LibGuides: Hokkaido University: Hokkaido University Central Library (北海道大学 附属図書館本館)

General Information

Facility:	Hokkaido University Central Library
Address:	Kita-8, Nishi-5, Kita-ku Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0808
Phone:	+81-11-706-3956　ex.3956
FAX:	+81-11-746-4595
Email:	service#lib.hokudai.ac.jp (Please replace # with @)
Hours:	9:00-22:00, Saturdays, Sundays, and National Holidays: 9:30-19:00
Closed:	12/28-1/3, the exam period (in mid January)

About the Library:

The central library dates back to 1876, when Sapporo Agriculture School was founded, as a small library with 6,149 books.

Today, the Central Library holds more than 1,649,551 volumes (908,867 in Japanese and 740,684 in Western languages), with 30,747 periodical titles (18,854 in Japanese and 11,893 in Western languages, as of March, 2011).

Resources & Facilities

Hokkaido University Central Library
北海道大学附属図書館本館
North Library
北図書館
Library, Faculty of Letters, Hokkaido University
文学部図書室
Library, Faculty of Education, Graduate School of Education
教育学部図書室
Library, Graduate School of Economics
経済学部図書室
Library, Graduate School of Agriculture
農学部図書室
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Hokkaido University Archives
大学文書館
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Hokkaido University Museum
総合博物館

Summary of Collection(s)

Collection Size: As March, 2018

Books:
- Japanese: 991,145 volumes
- Western Languages: 827,389 volumes

Periodical: 33,668 periodical titles

Notable Collection(s):

Inazo Nitobe collection: This collection mainly consists of information materials related to agriculture and economy, including a variety of books on the United States and European colonies from the late 19th century to the early 20th century.

Takajiro Minami collection: The collection's main focus is on materials related to agriculture and agricultural policy, including books on animal husbandry and horticulture.

Kingo Miyabe collection: The collection mainly consists of information materials related to botany, crop science and forestry both inside and outside of Japan.

Kanzo Uchimura collection: The collection focuses on materials related to Christianity, philosophy, history and natural science.

Note: The Guide uses the ALA/LC standard romanization, however, it also reflects different romanization system used by an individual institution.

Search Tools

Online Library Catalog
HUSCAP
Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers
北方古地図展（第一期）
(Part 1 of 2) Digital images of maps from the Edo period to the early Meiji period.
北方古地図展（第二期）
(Part 2 of 2) Digital images of old maps of Hokkaido and neighbor islands including Sakhalin (カラフト島)and Kuril islands (千島列島).
Northern Studies Collection Database
(北方資料): Information about the collection focusing on Ainu, Kuril islands, Sakhalin and Siberia related materials (30,351 volumes), brochures including reports, surveys, list of every cities, towns and villages and these attached to theses (12,000 volumes), and materials in western languages materials related to Siberia from 18th and 19th centuries and materials from Japan studies in the former Soviet Union.
Database itself is Japanese only.

Access

How to Use the Facility

Using the Library

Upon Arrival:

The online catalog: Hokkaido University Library Catalog

Please present some form of personal ID that shows the current address to obtain a one day pass ( 一日利用証 Ichinichi riyōshō) for the library use and photocopy.

Photocopy:

Photocopy services are provided in accordance with Japanese copyright laws.

The copy machines accept 10 yen coins or greater, 1,000 yen bill, or a copy card. Please purchase at the vending machine in the library or the university co-op.

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Hokkaido University: Hokkaido University Central Library (北海道大学 附属図書館本館)