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Top > About Us > International Cooperation > Exchange Activities with Foreign Libraries > Chronology of Mutual Visit Programs between NDL and NLK

International Cooperation

Chronology of Mutual Visit Programs between the National Diet Library (NDL) and the National Library of Korea (NLK) (Titles and posts are those at the time.)

No.(Year) Period Exchange activities Major events
[K]: Republic of Korea
[J]: Japan
[KJ]: Both		 Reports
(Monthly Bulletin:
NDL Monthly Bulletin)
1(1997)
in Japan
Nov 9 (Sun)
to
Nov 16 (Sun)
 Keynote speech:
  • Future plan of NDL (Report by NDL)
  • Current status and future prospects of NLK (Report by NLK)
    Legal deposit system (Section meeting)
    MARC (Sectionmeeting)
    User services (Section meeting)
[K] Republic of Korea launches national project "Information Superhighway Construction" (FY1996)
[J] NDL sets up Committee for Promotion of the Electronic Library (Apr 1997)		 Monthly Bulletin No. 443 (Feb 1998)
NDL Newsletter No. 106 (Mar 1998)
2(1998)
in Korea
Sep 21 (Mon)
to
Sep 23 (Wed)
 Keynote speech:
  • 50th anniversary of NDL and its future plan (Report by NDL)
  • Current status and future tasks of the NLK (Report by NLK)
    Library Cooperation (Section meeting)
    Preservation and conservation (Section meeting)
    Digital Library (Section meeting)
* Participation in the All Korea Library Conference held at Kyongju		 [J] NDL celebrates 50th anniversary.
[J] "National Diet Library National Union Catalog Network Project" starts.
[KJ] NDL receives a trainee from NLK. (Sep 1998) 		Monthly Bulletin No. 454 (Jan 1999)
3(1999)
in Japan
May 24 (Mon)
to
May 31 (Mon)
 Keynote speech:
  • NDL heading for the 21st century: project for the three-libraries system (Report by NDL)
  • The role of the national library in the intellectual information society (Report by NLK)
    Libraries and copyright (Section meeting)
[K] NLK reorganizes its branch library into the Thesis Library, and begins operating the Korean Library Information System (KOLIS). (Nov 1999) Monthly Bulletin No. 461 (Aug 1999)
NDL Newsletter No. 110 (Aug 1999)
4(2000)
in Korea
Sep 18 (Mon)
to
Sep 25 (Mon)
 Keynote speech:
  • The new user service plan of NDL (Report by NDL)
  • Overview and future strategy of the NLK (Report by NLK)
Acquisition and dissemination of overseas materials (Section meeting) 		[K] According to the proposals of President Kim Dae-jung, Republic of Korea forms the Library Information Committee, and draws up the Comprehensive Library Information Plan, centered on the NLK. (Feb 2000)
[J] National Diet Library Law partially revised to include offline electronic publications as deposited materials. (Mar 2000)
[J] NDL partially opens the International Library of Children's Literature. (May 2000)
[K] Deposit Building of NLK completed. (Aug 2000)		 Monthly Bulletin No. 477 (Dec 2000)
NDL Newsletter No. 118 (Mar 2001)
5(2001)
in Japan
May 21 (Mon)
to
May 28 (Mon)
 Keynote speech:
  • NDL's activities - an update (Report by NDL)
  • NLK in the 21st century (Report by NLK)
Training and retraining of librarians (Section meeting)		 [K] NLK develops the Korean Library Information System Network (KOLIS-NET), jointly with other public libraries. (May 2001) Monthly Bulletin No. 486 (Sep 2001)
NDL Newsletter No. 120 (Jul 2001)
6(2002)
in Korea
Sep 9 (Mon)
to
Sep 16 (Mon)
 Keynote speech: Presentation on main theme: Key projects and new reader services
The reports are written in Japanese. You need the Asian font pack for Adobe Reader (Japanese) to read them. If you do not have it, please download it from here.
[J] NDL reorganized. (Apr 2002)
[J] International Library of Children's Literature fully opened. (May 2002)
[J] Kansai-kan of the NDL opened. NDL-OPAC and Japanese Periodicals Index become available on the Internet. (Oct 2002)
[K] NLK prepares for construction of a digital library.
[K] NLK prepares for introduction of the CIP (Cataloging In Publication) System.		 Monthly Bulletin No. 501 (Dec 2002)
NDL Newsletter No. 129 (Mar 2003)
7(2003)
in Japan
Jun 17 (Tue)
to
Jun 24 (Tue)
 Keynote speech:
Overview of the present status of the NDL and NLK Presentation on main theme: Digital library construction 		[KJ] NDL begins introducing NLK's international copying services to its users. (Jan 2003) Monthly Bulletin No. 510 (Sep 2003)
NDL Newsletter No. 133 (Oct 2003)
8(2004)
in Korea
Oct 11 (Mon)
to
Oct 18
(Mon)		 Main-theme: Future of National Libraries Sub-theme: Acquisition and Preservation of Digital Information Resources
The reports are written in Japanese. You need the Asian font pack for Adobe Reader (Japanese) to read them. If you do not have it, please download it from here.
[J] Tokyo Main Library (Nagata-cho facility) remodeling work completed (October 2004) Monthly Bulletin No. 526 (Jan 2005) PDF[3.36MB]
NDL Newsletter No. 140 (Dec 2004)
9(2005)
in Japan
May 31 (Tue) to June 7(Tue)

Overviews of the NDL and NLK (keynote speeches)

Main theme: Children's services

The reports are written in Japanese. You need the Asian font pack for Adobe Reader (Japanese) to read them. If you do not have it, please download it from here.

