User’s Guide
Service Guide
Agriculture Library Access Floor map
Opening Hours, Closed Days, and Eligibility
| Opening Hours | 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM During university breaks: until 5:00 PM |
| Closed Days | Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and the New Year holidays Temporary closures will be announced as needed. |
| Eligibility | Available to Hokkaido University faculty, staff, and students (including research fellows, research students, and auditors). External users conducting academic research may also be granted access. |
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- For External Visitors
The library offers the following services to external users conducting academic research:
- Material search
- On-site reading
- Borrowing (only for those registered at Hokkaido University Library (Central Library and North Library) and only for materials that will not interfere with ongoing research)
Borrowing Materials
| Books | Bound & Unbound Journals | |
| Hokkaido University Faculty/Students | 5 items / 15 days | 5 items / 3 days |
| External Users | 2 items / 8 days | Not available (photocopying permitted) |
- A student ID card, IC University ID card, or Library Card is required for borrowing.
- Rare books, reference materials, and current journals cannot be borrowed.
- Borrowing periods may be extended up to two times if there are no reservations (not applicable to external users).
Photocopying Materials
Users may photocopy materials held in this library within the limits of copyright law.
| Using University Funds | - Members of the Faculty of Agriculture should use their lab’s designated copy card. - Members of other faculties must present a copy request form issued by their faculty at the counter. |
| Using Personal Funds | - Please follow the necessary procedures and use facilities such as the university co-op for photocopying. |
Services for Members of the Faculty of Agriculture
- Issuance of copy request forms for use in other faculties (for those eligible to use university funds)
- Requests for photocopies or interlibrary loans from the Faculty of Fisheries Sciences or other universities
- Issuance of letters of introduction for visiting other university libraries