3/7 18:30～ My OPAC will be stopped.
Library online service will be unavailable due to Network Expansion as planned below.
We apologize for any inconveniences.
Date & Time:
・2/12（Sat.）11:30-13:00
・3/7（Mon.） 18:30-24:30
Service to suspend:
・My OPAC service such as loan period extension or reservation and delivery request and so on.
・Access to E-jornals & Databases.
For details, please see the ICT Office Homepage.
Change of service hours by "heavy snowfall"
Tomorrow's service hours (Central Library, Law School Library, and Mejiro Seibo Campus Library) will change as below.
We apologize for the inconvenience, and appreciate your cooperation.
〔Change Date〕 Thursday, February 10.
Service hours（including use of PC room）：9:00-18:00
※However, the Central Library is open from 9:00 to 20:00 as usual.
At a time of weather warning, the service may stop even during opening hours.
Please check the service schedule for the weather warning announcement on the Library Homepage.
To students who expect to graduate in March, 2022. The due date of the Library book material.
Due date of the Library book material for students who expect to gradute in March, 2022 is March 10, 2022. 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 March 10. （lib-info@sophia.ac.jp）.
To whom having overdue books by the day when graduation decided, Official Transcript might be not issued.
Purchase Request (for Students)
Applications received by December 21 will be processed by the end of the year.
Applications received after December 22 will be processed after January 5, 2022.
Fraudulent access of mass downloading to the database of the university subscribed
The other day, there was a fraudulent access of mass downloading to the database of the university contract. The database is an information asset that stores important data such as newspaper articles, journal articles or corporate data. Therefore, the companies that provide the database take individual security measures. Not only is the act of searching and downloading a large amount of data in a short period of time prohibited, but it may also lead to the misunderstanding that it is attacking the database.
The contents of terms of service and use conditions, etc. vary depending on the provider, but generally, the following acts are prohibited.
Any serious breach of these requirements will result in the online service(s) being interrupted not only for the individual but for the whole university system. All users are requested to refer to the contents of the User Regulations, Terms and Conditions, and User Agreement, etc., before accessing to such data.
1）Use for any purpose other than personal academic research and education
2）Reproduction and redistribution to a third person.
3）The thing which downloads a great deal of files together (Even manual is bad.)
4）Downloading material in a way that breaches copyrights, such as downloading entire volumes or issues or revising downloaded materials
News of long-term loan in spring vacation
News of long-term loan in spring vacation
(1) Undergraduate students ( Auditors, Sophia School of Social Welfare students,Sophia University
Junior College division students and Course of Midwifery students are included too. ) / Participants of
Grief Care Professional Program / Friends of the Library
Period of loan : January 24 Monday － March 31 Thursday, 2022
Return due date : April 15 Friday, 2022
(2) Graduate students / Part-time faculty
Period of loan : January 24 Monday － March 15 Tuesday, 2022
Return due date : April 15 Friday, 2022
（3）Due date of the Library book material for students who expect to graduate in March,2022 is
March 10, 2022. The students who have already decided to postpone their graduation, please consult the Library （TEL：03-3238-3055） by March 10.
We also accept your application by e-mail (lib-info@sophia.ac.jp).
Request loan of materials & copy of materials
We will be closing our online application during the following periods.
1. Request loan of materials: December 8th - January 4th
2. Request copy of materials: December 24th- January 4th.
➢Request received after 12:00p.m. on December 21th will be proceeded after January 5th.
E-mail notifications not working
Some e-mails such as reservation available notice and due date reminders are not being sent.
That is presently under investigation. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Please check MYOPAC for reservation status inquiries and due dates.
Library Homepage and OPAC will be stopped
Due to the library system maintenance, Library Homepage and OPAC will be unavailable.
We are sorry for the inconvenience. The schedule is as follows.
Date and time: From October 7 (Thu.) 10:30 pm to 11:00pm
Service restrictions due to replacement of library system
Thelibrary plans to replace the library system this summer. For replacement of library system, pleasenote that there are some restrictions on service during the replacement periodand preparation period.
Replacement preparation period / replacementperiod
Replacementpreparation period : August 29(Sun) – September 4 (Sat) 18:00
Replacementperiod : September 4(Sat) 18:00 – September 12 (Sun)
Services on Replacement preparationperiod
AsOPAC Online can not be used, the following service will change
A) Cannotcheck the status of the books you have borrowed
B) Borrowingbooks cannot be extended thru OPAC Online.
C) Cannotmake a reservation for books. To make areservation, please contact
Services on Replacement period
Services arenot available. The library will beclosed.
The OPAC and URL will change.(Renewal!)
If you havebookmarked the library URL, please access the new URL after September 13thand re-bookmark it. When system replacementis completed, you can access new OPAC.
The designof the Homepage will also be changed. OPAC system will have more search tabs and will be more convenient.
【HP】 www.lib.sophia.ac.jp
【OPAC】 https://www.lib.sophia.ac.jp/opac/opac_search/