[K] NLK reorganized (November 2004)
[J] Report of the Legal Deposit System Council "The optimal acquisition system for 'networked' electronic publications" (December 2004)
[J] Report of the board of inquiry on expansion of library services of the International Library of Children's Literature (March 2005)
[K] NLK celebrates 60th anniversary (fiscal 2005)

 Monthly Bulletin No.534 (Sep.2005) PDF[1.63MB]
NDL Newsletter No.144 (Aug.2005)
10(2006)
in Korea
September 19 (Tue)
to
26 (Tue)		 Overviews of the NDL and NLK (keynote speeches) Main theme: Reference Services in the Digital Information Age: Focusing on Construction of a Cooperative Digital Reference Network
The reports are written in Japanese. You need the Asian font pack for Adobe Reader (Japanese) to read them. If you do not have it, please download it from here.
[K] Vision "The National Library of Korea 2010" published (October 2005)
[K] Construction started on the National Digital Library (December 2005)
[J] Meeting of Directors of the IFLA/PAC Regional Centres in Asia and others and Open seminar (December 2005)
[J] Collaborative Reference Database open to the pubic (December 2005)
[J] 100th anniversary of the former Imperial Library building (2006)
[K] Opening of the National Library for Children and Young Adults (June 2006)
[K] World Library and Information Congress: 72nd IFLA General Conference and Council held in Seoul (August 2006)
 Monthly Bulletin No. 550 (Jan. 2007) PDF[1.9MB]
NDL Newsletter No. 152 (Dec. 2006)
11(2007)
in Japan
June 13 (Wed)
to
20(Wed)		 Overviews of the NDL and NLK (keynote speeches) Main theme: Acquisition, provision and preservation of digital information
The reports are written in Japanese. You need the Asian font pack for Adobe Reader (Japanese) to read them. If you do not have it, please download it from here.
[K] Promulgation of the Library Act (October 2006)
[J] Improvement of the digital information service at the Tokyo Main Library (October 2006)
[J] NDL Database Forum held in Tokyo
[K] Effectuation of the Library Act (April 2007)
[K] Establishment of the "Korea Research Institute for Library and Information" and "National Library Support Center for the Disabled" (May 2007)		 Monthly Bulletin No. 559 (Oct. 2007) PDF[3.59MB]
NDL Newsletter No. 156 (Aug. 2007)
12(2009)
in Korea
November 2 (Mon)
to
9 (Mon)		 Main theme: Contents and Services of Digital Libraries Keynote speeches: Presentation on main theme Exchange between Children's Libraries [K] The national digital library of Korea inaugurated (May 2009)
[J] Amendment to the Copyright Law enacted (June 2009)
[J] Amendment to the National Diet Library Law enacted (July 2009)		 Monthly Bulletin No. 588 (Mar. 2010) PDF[5.24MB]
NDL Newsletter No. 171 (Feb. 2010)
13(2010)
in Japan		 November 2(Mon) to 9(Mon) Keynote speeches: Theme 1 Theme 2 Exchange between Children's Libraries   Monthly Bulletin No. 597 (Dec. 2010) PDF[3.97MB]
NDL Newsletter No. 176 (Feb. 2011)
14(2011)
in Korea		 October 24(Mon) to 31(Mon) Keynote speeches: Theme 1: Policy information support service and cooperation with government libraries Theme 2: Acquisition, preservation and user service of old and rare materials [J] Great East Japan Earthquake occurred. (March 2011)
[J] NDL reorganized. (September 2011)		 Monthly Bulletin No. 609 (Dec. 2011) PDF[3.74MB]
NDL Newsletter No. 180 (Dec. 2011)
15(2012)
in Japan		 September 4(Tue) to 11(Tue) Keynote speeches: Current Status and Challenges of Two Libraries Theme 1: National Library’s engagement in bibliography and future development Theme 2: Current Status and Measures to Enhance the Interlibrary Cooperation [J] Service renewal (January 2012)
[J] Amendment to the Copyright Law enacted (June 2012)
[J] Amendment to the National Diet Library Law enacted (June 2012)
[K] Establishment of the "National Library for the Disabled" (September 2012)
[J] Kansai-Kan celebrates 10th anniversary (fiscal 2012)		 Monthly Bulletin No. 619 (Oct. 2012) PDF[4.28MB]
NDL Newsletter No. 185 (Oct. 2012)

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