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5.1. Personal Services

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What kind of personal services are available?

Category: 5.1. Personal Services

To use the personal services offered, you need to have an account with the library.

The personal services offered are broadly divided into the following three functions.

1. User Inquiry
Use this function to browse your current borrowing status, apply for an extension of the borrowing period, and change data such as personal information.


2. My Folder
This function is used to save search conditions, save search results, and browse the tag/review history.


3. Alert
This function notifies you of the arrival of new books and serials at the library.

I can't log in to OPAC.

Category: 5.1. Personal Services

To use OPAC, you need to follow the procedures.
If you have forgotten your ID or password, go to the library counter.

What can I do from Your Library Record in OPAC?

Category: 5.1. Personal Services

Borrowing
Renewal and export to the book management tool are both possible from the list. To do so, enter a check mark in each appropriate check box.
Click a bookmark title to check the status in detail.

Reservation
Canceling a reservation, deleting one from the list, and export to the book management tool are all possible from the list. To do so, enter a check mark in each appropriate check box.
Click a bookmark title to check the reservation status in detail.

Copy request
Canceling a copy request, deleting one from the list, and export to the book management tool are all possible from the list. To do so, enter a check mark in each appropriate check box.
Click a bookmark title to check the status in detail.

Borrowing request
Canceling a borrowing request, deleting one from the list, and export to the book management tool are all possible from the list. To do so, enter a check mark in each appropriate check box.
Click a bookmark title to check the request status in detail.

Purchase request
Deleting a request from the list and export to the book management tool are both possible from the list. To do so, enter a check mark in each appropriate check box.
Click a bookmark title to check the purchase status in detail.

Borrowing history
Deleting an item from the list and export to the book management tool are both possible from the list. To do so, enter a check mark in each appropriate check box.
Click a bookmark title to check the borrowing history in detail.

Personal Info.
You can check and update your personal information. You can use the updated information to apply for a reservation, etc.

How do I change personal information in OPAC?

Category: 5.1. Personal Services

You can check and change the information from [Your Library Record] -> [Personal Info.] in OPAC.

Log in to OPAC.



Click "Notifications to Mr./Ms. _____" in "User Inquiry."



Click [Personal info.] in "Your Library Record."



Click [Change Personal Info.] on the next screen, and make your changes.
(You will be able to select the updated information, such as an e-mail address, even for a reservation, ILL copy request, and ILL borrowing request.)

What kind of functions does My Folder have?

Category: 5.1. Personal Services

The following functions are collectively called My Folder functions.

1. Bookmark
This function creates a list of materials on the Web. You can register the books you have already read or plan to read.
The list can also be used as a list for outputting data to EndNote and RefWorks.

2. My Search
This function saves search conditions. So you can perform your next and subsequent searches using the same search conditions.

3. Review History
This function is used to browse the history of your own written reviews.

4. Tag History
This function is used to browse the history of your own registered tags.

Can I have a list of materials kept for me to check at a later date?

Category: 5.1. Personal Services

The materials you searched for in Bib Search or checked in detail are registered as your browsing history. They remain there until you close your browser (or stop using it for a while).

* The screenshot is the screen displayed after "Browsing History" is clicked.


To confirm content at a later date, register it in a bookmark.
Register it in the bookmark from the search result list or the bibliography details screen.
To register a material on the list screen, enter a check mark in the check box of the material, and click the [Bookmark] button.


You can check the registered contents from the bookmarks.

I want to save search conditions to use in a search at a later date. Can this be done?

Category: 5.1. Personal Services

The search conditions you enter in OPAC Bib Search are registered as a search history until you close your browser (or stop using it for a while).
You can check the search history by clicking the [Search History] button at the top of the screen.


* The screenshot is the screen displayed when "Search History" is clicked.


To save search conditions until a later date by registering them from the search history browsing screen, enter a check mark in the check box of each search condition, and click the [Add to Favorites] button.


You can check the registered contents from My Search in OPAC.

I want to be notified when the latest issue of the serial _____ arrives. Is this possible?

