Library News 2015

"JAIST Library News" is published on an irregular basis and provide you with information about Library services and materials.

Dec. 15 Halt of ILL service (Dec.26-Jan.4)
Dec. 11 Faculty and Staff Holidays from Dec.29,2015 to Jan.3,2016.
One-day use and issue of the Library User's Card are not available during this period.
Dec. 11 Restriction on Use of the Library for Inventory(December 24)
Dec. 10 J-BEANS Seminar [37](December 10)
Dec. 09 The 20th Library Exhibition
The 20th exhibition is on display at the Library Hall after the security gate. (Some of the displayed books are introduced at the Entrance Hall near the Institution Hall.)
This time, the theme is "What's Ishikawa Prefecture like? -Book fair of Ishikawa Prefecture-". Please stop by at the library.
Dec. 03 Please note that NII services will be stopped for legally-required power supply maintenance as follows.

Unavailable hours: From 17:00 on December 4, 2015(Fri.) to 9:00 on December 7, 2015(Mon.). [JST]

  • CiNii Articles
    CiNii Articles login and viewing "Paid" full text will be unavailable.
  • JAIST OPAC "NII Search"
    JAIST OPAC "NII Search" (Search the materials of other universities) will be unavailable.
Please see this site for other NII services.   
Dec. 03 "Textbooks & Reference books Lists" of Term 2-2 are updated.
Dec. 02 Not only for searching journals! Training Session for "Web of Science Core Collection"
Nov. 11 J-BEANS Seminar [36](November 11)
Oct. 13 J-BEANS Seminar [35](October 26)
Oct. 07 "Textbooks & Reference books Lists" of Term 2-1 are updated.
Sep. 28 J-BEANS Seminar [34](September 30)
Sep. 02 New magazines in browsing corner are available.
Sep. 02 On October 1 (Thu), JAIST is closed for the anniversary of its founding. The library will operate as usual, but we are going to stop issuing the library user's card for external users for a day. Thank you for your cooperation.
Aug. 18 Binding of Academic Journals has finished. Thank you for your cooperation.
Aug. 07 Shooting inside the library by Drone (Aug. 19)
Aug. 03 "Textbooks & Reference books Lists of Summer Intensive Cource are updated.
Jul. 30 J-BEANS Seminar [33](July 31)
Jul. 10 New rare book has been added to our digital collection. (Huygens "Opera Varia")
Jul. 10 Faculty and Staff Holidays (Aug. 12, 13 and 14)
One-day use and issue of the Library User's Card are not available during this period of time.
Jun. 29 Training session for SciFinder (July 24)
Jun. 29 The List of textbooks & reference books on syllabi, which is provided by the library, is newly linked to JAIST OPAC. Please put it to use for checking the status of loan. (Text books & Reference Books List is HERE.)
Jun. 11 Binding Academic Journals (June 23 - August 28)
Jun. 08 J-BEANS Seminar [32](June 29)
May 13 J-BEANS Seminar [31] (May 19)
May 1 [The library closing time (inside the entrance gate) and temporarily stop of library services, due to a scheduled blackout]
Please note that the library (inside the entrance gate) will be closed and some library services will be temporarily unavailable on the following schedule, due to a scheduled blackout on May 16, 2015. Thank you for your patience and we apologize for any inconvenience.

  • The Library Closing (inside the entrance gate):
    Closed from 17:00 on May 15 (Fri.) to 8:30 on May 18 (Mon.).
    *The Browsing Corner (1F) will be open as usual.
  • Temporarily Stop of library online services:
    Example: Online User Service (various requests, etc.), JAIST OPAC, JAIST Repository
    Unavailable from 15:00 on May 15 (Fri.) to 9:00 on May 18 (Mon.).
  
Apr. 20 J-BEANS Seminar [30] (Apr. 21)
Apr. 3 Please note that JAIST OPAC and User services will be temporarily unavailable from 12:00 to 13:00 Tuesday, April 7, due to scheduled maintenance.
Thank you for your patience and we apologize for any inconvenience.
Mar. 31 The 19th Library Display
The 19th exhibition is on display at the Library Hall after the security gate. (Some of the displayed books are introduced at the Entrance Hall near the Institution Hall.)
This time, the theme is "Book of the Year 2014". Please stop by at the library.
Feb. 27 Halt of Library Services due to the System Replacement (Mar. 9 - Mar. 11)
Feb. 18 J-BEANS Seminar [29] (Feb. 25)
Feb. 10 Please note that JAIST Repository will be temporarily unavailable from 9:00am on Thursday, February 19 to 5:00pm on Friday, February 20 due to the replacement of the server.
Thank you for your patience, and we apologize for any inconvenience.

