The extended-hours utilization of Otsuka Library is available from November 12(Wed.) because the facility replacement has been completed earlier than expected.
Thank you for your cooperation.  

Due to facility replacement, Otsuka Library will be temporarily closed and the extended-hours utilization of Otsuka Library will not be available as follows;

Closure Dates:
 November 10(Mon.) and 11(Tue.) 2025

Due to the maintenance of the servers, some library web services will be unavailable as follows.

Sunday, October 19, 2025, there will be several interruptions each lasting approximately 1 minutes between 14:00 and 16:00

Subject：

• Some pages of the library website
  • Some Web forms（Submission may fail due to errors.）
  • Web pages for Exhibition/Events and other related pages
• University of Tsukuba Digital Collections (Images cannot be displayed.）

Other services are available as usual.
 

In order to support teaching and learning, we provide an eBook trial service again!

You can try any part of the eBooks from the following eBook platforms for free for five minutes per title. You may also submit a purchase request to the library.

Titles that have been viewed or requested a lot will be considered for purchase by the library. Please take this opportunity to try out the eBooks, which are convenient for study and research at home.

Due to scheduled power outages, some libraries will be closed as follows (Central, Medical and A&PE).

Due to the replacement of the library entrance gate, the library will be temporarily closed as follows.

System maintenance of Tsukuba Repository will be performed as follows.
If you are unable to access the repository during the maintenance period, please wait a few moments and try again later.

We will start a journals binding work at Central Library from August 26.

• We will pick up journals published mainly in 2023-2024.
  *Please remind that some magazines can not be used depending on the timing.
• Please check the up-to-date progress from the following link:

Central Library work progress

Thank you for your understanding.

The repair of the compact shelves storing back issues of Japanese magazines has been completed, and they are now available for regular use. Thank you for your cooperation.

Due to a malfunction in the motorized compact shelving storing the back issues of Japanese magazines, Otsuka Library will restrict access to these back issues to staff assistance hours only for the time being.
If you wish to use Japanese magazines from last year or earlier, please visit the Otsuka Library counter during the following hours.

Due to a network issue at the university, some emails from the library system were not delivered properly during the following period.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

[Update as of August 19, 2025, 9:30 am]