - 16:00 (9:30 - 15:00 during examination and holiday periods). |
| Graduate Students (Kansai University, Doshisha University, Ritsumeikan University) |
Bring your University ID card and fill in an application form at the Information Counter. | 3books/14days (registration is required) | N / A | N / A | During opening hours of the library |
| Faculty (Kansai University, Doshisha University, Ritsumeikan University) | Bring your University ID card and fill in an application form at the Information Counter. | 10books/30days (registration is required) | N / A | N / A | During opening hours of the library |
| JETRO staff・Trainee | Bring your University ID card and fill in an application form at the Information Counter. | 10books/30days (registration is required) | N / A | N / A | During opening hours of the library |
| Other university's faculty, graduate students, undergraduate | Prior confirmation is required. Please bring the request for availability issued by the library concerned (and the response to it) and your university ID. | N / A | N / A | N / A | Monday - Friday: 9:30 - 16:00 (9:30 - 15:00 during examination and holiday periods). |
| EU Institute in Japan, Kansai (EUIJ) undergraduate students | Bring your University ID card and fill in an application form at the Information Counter. | 3books/14days | N / A | N / A | During opening hours of the library |
| EU Institute in Japan, Kansai (EUIJ) graduate students | Bring your University ID card and fill in an application form at the Information Counter. | 3books/14days | N / A | N / A | During opening hours of the library |
| EU Institute in Japan | Bring your University ID card and fill in an application form at the Information Counter. | 3books/14days | N / A | N / A | During opening hours of the library |
* Both Coin-operated and Pre-paid card copiers are operated.
General public
Using the Libraries
An "open system" is implemented for general users. For the outline of the system, please check the following items. Furthermore, the library always takes tour requests. If you complete the application at the Information Counter, you are allowed to visit the building within 30 minutes. However, you cannot view the resources.
Registered visitors
Eligibility
Our library is open to residents aged 20 and older in the cities of Nishinomiya and Sanda and their neighboring areas, who have the specific purpose of study or research using the materials of our library. Students of other universities and college-preparatory students are excluded.
For use by governmental agencies, businesses, or evangelical Christian churches for the purpose of study or research, please contact us at the User Services Section, Kwansei Gakuin University Library.
Terms of use
One year (April to March) or one semester (April to September or October to March)
* Registered visitors may not use our library in July or January during university examination periods.Registration Fees
| Terms of use | Fees |
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| A semester | 3,600 yen |
| A year | 6,600 yen |
Capacity
200 people
Registration Period and Time of Registration
| Terms of use | Registration Period | Time of Registration |
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| A semester (4/1 - 9/30) | 2/15 - 3/15 | Monday-Friday: 9:00 - 16:00 Saturday: 9:00 - 12:00 |
| A year (4/1 - 3/31) | ||
| A semester (10/1 - 3/31) | 9/1 - 9/15 |
Place of registration
Nishinomiya-Uegahara Campus Library:1st floor
Kobe-Sanda Campus Library & Media Center:2nd floor
Requirements for registration
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ID (driver's license, health insurance card, resident's card, etc.)
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A photo (4.5-cm long x 3.5-cm wide, black and white or color)
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One 84-yen postage stamp
Using the Libraries
You can use materials from Nishinomiya-Uegahara Campus Library and Nishinomiya-Seiwa Campus Library and Kobe-Sanda Campus Library & Media Center.
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| Registered visitors | 3 | 14days | 3 | 7days | In-library use only |
Contact
User Services Section, Kwansei Gakuin University Library
Phone: 0798-54-6123
Service hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 -16:00
Services available for borrowers
Borrower services
Services
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