Use of the Library Plaza (LP)

Permitted activities in the Library Plaza

  • Group learning, discussion or research meeting
  • Seminar, lecture or exhibition
    *Users must be members of the University.
  • Private study

Admission

Current students or faculty members of the University of Tokyo

  • A student ID, faculty ID card or professor emeritus card (with an IC chip) is required to enter the Library Plaza. In some cases, it is necessary to register or renew your ID at your faculty library. If there is no library in your faculty, please ask at the reception desk of the Main Building.
  • If you don't have an ID card with an IC chip, please contact your faculty library.

Alumni and others

  • Alumni, former faculty members and members of the general public cannot enter the Library Plaza.

Opening hours

  • Monday to Friday => 9:00–17:00
  • Saturdays, Sundays and National Holidays => Closed
  • The fourth Friday of each month is closed in general.

Reservation for the monitor area

Under construction

Rental items

  • Users may borrow the items below:
    • Extension cords

Rules and regulations

  • No eating.
  • No phone calls.
  • Beverages in a container with a screw cap are permitted.
  • Photography is not allowed, but users may take photos of certain items in order to record their activity (e.g., a whiteboard). Please be careful not to take photos of other users.
  • Please be careful about your belongings.

Amenities

  • The wall of the Library Plaza comprises a whiteboard. Users may use the whiteboard freely.
  • All desks and chairs are movable. Users may move and combine them as required.

Lost and found

  • Lost items found in the Library Plaza are kept in the Main Building for three months.
  • Articles of value will be forwarded to the police station in one week.