Log in to "MyLibrary"
Users can use the relevant services on the internet by accessing the system through their respective user rights using their IDs and passwords.
IDs and passwords
For students and faculty members:
To use the Library Online Service, user ID and corresponding password, which are required to use personal computers and various systems in Kansai University, are required.
For persons who have coupons issued by Kansai University Library for alumni and locals:
Application for this online service is needed. Please apply to use Kansai University Library Online Service at one of the places for application below. After filling out an application form, your ID and password for the use of the Library Online Service will be issued. It may take a few days until they are issued.
Eligibility: Individuals who have coupons issued by Kansai University Library
Places for application: General library's main counter or the library counter at each campus.
Application time: Opening time to 30 minutes before closing time
If you forget your password:
・Students and faculty members of Kansai University are required to take steps at the IT Center.
・If you have a coupon issued by a library, please apply at the library.
* If you set your "secret question", you can reset your password by yourself if you forget it. For details, please see the relevant page of the Integrated Authentication System of Kansai University.
◎ After the change of the Library Online Service Authentication System in September 2009, users can log in to the Library Online Service Authentication System from the Integrated Authentication System of Kansai University. This allows the students and faculty members of Kansai University to use the Library Online Service without any procedures.
◎ IDs and passwords of persons who have coupons issued by Kansai University Library for alumni and locals and had used the online service until September 19, 2009 have been changed. Please inquire about your new ID and password at general library's main counter or the library counter at each campus.
Matters to be noted
- For details of any of the following matters, please see here at KOALA Users' Guide.
- After applying for the reservation of a material, be sure to confirm the "reservation" status of the material at "MyLibrary."
- After applying for a request to purchase a material, be sure to confirm your "purchase request" and "reservation" statuses at "MyLibrary.
- If you apply for a request to purchase a material, please confirm the "reservation" status of the relevant material after the "Purchase request" in the utilization status of the material in the "MyLibrary" shows "Arrivaled". When "reservation" status is changed to "Rsvn shelf", it means that the material has become available. Please keep track of the changes of each status.
Depending on your eligibility, some services are unavailable.
- Request for Reservation (＝"KOALA")
- Reservation for a currently borrowed material or request to obtain a material from another library can be done by pressing the "Reserve" button that appears in the search result display of the book search.
- ILL (Inter-Library Loan) request for copying
- If you apply to obtain a copy of a material that is not kept by Kansai University from outside the university, the actual expenses required to obtain the copy must be covered by the applicant. Undergraduates should apply for this service at general library's reference counter or the library counter at each campus.
The part-time lecturers who belong to other universities as a full-time lectures must apply for this service at the institutions where they work full time.
- ILL (Inter-Library Loan) request for loaning
- If you apply to obtain a book that is not kept by Kansai University from outside the university, the actual expenses required to obtain the book must be covered by the applicant. Undergraduates should apply for this service at general library's reference counter or the library counter at each campus.
The part-time lecturers who belong to other universities as a full-time lectures must apply for this service at the institutions where they work full time.
- Request a purchase of books
- When requesting to purchase a book material that is not kept at the library
- MyLibrary
- Inquiries about various library services, such as lending, reservation, ILL (Inter-Library Loan), and request for purchasing, and registration and correction of personal information should be done from the "MyLibrary" screen.
