Facilities

The First floor "Commons area"£üThe Second floor Study Area£üThe Third floor "Crosscul Area"£üThe Fourth floor Center for Human Enrichment

Our library holds approximately 740,000 books and has a Learning Commons, Group Study Rooms, Seminar Rooms and Multi-purpose Rooms for active learning. The library building was extended in 2014. Then each floor was renewed for its specific use.

The first floor "The Learning Commons area" (a place for encounter)

Library is a place where information is collected. The first floor is a collaborative space where students can come together to study, learn, create and socialize, leading to the exchange of information. The Learning Commons has combination tables and whiteboards. You can find books, meet people and explore your own interests here.

Facilities on the first floor;

• Circulation Desk
• OPAC and Self-Checkout machines
• Weekly Magazines and Newspapers
• Books for Career Development and Qualifications
• Paperbacks (Japanese "Shinsho/Bunko"-Style)
• Journals (Current and Back Issues)
• Seminar Room-1

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The Second floor Study Area ("Gateway of Culture" and "the Crossroads of Knowledge")

Once you find something interesting on the first floor, you can always broaden and deepen your knowledge on the second floor. In this library, there are 740,000 books available. There are reading rooms and Silent Zone to assist you as you devote yourself to your study.

Facilities on the second floor;

• Open Stacks (NDC "Nippon Decimal Classification" 000¡«999), Electronic Compact Stacks
• Reference Desk
• Audiovisual Materials
• Seminar Room-2

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The Third floor "The Crosscul Area" (the place for planning, creation, and interaction)

Once you broaden and deepen your knowledge on the second floor, you can apply them to create new values on this floor. Group Study Rooms and Multi-purpose Rooms for active learning are available. These facilities are to promote "brain activation studies".

Group Study Rooms (A-G) are different in size and desk type.? You can book these rooms online.

(Only Group Study Rooms(G) is available for use by one person.)

Group Study Room Booking System

You can use Seminar Rooms located on each floor for group learning.

Seminar Room Booking System

Facilities on the third floor;

• Crosscul Room
• Private-Study Room
• Electric Compact Collections (Reference Books)
• Rare books and special collections
• Institute of Kishu Economic and Cultural History

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The fourth floor Center for Human Enrichment