Based on the great changes in the environment surrounding children's reading, to fulfill its role as the national library dedicated to children's books, the International Library of Children's Literature (ILCL), National Diet Library, has discussed the ideal form of its services in future and the necessary expansion of the facilities for it. The ILCL has formulated the "Second Basic Plan for the International Library of Children's Literature" (March 29, 2011) which describes the services that the ILCL aims to achieve in future and the necessary preparations that will lay the foundations for such services. The ILCL will construct a new building that is scheduled to be completed in FY2015.