Library Workshop
The Library offers various workshops to help you write reports and papers.
You will learn how to research effectively in using database.
【How to register to attend workshops】
OPAC＞MY OPAC> User Service>Seminar Reservation
Join our library workshops!
Partial replacement of the copy machines in the Central library and changes in usage
For Copy users
As part of a project to optimize output devices on campus, we have partially replaced the copy machines in the Central Library.
The installation locations of the copy machines and the target users (green, beige) of each copy machine are shown below after August 18th. When using the copy machine, please check in advance the installation location of the copy machine that you can use before using it.
〈Major changes〉
・All prepaid card-operated copy machines will be removed.
・A thousand-yen bill can be used only on the coin-operated machine next to the reference counter on the 1st floor.
・Copy machines with user authentication can be used by holding the IC faculty ID card.
We apologize for any inconvenience, but we appreciate your understanding and cooperation.
☆Please contact Sophia Campus Support for problems related to copy machines, such as running out of paper, handling copy cards, etc.
★Tel：03-3238-4259（ext.4259）／ e-mail：scs-eigyou-co@sophia.ac.jp
The "My OPAC" service will be temporarily suspended.
The "My OPAC" service will be temporarily suspended for campus blackout at Yotsuya Campus during the following period : 2023/08/26 6 p.m. to 2023/08/27 11 p.m.
We thank you for your understanding and cooperation in advance.
Purchase Request (for Students)
Requests received until Thursday, August 3 will be accepted as usual.
Requests received after that date will be handled on or after Monday, August 21.
To students who expect to graduate in September, 2023. The due date of the Library book material.
Due date of the Library book material for students who expect to graduate in September, 2023 is August 31st, 2023. Please be sure to return until the return due date.
The students who have already decided to postpone their graduation, please consult the Library Circulation Counter or email from Sophia Mail to the address below by August 31st. (lib-info@sophia.ac.jp).
To whom having overdue books by the day when graduation decided, Official Transcript might be not issued.
【My OPAC will be stopped】
Library online service will be unavailable due to Switchover of Campus Network.
We apologize for any inconveniences.
Date & Time:
・8/11(Fri.) 17:00-24:00
・9/8 (Fri.) 19:00-27:00
Service to suspend:
・My OPAC service such as loan period extension or reservation and delivery request and so on.
・Access to E-journals & Databases.
For details, please see the ICT Office Homepage.
There is a change in the use of facilities at the Central Library during Open Campus ．
We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.
〇 Partial restriction on facility use
The reading areas on B1F and B2F and Learning Commons are not available from July 31(Mon.) to August 2(Wed.). Only browsing is available, so please use the reading areas on another floor.
Depending on the time of day, the group study room may not be available during Open Campus. Please check MyOPAC for non-reservable hours.
〇 Closing of Reference counter
Reference counter is closed from August 1(Tue.) to August 2(Wed.).
ILL will stop
We will suspend ILL service during the following periods due to the summer vacation.
1. Request loan of materials: July 21st- August 17th
2. Request copy of materials: August 11th - August 17th (**)
**Request received after 12:00p.m. on August 4th will be proceeded after August 18th
Call for cover design of “Information Search Start book”!!
Students are invited to submit a cover design of “Information Search Start Book 2023”.
By hand or using software such as Photoshop, either way is fine.
Looking forward to your application!
For more details→Call for cover design of “Information Search Start book”!!.pdf
News of long-term loan in summer vacation
News of long-term loan in summer vacation
(1) Undergraduate students ( Auditors, Sophia University Junior College division
students and Course of Midwifery students are included too. )
/ Participants of Grief Care Professional Program and Friends of the Library
Period of loan : July 21 Friday － September 21 Thursday, 2023
Return due date : October 6 Friday, 2023 For students who will graduate in September 2023,
return due date is August 31
(2) Graduate students / Part-time faculty
Period of loan : July 21 Friday － September 5 Tuesday, 2023
Return due date : October 6 Friday, 2023 For students who will complete graduate programs
in September 2023, return due date is August 31