Applications received by December 14 will be processed by the end of the year.
Applications received after December 15 will be processed after January 5, 2024.

We will suspend ILL service during the following periods due to the winter vacation.

1. Request loan of materials: December 7th - January 4th
2. Request copy of materials: December 23rd- January 4th.
➢Request received after 12:00p.m. on December 20th will be proceeded after January 5th.

＊10/17/2023 The response period has been extended to Monday, October 30.

Sophia University Library’s team is eager to hear from our users. In our ongoing efforts to provide a better environment and high-quality services, we are conducting a survey. This survey seeks your feedback on our library facilities, our collection including books, journals, electronic journals, databases, and other services. All responses will be anonymous, and we encourage you to share your honest opinions.

Response Period: October 2nd (Mon) - 16th (Mon), 2023

How to Respond: Please answer through the web form linked below. The estimated time to complete the survey is about 5 minutes.

Please note that we kindly request only one response per person.

URL of Response Web Form：
【English】https://forms.office.com/r/3fugM3ZcqF

The feedback from this survey will be utilized to improve the library's operations and to enhance the overall user experience at our library. We appreciate your participation and support in helping us build a better library for everyone.

Survey Contact： Survey Coordinator, Sophia University Library

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.

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.

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.).

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

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

(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

On July 7th ( No class day ), the opening hours of the Central Library and following services will change as beiow.

 Open hours ／ 9：00－20：00

 Circulation ／ 9：00－20：00

  Audio-Visual Corner ／ 9：00－17：00

  Computer Room L1・L2 ／ 9：00－20：00

  Learning Commons Service Desk ／ 13：00－17：00

  Reference Counter ／ 9：00－17：00

  Learning Support Desk ／ None