Library
The library is located adjacent to the A2 door of the Storage Ring building and available to users around the clock. In the library, users can search, look through or check out books and scientific journals. Please note that each user can check out up to 10 items for up to one month only during their stay at the SPring-8 (Bound periodicals can be checked out for up to one week). The library also offers database services by which you can search the JCPDS data (database for X-ray powder diffraction files) through the computer in the library. For details, please visit the Library website (accessible only from within the SPring-8 campus).
Eligible Patrons
- JASRI staff
- RIKEN staff
- SPring-8 users
Library Location
The Library is located adjacent to the A2 Door of the Storage Ring building. Click here to see the location of the Library.
Library Hours
The Library and open stacks are open around the clock.
(Closed during the new year holidays: December 29 - January 3)
How to Check-out/Return Items
The SPring-8 Library consists of two sections: the Library and the open stacks. As for scientific journals, current issues and issues of past three years can be found in the Library and older issues are found in the open stacks. For more details, please check the Library Floor Plan.
To borrow library items, patron registration is required. To register as a SPring-8 Library user, please submit the Online Patron Registration Form or visit the Library counter in person.
Check out/Return Method
Please check out/return library items via the Jouhou-kan/automated check-out system (Windows PC) in the Library.
[Automated Checkout Method]
1. Insert your ID card into the card reader with barcode face up,
2. Scan the barcode of material(s) that you are going to check out with the barcode reader, and
3. Click "Quit" and close the window.
[Automated Return Method]
1. Scan the barcode of material(s) that you are going to check out with the barcode reader,
2. Click "Quit" and close the window, and
3. Leave the library material(s) in the book drop on the Library counter.
[Loan Period]
Books/Reports: one month
Bound Journals: one week
[Loan Limit]
Patrons may have a total of 10 items checked out at a time.
[Non-Circulating Collections]
Reference books (e.g. dictionaries, handbooks, etc.), current journals and periodicals, unbound journals, and approval books are not allowed to be taken out of the Library. These items are restricted to in-library use only.
Library Holdings
To see the list of journals held by the Library, click here.