On March 1, the National Diet Library launched a roundtable on digital information resources in MLA (Museum, Library, Archive) collaboration to develop digital archives and digital contents in Japan. The roundtable will conduct consultations and deliberations to enhance collaboration among museums, libraries and archives which own intellectual and cultural properties, and to solve common issues of digital information resources.

On March 2, a lecture meeting was held to celebrate the launch of the roundtable on digital information resources in MLA collaboration: Connecting intellectual properties - Initiatives in Europe .