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User Index

Faculty & Staff

Using the Libraries

Faculty ID, Staff ID, Professor Emeritus ID, Honorary Fellow ID or Library Card is required when using library services, such as entry and borrowing of books.

 

  • Full-time faculty & staff (Including Professor, Faculty (tenure-track/non-tenure-track), Assistant Professor, Research Associate, Full-time Contract Staff)

Faculty ID or Staff ID is required.

 

  • Professor Emeritus / Honorary Fellow

Professor Emeritus ID or Honorary Fellow ID is required.

Professor Emeritus or Honorary Fellow can use libraries in Waseda University after taking the following procedure.

 

◆Please visit Information Desk on the 2nd Floor in the Central Library, when you use a library for the first time by Professor Emeritus ID or Honorary Fellow ID.

◆Please return your library card if you got it when you retired. You can use the books borrowed by Library Card until due dates. You cannot renew the due date by Professor Emeritus ID / Honorary Fellow ID, so please borrow the book(s) again if you need.

◆Please let us know in case your contact information (address, phone number or email) will be changed.

 

Available Services

◆You can borrow materials as same as full-time faculty & staff do, but we might not be able to meet your request. Please ask library staff at the service desks.

◆You cannot use ‘Library Online Request Form’. Please ask at the service desks.

 

About Inquiries

◆About usage of libraries: Department of Users Support, Library  Tel: 03-5286-1659

◆About Identification Card: Personnel Section  Tel: 03-3204-1633

 

  • Part-time Lecturer, Guest Faculty, Guest Researcher, Contract Staff (part-time)

Faculty ID or Staff ID is required.

Status: Part-time Lecturer, Guest Professor, Guest Associate Professor, Guest Assistant Professor, Guest Senior Researcher, Guest Researcher, Guest Junior Researcher, Instructor (Part-time) and Contract Staff (Part-time)

 

Since Academic Year (AY) 2018, Faculty ID Card has been changed to the one with IC chip. ID would be distributed from the department office they belong to.

 

◆Please attach the sticker of current AY on the back of your Faculty ID or Staff ID.

◆Your library patron data will be expired at the end of Academic Year (on the end of March). *

◆Part-time Lecturers and Instructors (part-time) can use Waseda University libraries for the whole academic year (from April to March) even if they are appointed for one semester or one quarter only. *

◆For Part-time Lecturers and Instructors (part-time) who would be appointed for the fall semester only, they can get Faculty ID in Spring semester at the personnel section if they apply for it. (It may take some time to issue the ID.)

◆Guest professors can use libraries from the day they would be appointed to the end of the academic year. *

◆Other faculty and staff can use libraries while they are appointed.

*If you would be appointed as a Part-time Lecturer / Guest Professor / Guest Associate Professor / Guest Assistant Professor / Instructor (Part-time) in the next AY, your library data can be renewed. After renewal of your library data, you can borrow books beyond the end of the day of AY. Please refer to the following link for more information.

★For patrons who will continue their current position in Academic Year 2024 (Part-time Lecturer, Full-time Faculty(non-tenure-track/tenure-track), etc.)

 

About Inquiries

◆About usage of libraries: Department of Users Support, Library  tel. 03-5286-1659

◆About the period of Contract or ID Card: Personnel Section tel. 03-3204-1633

 

  • Retired full-time faculty & staff (*Including Research Associate)

Library Card (Green, Blue) is required.

Retired full-time faculty and staff can use Waseda University Libraries via the registration procedures.

Those who’s period of tenure had been over 20 years: Library Card (Green)

Those who’s period of tenure had been over 5 years and less than 20 years: Library Card (Blue)

◆Please apply for the Library Card at Information Counter located on the 2nd floor of the Central Library. The card may be issued on the next day or later, because confirmation at Personnel Division will be needed for the procedure.

[Reception Hours]
Monday-Saturday: 9:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Sunday: 10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

*The hours will be changed other than the semester period, so please check the Library Calendars on the web site.

◆Please return your Faculty ID or Staff ID card to Personnel Division.

◆You can apply for the library card from 1 month before your retirement. But you can have the card after your retirement (after you return your ID card).

◆If you have changed your contact information (telephone number, e-mail and address) after you submit the Library Card, please let us know.

Library Services

It depends on the card type. Please check them on Libraries and Reading Rooms for available services. For details, please ask at the counter of your convenient library.

◆Library Online Request Form is no longer available for retired full-time faculty and staff. Please consult at the counter of your convenient library.

Available Libraries

There are a number of libraries at Waseda University. Usage differs for each library. Please check the Libraries & Reading Rooms for more detail.

Available Services

Services at some libraries are limited by user status. Please check the Libraries & Reading Rooms and the websites of the libraries you want to use for information on the services available.

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