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For Waseda users only

To borrow books, please bring books to circulation desk with student ID, Faculty and staff ID, or library card.

Borrowing Rules

Borrowing periods and number of books can be borrowed differ by the user’s status at Waseda University Library.

My Library

Due dates of the books you are borrowing and status of books you have placed holds can be viewed from WINE.

Loan periods of the books you are borrowing can be renewed also from WINE.

[Menu] at the upper right of WINE　→　My Library

Please refer to “My Library” in WINE HELP.

Return and Borrow at Circulation Desk

If the book on loan is not placed ‘hold’ by other users, borrowing the book again is available at the circulation desk right after returning it. 

Library materials must be returned to the circulation desk by the due date. You can also return books to Book Return Posts, and by mail service. For details, please refer to “Returning books” here.

Notices for due date

An e-mail about due date will be sent to your Waseda mail (for library card users and professors emeriti, preferred email address registered in the library system) 5 days before the due date.

• The mail address of a mail sender is “[email protected]”. Please configure your mail reception setting for receiving mails from the Library.
• If the message cannot be received, the system will not resend it. Please be sure to check the due date of materials that you borrowed at “My Library”([Menu] at the upper right of WINE　→　My Library).

When users lost  or damaged books

When libraries are closed temporarily

Suspension of the privileges (overdue materials)

In case that a borrower misses the due date to return library materials, he/she receives penalties. When borrowing privilege is suspended at one library on campus, this is also subject to apply at other libraries in Waseda University.

＊In consideration of the impact of the coronavirus, the penalties for overdue books are partially waived.
For details, please see “Suspension of the privileges (overdue books)” here.

Suspension of Privileges (If the overdue material is placed on hold by another user)

If someone places a hold on the book that you are borrowing but you don’t return it by the due date, your borrowing privileges will be suspended. You will not be able to borrow new books as long as the overdue book remains unreturned. Once the overdue book is returned, your borrowing privileges will be resumed.

Notices for Overdue Materials

• Notices are sent to your Waseda mail the following day after materials were due, and 4 days, 7 days, 14 days, 30 days, 60 days after the due date. These notices are sent automatically.
• The mail address of a mail sender is “[email protected]”. Please configure your mail reception setting for receiving mails from the Library.
• If the message cannot be received, the system will not resend it. Please be sure to check the due date of materials that you borrowed at “My Library”([Menu] at the upper right of WINE　→　My Library).

Loan period can be renewed from “My Library”([Menu] at the upper right of WINE　→　My Library). However, in case that a book is placed a hold by other users or user’s borrowing privileges have been suspended, loan period cannot be extended. Please return the book by the due date.

• You can renew due dates of borrowed library materials anytime from the following day of borrowing to three days after materials are due. There is no limit to the number of times of renewals unless the maximum days of borrowing is exceeded (Due date can be renewed once a day). The maximum days of borrowing is three times the initial loan period.
• If you are borrowing materials over the maximum days, please return them and borrow them again at the circulation desk. However, in case that materials are placed holds by other users, or that your borrowing privileges have been suspended, you cannot borrow them again.
• New due date is calculated from the day of renewal. Please be sure to check the new due date at “My Library”.

Items you may place hold

• You may place hold requests on items that are not currently available, such as items “On Loan”, “In Transit”, “On Hold Shelf”, or “In Process”. You may request an item that is only available at distant campuses to pick up at your campus, even if the item is listed as “Item in place /Loanable”. If the item is on the shelf at your nearby campus, you are expected to retrieve it yourself.
• Libraries that can be designated as pickup locations vary depending on the items.

The way to request

• Sign in to WINE and click ‘Request’ button in the Full Display page.’Request’ button will not appear when no item is available for request.

The way to check your request status

• Notification e-mail: An e-mail will be sent to your Waseda mail (for library card users and professors emeriti, preferred email address registered in the library system) once your requested item is ready for pickup. The email will be sent from ‘[email protected]’. Please check your email settings so that you can receive emails from the library.
• My Library: Signing in to WINE, you can check the status of your request via the ‘Requests’ tab on ‘My Library’.

Number of books you may place hold

The numbers above are the total number of materials can be reserved from Central Library, each Campus Library (Takata, Toyama, Science and Engineering（and Student Reading Room) and Tokorozawa), Waseda Campus Student Reading Rooms (FPSE, Law, Education, Commerce & SILS, Social Sciences), Japanese Language Students’ Reading Room, Theater Museum Library.