Category: 5.1. Personal Services

The library has an alert service for notifying users by e-mail or RSS of the arrival of the latest issue of a serial.

Apply for the alert service from the bibliography details screen.
This service covers serials being received on an ongoing basis.



Once you complete your application, the registered conditions appear on the alert list screen.
You can stop the sending of notifications and change the sending frequency on the alert list screen.




Also, you can register an RSS reader from the [RSS] button.
Once you have registered the RSS reader, you can check for any new arrivals of the relevant materials, even without checking OPAC.

I want to be notified of any books related to _____ received by the library. Is this possible?

Category: 5.1. Personal Services

OPAC employs a service called Alert.
The function of this service is to memorize search conditions and send notification by e-mail, RSS, etc.
when the library receives any matching material.

After a search with OPAC Bib Search, you can register the search conditions by clicking "Add Search Alert."
You can also register search conditions from Alert in OPAC.



The process of registration displays the Alert list screen.
From there, you can check the list being sent and change the sending frequency.



You can register an RSS reader from the [RSS] button.
Once you have registered the RSS reader, you can check for any new arrivals of the relevant materials,
even without checking OPAC.

I want to write a review about the material, but I couldn't find it. Is May I write one?

Category: 5.1. Personal Services

The reviews you write now will serve as references in the future for junior colleagues reading the same materials.
By all means, post your reviews.
You can post a review by selecting "Write Review"
from the bibliography details screen.



However, note that the library checks each review
before it appears on the screen in order to determine its appropriateness.
Therefore, it may take some time for your review to appear on the screen.
The library may keep a review from appearing on the screen.
Your understanding is appreciated in such cases.

Note that your personal information is kept confidential.
Information on the people posting reviews appears as nicknames and the like.

How do I register a review?

Category: 5.1. Personal Services

To register a review, click [Write Review] on the bibliography details screen. 




Review entry

1. Confirm the bibliography of your written review, and decide the number of ★(1 to 5) for an evaluation. Then, enter the review title and text, and click [Submit]. 
   You cannot use HTML tags and machine-dependent characters.
2. Confirm what you are registering. When there is no problem, click the [Submit] button. To start over with the entry, click [Edit].
   

• When your review is published, the contributor's nickname, date, section affiliation, library affiliation, and user type are posted in addition to the review title and text.
• If you want to set or change your nickname, select [OPAC] -> [Your Library Record] -> [Personal Info.]. Confirm the name displayed in the "Handle" column. 
  To correct the name, click [Personal Info.], and enter your new handle name.

Review evaluation

You can enter comments about the review, add reference information, and report inappropriate reviews.
From the review details screen, click any of the following to go to the input screen:

• Was this review helpful?  Yes?  No?
• Report this review as inappropriate
• Write comment on this review

How do I check my written reviews?

Category: 5.1. Personal Services

You can check a review from [OPAC] -> [My Folder] -> [Review History].

How do I register a tag?

Category: 5.1. Personal Services

Method 1) In the bibliography search result list screen, enter a check mark in the check box of the bibliography whose tag you want to register, and click .

Method 2) In the bibliography details screen, click .

However, tags such as those used in a list of the specified books in a syllabus (e.g., all university, 2012 first term) cannot be registered.

Referring to other tags
By attaching the same tags to multiple bibliographies, you can batch search them.

Checking the tag history
You can check the tag history from [OPAC] -> [My Folder] -> [Tag History], which is on the right menu.



What if a tag is inappropriate?
If you think that a tag is inappropriate or does not match the material, please contact us.
Click [Report as inappropriate] behind "Register tag" on the bibliography details screen to register your report.

 

How do I check the tags that I attached?

Category: 5.1. Personal Services

You can check them in the tag history from [OPAC] -> [My Folder] -> [Tag History]

I have books used in lectures and laboratories. I want to share them with friends. Is there a good way to do this?

Category: 5.1. Personal Services

You can group multiple materials by adding tags to them.

For example, suppose you add a tag such as the following: "This was helpful in _____ lecture." or "A must read for _____ laboratory." Then, anyone can bring up the same list of materials when searching tags.

You can register tags from both the list screen and details screen.