>> 8pm, Feb.19. The system replacement has been completed and JAIST Repository is available.
Jan. 30 Replacing the lights in Reading Room (Feb. 12)
Jan. 14 J-BEANS Seminar [28] (Jan. 29)
Jan. 05 Removal of the books (From January, 2015)

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Halt of ILL service

ILL service will halt for the period as follows.
Therefore, we cannot process your photocopy requests and book loan requests to other university libraries during this period.
Thank you in advance for your understanding and patience.

NOTE:

Usual service: by 12:00 December 25, 2015
Halt of service: December 26, 2015 to January 4, 2016
Start of service: January 5, 2016


For inquiries, please contact us.
Library Service Section (E-mail: toshokan@jaist.ac.jp)

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Restriction on Use of the Library for Inventory (Dec. 24)

The inventory will be conducted as below.
During the inventory, we will restrict access to the shelves partly for a fixed time.
Thank you in advance for your understanding and patience.


NOTE:

For inquiries, please contact us.
Library Service Section (E-mail: toshokan@jaist.ac.jp)

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J-BEANS Seminar [37]

We would like to inform you about the 37th J-BEANS Seminar as follows.
This seminar is held for not only JAIST members but also local community with the view to share our intellectual resources. Some light meals and drinks will be served, and we expect your participation.

J-BEANS seminar's web site is at:
https://www.jaist.ac.jp/general_info/j-beans_seminar/ichiranx.html


NOTE:

1. DATE  :  12:40-13:20, December 16, 2015
2. PLACE  :  J-BEANS (1F, Institute Hall)
3. TITLE  :  Inside story: the making of “JAIST campus” filmed with a drone
4. SPEAKER  :  Professor. Masahiko Tomitori, School of Materials Science
Technical Specialist. Munenori Uno, Technical Services Department
Technical Staff. Yuji Nakabayashi, Technical Services Department
5. SPEECH  :  Japanese (The slides are written in English.)

[CONTACT]
Research Centers Support Section(E-mail:sien)

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Not only for searching journals! Training Session for "Web of Science Core Collection"

"Web of Science Core Collection" is the world well known online databasenot only for searching journals, but also for supporting your researchas a strong tool.

★Do you need help? "Web of Science" can help you, if you...
 ・don't have time for reading a lot of papers.
 ・want to be sensitive to trends in your research fields.
 ・want to know how other researchers do research.
 ・want your papers to be published in famous journals.
 ・want to appeal your research more.
 ・are lazy to make reference list.

This database covers science, social science and humanities, so it can be useful for anyone in any field. Please use this opportunity for improving your research activities, analyzing, and also selling yourself when job hunting.

We will invite a guest lecturer and hold the training session in English as follows. Please come and join us.

NOTE:

Date & Time Thursday, December 17, 2015 15:15-16:45 (90 minutes)
Location Computer room (School of Knowledge Science I : 3F)
Lecturer Hiroki Narushima (Thomson Reuters)
Language English
How to apply Fill in the application form below and send to " toshokan@jaist.ac.jp "
Application Deadline Thursday, December 10, 2015


【Application form for Web of Science Training Session】
Name:
School:
Student number:
Grade:


Reference (Web of Science Core Collection)
http://wokinfo.com/products_tools/multidisciplinary/webofscience/

For inquiries, please contact us. JAIST LIBRARY, Library Service Section (E-mail: toshokan@jaist.ac.jp, EXT.1191)

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J-BEANS Seminar [36]

We would like to inform you about the 36th J-BEANS Seminar as follows.
This seminar is held for not only JAIST members but also local community with the view to share our intellectual resources. Some light meals and drinks will be served, and we expect your participation.

J-BEANS seminar's web site is at:
https://www.jaist.ac.jp/general_info/j-beans_seminar/ichiranx.html


NOTE:

1. DATE  :  12:40-13:20, November 30, 2015
2. PLACE  :  J-BEANS (1F, Institute Hall)
3. TITLE  :  "From the field of international disaster response"
4. SPEAKER  :  Professor. Tomoo Yamamoto
Industrial Collaboration Promotion Center
5. SPEECH  :  Japanese (The slides are written in English.)

[CONTACT]
Research Centers Support Section(E-mail:sien)

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J-BEANS Seminar [35]

We would like to inform you about the 35th J-BEANS Seminar as follows.
This seminar is held for not only JAIST members but also local community with the view to share our intellectual resources. Some light meals and drinks will be served, and we expect your participation.

