2011-6-27 NDL's digitized materials pass the 1 million mark
From June to July, about 506,000 digitized materials (books, periodicals and sound sources of the Historical Recordings Collections) will be added to the digital archives of the NDL. More than 1,000,000 digitized items will be available inside the NDL.
Newly added materials are as follows.
| Materials | Date of release | Number(number on the Internet) | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Historical Recordings Collections | June 27(Mon.) | 18,400(400) | Digitized Contents, Historical Recordings Collections http://dl.ndl.go.jp/#music |
| Books (published in the early Showa Era and right after the War) |
June 30 (Thu.) | 56,300 | Digital Library from the Meiji Era http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/index.html |
| Books (literature etc. published after the War) |
July 4(Mon.) | 110,000 | Digitized Contents, Books http://dl.ndl.go.jp/#books |
| Magazines (owned by the Imperial Library and some of the selected journals on the list) |
July 4(Mon.) | 321,500 | Digitized Contents, Magazines http://dl.ndl.go.jp/#magazines |
About 68,000 books now provided only inside the NDL also will become available on the Internet on June 30 (Thu.).