1. Introduction of Chiba University Library 25/11/2005 日米図書館フォーラム

2. Chiba University Faculty 1,261 Staff 1,202 Undergraduate Students11,012 Graduate Students 3,528 Undergraduate Programs Letters, Education, Law & Economics, Science, Engineering, Pharmaceutical Science, Medicine, Nursing Science, Horticulture Graduate Programs (Master’s and Doctoral) Humanities, Education, Social Science, Science and Technology, Nursing Science, Medical and Pharmaceutical Science, Law School 12 Research Centers 1 University Hospital 3 Farms

3. Chiba University’s Web site http://www.chiba-u.ac.jp/e/http://www.chiba-u.ac.jp/e/ University has 3 campuses: Nishi-Chiba, Inohana, Matsudo. Chiba University

4. books1,400,720(accession 18,898 / year) journal titles 24,414(accession 6,617 / year) e-journals 8,083 circulation 144,945 ILL (order) 8,763 Central library （本館） Library of Health sciences （亥鼻分館） Library of Horticultural sciences （松戸分館） Overview (2004) Chiba University Library

5. Library of Health sciences （亥鼻分館） Medicine, Nursing science, Hospital, Pharmaceutical science books 237,058 (accession 3118 / year) journal titles 4,794 (accession 1416 / year) circulation 17,855 ILL (order) 4,847 Library of Horticultural sciences （松戸分館） Horticulture books 98,097 (accession 851 / year) journal titles 3,379 (accession 741 / year) circulation 6,425 ILL (order) 1,018 Central library （本館） in Nishi-Chiba Campus Letters, Education, Law & Economics, Science, Engineering, Pharmaceutical science books 1,065,565 (accession 14,929 / year) journal titles 16,241 (accession 4,460 / year) circulation 120,665 ILL (order) 2,898

6. Library staff Full-timePart-timeTotal Central Library182139 Library of Health Sciences 4610 Library of Horticulture sciences 314 (Excluding Library Directors & counter staffs after 5:00p.m.)

7. Our e-Resources : E-journals, Databases Online Catalog (OPAC) http://opac.LL.chiba-u.jp/ E-journals (licensed) –ScienceDirect, Blackwell Synergy, SpringerLink, Wiley Interscience, EBSCOhost, Proquest Medical Library,ACS,APS, JSTOR, etc… Bibliographical and other Databases –Scopus,Biography Resource Center(Gale),MedLine, Cinahl, PsycInfo,JCR, lexis.com, MLA Bibliography, MathSciNet,etc…. Japanese Databases –Asahi Newspaper Digital Library, Index of Japanese Medical Literature, Net Encyclopedia, etc….

8. CURATOR Institutional Repository Name ： CURATOR Chiba University's Repository for Access to Outcomes from Research Contents ： 800- records, so far URL ： http://mitizane.LL.chiba-u.jp/curator/ http://mitizane.LL.chiba-u.jp/curator/

9. -New website will open in January 2006! Our Website -We opened Library Website in 1993. -This is 3rd design, used from 2000. http://www.LL.chiba-u.ac.jp/

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