As one of Japan’s leading research libraries, the Hokkaido University libraries hold approximately 3.70 million books and journals, including a unique collection of materials focused on the northern region. To raise the standard of academic communication, we continue to increase our electronic collection and develop our institutional repository. With a seating capacity of over 1,500, our libraries continue to play a vital role as places of learning.
Note: Library hours vary depending on the time of year. Please check the library’s website for further information.
Name of Rooms
Monday–Friday
Weekends & Holidays
Open-stack reading rooms
8:00–22:00
9:00–19:00
Stack rooms
9:00–20:00
9:00–18:30
Group study rooms (Central Library)
8:30–21:30
9:00–18:30
Individual study booth (Central Library)
8:30–22:00
9:00–19:00
Group study rooms (North Library)
8:00–21:30
9:00–18:30
Multimedia room (North Library)
8:00–21:30
9:00–19:00
Closed
June 8-9 (North Library only), August 13-15 (North Library Only), August 21-22 (Central Library Only), August 31-September 1, December 28-January 5, January 18-19
Collection by Branch
Branch
Japanese Books
Foreign Books
Total Books
Journals
Central Library
1,024,918
880,793
1,905,711
36,236
North Library
262,977
116,657
379,634
1,569
Subtotal
1,287,895
997,450
2,285,345
37,805
Branch
Japanese Books
Foreign Books
Total Books
Journals
Creative Research Institution
19
3
22
5
Institute for the Advancement of Higher Education
2,581
648
3,229
151
Institute for International Collaboration
1
0
1
3
Institute for the Advancement of Graduate Education
111
10
121
1
Letters
101,158
45,287
146,445
2,689
Law
7,655
1,693
9,348
937
Information Science and Technology*
13,461
17,011
30,472
851
Fisheries Sciences
73,445
54,751
128,196
5,463
Environmental Science/Environmental Earth Science
6,258
7,032
13,290
487
Science
47,243
173,402
220,645
4,252
Pharmaceutical Sciences/Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacy
7,867
3,620
11,487
294
Agriculture
126,761
96,776
223,537
8,790
Life Science/Advanced Life Science
241
180
421
24
Education
13,809
2,841
16,650
850
International Media, Communication, and Tourism Studies/Media and Communication
2,226
2,823
5,049
96
Health Sciences
27,943
3,966
31,909
935
Engineering
104,184
100,450
204,634
5,313
Economics and Business
6,551
2,364
8,915
1,230
Medicine†
52,344
93,435
145,779
5,749
Dental Medicine‡
22,659
15,998
38,657
1,081
Veterinary Medicine
8,721
23,294
32,015
1,339
Public Policy
0
0
0
2
Institute of Low Temperature Science
10,528
24,360
34,888
1,780
Research Institute for Electronic Science
603
516
1,119
26
Institute for Genetic Medicine
68
43
111
27
Institute for Catalysis
4,826
16,781
21,607
468
Slavic-Eurasian Research Center
2,777
73,120
75,897
1,956
Information Initiative Center
88
1
89
58
Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere
6,455
1,820
8,275
83
Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies
4,741
661
5,402
133
Center for Human Nature, Artificial Intelligence, and Neuroscience
16
17
33
1
Hokkaido University Museum
10,676
3,558
14,234
1,271
Hokkaido University Archives
3,601
74
3,675
328
Subtotal
669,617
766,535
1,436,152
46,673
GRAND TOTAL
1,957,512
1,763,985
3,721,497
84,478
*Including the Research Center for Integrated Quantum Electronics † Including the Hokkaido University Hospital and Central Institute of Isotope Science ‡ Including the Hokkaido University Hospital
Library Use Information
Category
Central Library
North Library
Visits
254,853
491,367
Borrowers
84,736
80,823
Total circulation
122,445
121,531
Interlibrary loan document delivery: requests to others
2,607
104
Interlibrary loan document delivery: requests from others
