LIBRARY HOURS

Semester Hours

Monday to Friday 8:30 - 20:00
Saturday 11:00 - 19:00

Spring, Summer, and Winter Vacation Hours

Monday to Friday 8:30 - 17:00

Closed

Sundays, National Holidays, May 28 (KIT Memorial Day),

December 28 to January 4, The first Wednesday of each month,
Saturdays in Spring, Summer, and Winter vacations,

Change of Schedule:

Please refer to the bulletin board in the Library

CIRCURATION SERVICES

Registration

Please ask at the service counter.

Borrowing

You can take out books only while your ID card is valid.
Please show your ID card with the books at the service counter.
You must return books by the due date.

Loan Period and Number of Copies Allowed for Loan:

	Books for general use	Books for research
Undergraduate students	10 items 2 weeks
Graduate students	5 items 2 weeks	5 items 1 month
Faculty members	5 items 2 weeks	30 items 1 year
Visitors et al.	5 items 2 weeks	5 items 2 weeks

Non - Circulating Materials

Reference books labeled "禁帯出 (=not for circulating)"

Newspapers

Returning

Please return books to the service counter.

When the library is closed, you can return books into the Book Post at the side of the
entrance.

You must return books by the due date.

Renewal

You can renew a book once before or on the due date, unless someone has placed a
reserve on it.

Reservation

You can reserve books on loan, please inquire at the service counter.

For the reserved books available, please pay attention to the bulletin board in the
Library.

They are kept at the service counter for seven days.

Loan periods are changed during Spring, Summer, and Winter vacations.

For further details, please refer to notices posted on the bulletin board in the Library.

If you lose or damage any library material, you must report it immediately and pay for
   its replacement at that time.

HOW TO FIND BOOKS

You can find books you need by searching in the home-made database from reference (OPAC)
    terminals situated on each floor.

You can get information about materials stored in the Iizuka Campus at the same time.

REFERENCE SERVICE

Whenever you have any difficulties in using the Library or in finding the information need, please
    ask for help at the service counter.

OTHER SERVICES

Using the Iizuka Branch Library:

        You may borrow library materials from the Iizuka Branch Library. The loan procedures are
        similar as on the main campus.

Faculty members can ask for the materials at the service counter here.

Visiting other libraries:

You may need a letter of introduction, please apply to the service counter in advance.

Inter-library Loans

Materials unavailable in the KIT Library can be photocopied or borrowed from other libraries.

Please fill in the form for your need, e.g. photocopy or loan and one form should be made for each item.

You will be charged for them, please inquire at the service counter.

GENERAL REMINDERS

Silence should always be maintained.

No food or drinks are allowed strictly in the Library.

Please return all library materials to their appropriate shelves in order.

Bags may be brought into the Library.

If books have not been checked out properly, the warning buzzer will signal when going out of the Library.

        Please follow staff's instructions, should this happen.

LAYOUT OF LIBRARY AND LOCATION OF MATERIALS

1st Floor

2nd Floor

3rd Floor

1st 〜 3rd Floor:

Available reading rooms will be indicated.

Reference (OPAC) terminals may be freely used for searching books you need.

INQUIRY ADDRESS:

Tobata Campus Main Library
Kyushu Institute of Technology,
1-1 Sensui-cho, Tobata, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
804-8550, Japan
Phone: 093-884-3074