Priority Objectives for FY2006 and their Evaluation
The NDL sets up specific objectives to be carried out within 1-3 years in order to improve our services in the area of the priority objectives defined in the NDL Vision 2004. We assess the progress in each objective and publish the results of the evaluation in the following fiscal year.
The following are considered in the evaluation.
Progress
Evaluate and grade into three ranks according to the extent of achievement and progress of each project set to attain the priority objectives, compared with our plan in FY2006:
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Progress as planned, |
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Less progress than planned, |
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No progress |
Achievement
Levels of improvement of services for users at which each objective is aimed were evaluated into the following four grades. Criteria for evaluation is if they have become more used, judging by the number of accesses and others, as a result of increase in the number of materials or contents through promotion of a project.
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Achieved sufficiently |
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Achieved to some extent |
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Achieved little or nothing |
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Not yet ready to have any result |
The result of the evaluation is as follows (click each priority objective to read more detailed descriptions including the reasons of the result and statistics).
*[Evaluation details for all Priority Objectives] (PDF 142KB)
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Enhancement of legislative support function To assist the legislative activities of the Diet of Japan, we will further improve our research services. Moreover, we will provide accurate information more effectively using both domestic and overseas information resources. |
To enrich voluntarily research on envisioned national political issues, as “brains for the legislative body”, by taking advantage of our vast holdings and by utilizing our advanced research skills. In addition, to endeavor to provide research reports containing objective and accurate data which might be the basis of legislation and formulation of policies. To enhance “interdisciplinary research” which analyzes a specific subject from multiple perspectives. [Evaluation details] (PDF171KB) | |
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| To effectively organize and provide legislative information such as the Minutes of the Diet and useful information for deliberations of the Diet, as an "information center for Diet members." [Evaluation details] (PDF75KB) | |
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Creation of digital archives We will construct digital archives to store and provide digital information as common information resources of the people of Japan. |
To steadily promote copyright clearance and digitization of most of the books published in the Taisho era (1912-1926) aiming at making them available to the public on the "Digital Library from the Meiji Era" by FY2009. [Evaluation details] (PDF 99KB) |
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| To collect Internet information issued within Japan based on legislation and to construct a preservation and provision system for providing it in FY2009. [Evaluation details] (PDF 90KB) | |
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| To create a comprehensive portal site as a navigation tool for overall digital information of Japan and make it available in FY2007 by cooperating with other institutions producing and providing digital contents. [Evaluation details] (PDF 92KB) |
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Improvement of access to information resources To guarantee free and equal access to information resources, we will expand opportunities to use the NDL collections and improve the level of our services. |
To positively promote acquisition of materials reflecting social needs in the Internet environment. Also to conduct preventive preservation measures including microfilming in order to guarantee permanent access to materials. [Evaluation details] (PDF 33KB) |
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| To increase the provision of bibliographic data. In addition, to improve location data and information on use. [Evaluation details] (PDF 81KB) | |
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| To develop and provide science and technology information in light of the current distributional trends of digital information. In addition, to create an environment for using digital information inside the NDL and to improve copying services. [Evaluation details] (PDF 79KB) | |
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| To improve services for visitors including development of materials on the open shelves and to strengthen the Asian information providing service of the Kansai-kan. [Evaluation details] (PDF 75KB) | |
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| To enrich the collections of the International Library of Children's Literature by including children's books in the Prange Collection (a collection of publications owned by the University of Maryland issued in Japan from 1945 to 1949,the early period of the Occupation by the Allied Powers) which will be provided from FY2006,and to provide them effectively. In addition, to upgrade the information-providing functions such as the "Union Catalog of Children's Literature." [Evaluation details] (PDF 78KB) | |
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Promotion of cooperation We will strengthen ties with domestic and overseas libraries and related institutions to promote sharing and distribution of information resources. In addition, we will cooperate in fostering library professionals and contribute to developing library and information services. |
To conduct projects related to the 72nd International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) General Conference and Council, in 2006 in Seoul, to get closer cooperative relations with libraries in other countries including Asian countries. [Evaluation details] (PDF 75KB) | |
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| To provide an increased number of reference service records on the "Collaborative Reference Database" by cooperating libraries in Japan and to promote its utilization. [Evaluation details] (PDF 79KB) | |
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| To equip a system with a function which enables integrated search across the prefectures by FY2008 in order to promote the "National Union Catalog Network" project and support smooth interlibrary loans. [Evaluation details] (PDF 99KB) | |
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