Global Active Learning Center

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The Global Active-Learning Center is a facility that encourages students’ autonomous learning. By restructuring the previous library and Information Education Center, the current facility has been developed as a center for active learning in the international atmosphere where students can experience autonomous problem-solving processes. Not only does it encourage students to actively learn but also supports studies of teaching staffs’ and students’ as well as provides a space for international communication.

Library Area

Library Hours (Open)

Weekdays 8:30am ～ 8:00pm
(Summer, Winter and Spring Recess: 8:30am ～ 5:00pm)

Library Hours (Closed)

Saturdays, Sundays
National Holidays
New Year’s Holiday (December 29 to January 3)

Classified Books Collection

Classification	Number of Books			Number of Journals etc.
Classification	Japanese	Foreign	Total	Japanese	Foreign	Total
General Works	8,244	491	8,735	5	0	5
Philosophy	3,508	455	3,963	0	0	0
History	4,683	145	4,828	0	0	0
Social Sciences	8,094	265	8,359	0	0	0
Natural Sciences	16,431	1,343	17,774	7	1	8
Technology	24,175	505	24,680	18	2	20
Industry	762	20	782	0	0	0
The Arts	3,353	197	3,550	8	0	8
Languages	5,943	2,651	8,594	2	0	2
Literature	13,293	1,891	15,184	0	0	0
Total	88,486	7,963	96,449	40	3	43

ICT Area

　The Global Active Learning Center provides an educational computing environment for information literacy classes and advanced courses in information science. The features of the environment are realized by several servers and about 200 PC’s in the Center.
　The Center also provides a campus-wide high speed network and the Internet connectivity to all students and faculty members for daily use such as sending and receiving e-mails or browsing web sites. The Center manages this network to keep good communication quality and to guard against the risks on the Internet.

Global Active Learning Center