J-BEANS seminar's web site is at:
https://www.jaist.ac.jp/general_info/j-beans_seminar/ichiranx.html


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1. DATE  :  12:40-13:20, October 26, 2015
2. PLACE  :  J-BEANS (1F, Institute Hall)
3. TITLE  :  "Grasp a rough shape of something yet to exist"
4. SPEAKER  :  Research Associate Professor, Takashi Okada
School of Information Science
5. SPEECH  :  Japanese (The slides are written in English.)

[CONTACT]
Research Centers Support Section(E-mail:sien)

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J-BEANS Seminar [34]

We would like to inform you about the 34th J-BEANS Seminar as follows.

This seminar is held for not only JAIST members but also local community with the view to share our intellectual resources. Some light meals and drinks will be served, and we expect your participation.

J-BEANS seminar's web site is at:
https://www.jaist.ac.jp/general_info/j-beans_seminar/ichiranx.html


NOTE:

1. DATE  :  12:40-13:20, September 30, 2015
2. PLACE  :  J-BEANS (1F, Institute Hall)
3. TITLE  :  "Co-creating Intellectual toughness with Unlearning"
4. SPEAKER  :  Dr. Koji Tanaka, School of Knowledge Science
5. SPEECH  :  Japanese (The slides are written in English.)

[CONTACT]
Research Centers Support Section(E-mail:sien)

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New magazines in browsing corner are available.

We have just had our renewal of the browsing corner and the following 6 magazines are available. Please take a look. (Click on the title to go to a web page.)

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Shooting inside the library by Drone

Shooting inside the library by Drone will be conducted as follows.
In the operation, particular attention is paid to the safety and we appreciate your understanding that Drone may make noise.
We will be very careful not to image a person for privacy protection.
Thank you for your cooperation.


Shooting Date and Time: August 19, 2015 (Wed.) 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

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J-BEANS Seminar [33]

We would like to inform you about the 33rd J-BEANS Seminar as follows.

This seminar is held for not only JAIST members but also local community with the view to share our intellectual resources. Some light meals and drinks will be served, and we expect your participation.

J-BEANS seminar's web site is at:
https://www.jaist.ac.jp/general_info/j-beans_seminar/ichiranx.html


NOTE:

1. DATE  :  12:40-13:20, July 31, 2015
2. PLACE  :  KS Lecture Hall (1F, Entrance Hall)
* Please note that the place of the seminar is not J-BEANS.
3. TITLE  :  "Organic electronics: an emerging electronic devices"
4. SPEAKER  :  Prof. Hideyuki MURATA, School of Materials Science
5. SPEECH  :  Japanese (The slides are written in English.)

[CONTACT]
Research Support Section (E-mail:josei@jaist.ac.jp)

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Training session for SciFinder

We will hold the training session for the database, SciFinder as follows. Please come and join us.
Please especially note that the session is in Japanese only.

If you want to join, please fill in the following application form, and send us at toshokan@jaist.ac.jp by Friday, July 10, 2015.

>> What is SciFinder?
The online chemical information database for researchers provided by Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) that allows you to access a wide diversity of research from many scientific disciplines, including medicine, biomedical sciences, physics, and engineering.

 
Date : Friday, July 24, 2015
Time : Part1(for beginners) 1:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
Part2(for intermediate users) 3:00 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.
Location : Lecture Hall (KS 2F)
Language : Japanese only
Application Deadline : Friday, July 10, 2015


*** Application form for SciFinder training session ***

Name :
Student number :
School :
Grade :
Applying session:
(  ) Part1
(  ) Part2
(  ) Part1 and Part2

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Binding Academic Journals

We are planning to bind academic journals published in 2013 and before as following schedule. Therefore for some period you can not browse or borrow those journals. Thank you for your cooperation.


NOTE:

  • Binding Materials: those published in 2013 and combined one published in 2012 and 2013
  • Duration: June 23, 2015 to August 28, 2015
  • The binding of all materials is scheduled to be completed around August 6. We will relocate them in the stacks in order soon after the registration has been completed.

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J-BEANS Seminar [32]

We would like to inform you about the 32nd J-BEANS Seminar as follows.

This seminar is held for not only JAIST members but also local community with the view to share our intellectual resources. Some light meals and drinks will be served, and we expect your participation.

J-BEANS seminar's web site is at:
https://www.jaist.ac.jp/general_info/j-beans_seminar/ichiranx.html


NOTE:

1. DATE  :  12:40-13:20, June 29, 2015
2. PLACE  :  Learning Commons "J-BEANS" (1F, Institute Hall)
3. TITLE  :  "Game informatics for gamers by gamers"
4. SPEAKER  :  Associate Prof. Kokolo IKEDA, School of Information Science
5. SPEECH  :  Japanese

[CONTACT]
Research Support Section (E-mail:josei@jaist.ac.jp)

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J-BEANS Seminar [31]

We would like to inform you about the 31st J-BEANS Seminar as follows.
This seminar is held for not only JAIST members but also local community with the view to share our intellectual resources. Some light meals and drinks will be served, and we expect your participation.

J-BEANS seminar's web site is at:
https://www.jaist.ac.jp/general_info/j-beans_seminar/ichiranx.html


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1. DATE  :  12:40-13:20, May 19, 2015
2. PLACE  :  Learning Commons "J-BEANS" (1F, Institute Hall)
3. TITLE  :  "Japanese Creative Service as a Next Generation Enterprise Modeling"
4. SPEAKER  :  Dr. Hisashi MASUDA, School of Knowledge Science
5. SPEECH  :  Japanese (The slides are written in English.)

[CONTACT]
Research Support Section (E-mail:josei@jaist.ac.jp)

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J-BEANS Seminar [30]

We would like to inform you about the 30th J-BEANS Seminar as follows.
This seminar is held for not only JAIST members but also local community with the view to share our intellectual resources. Some light meals and drinks will be served, and we expect your participation.

J-BEANS seminar's web site is at:
https://www.jaist.ac.jp/general_info/j-beans_seminar/ichiranx.html


NOTE:

1. DATE  :  12:40-13:20, April 21, 2015
2. PLACE  :  Learning Commons "J-BEANS" (1F, Institute Hall)
3. TITLE  :  "Basics of Basics of Basics of Neurophysiology"
4. SPEAKER  :  Associate Prof. Hidekazu TSUTSUI, School of Materials Science
5. SPEECH  :  Japanese (The slides are written in English.)

[CONTACT]
Research Support Section (E-mail:josei@jaist.ac.jp)

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Halt of Library Services due to the System Replacement

As a part of the system replacement process, some of the library services will be temporarily unavailable as follows.
We are very sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.
Access to the E-Journals and other databases, however, are available as usual.

1) Dates:
    March 9 (Mon.), 9:30 to March 11 (Wed.), 17:00

2) Services Unavailable:


If you have any questions, please contact Library Service Section at toshokan@jaist.ac.jp .

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J-BEANS Seminar [29]

We would like to inform you about the 29th J-BEANS Seminar as follows.
This seminar is held for not only JAIST members but also local community with the view to share our intellectual resources. Some light meals and drinks will be served, and we expect your participation.

J-BEANS seminar's web site is at:
https://www.jaist.ac.jp/general_info/j-beans_seminar/ichiranx.html


NOTE:

1. DATE  :  12:40-13:20, February 25, 2015
2. PLACE  :  Learning Commons "J-BEANS" (1F, Institute Hall)
3. TITLE  :  "Challenges for improving performance of supercomputers and application-driven research for dynamic compilation technology"
4. SPEAKER  :  Dr. Yukinori SATO, Research Center for Advanced Computing Infrastructure
5. SPEECH  :  Japanese (The slides are written in English.)

[CONTACT]
Research Support Section (E-mail:josei@jaist.ac.jp)

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Replacing the lights in Reading Room (Feb. 12)

Replacing the lights in Reading Room on 2nd and 3rd floor will be held as bellow.

February 12, 2015
*In the morning: Reading Room on 3rd floor
*In the afternoon: Reading Room on 2nd floor


During the work, each Reading Room is not available.
We apologize for any inconvenience, and we appreciate your understanding.

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J-BEANS Seminar [28]

We would like to inform you about the 28th J-BEANS Seminar as follows.
This seminar is held for not only JAIST members but also local community with the view to share our intellectual resources. Some light meals and drinks will be served, and we expect your participation.

J-BEANS seminar's web site is at:
https://www.jaist.ac.jp/general_info/j-beans_seminar/ichiranx.html


NOTE:

1. DATE  :  12:40-13:20, January 29, 2015
2. PLACE  :  Learning Commons "J-BEANS" (1F, Institute Hall)
3. TITLE  :  "Dealing with what one is not good at as a research subject"
4. SPEAKER  :  Dr. Masahiro URA, School of Knowledge Science
5. SPEECH  :  Japanese (The slides are written in English.)

[CONTACT]
Research Support Section (E-mail:josei@jaist.ac.jp)

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Removal of the books (From January, 2015)

We remove the books on 2nd and 3rd floors in the library.
We are very sorry for any inconvenience, and thank you for your cooperation.

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