What's New - Year 2009
List of What's New of 2009
- December 25, 2009
2010 the National Year of Reading - December 24, 2009
Library Fair 2009 ends - December 21, 2009
Additions to the online gallery "Japan-Netherlands Exchange in the Edo Period" - December 21, 2009
Some materials will be unavailable because of mass digitization - December 21, 2009
List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE December 21 (Japanese) - December 21, 2009
Special Collections of Hiroshima Central City Library and Digital gallery of Japanese and Chinese Materials of Mie Prefectural Library added to search targets of "PORTA" - December 18, 2009
The enlargement photocopy service to photographic paper will terminate at the end of March 2010. - December 17, 2009
CDNLAO Newsletter No.66, UPDATE - December 16, 2009
WARP will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 13:00, Jan. 5, 2010 (Japan Time). - December 16, 2009
Dnavi will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 13:00, Jan. 5, 2010 (Japan Time). - December 16, 2009
Electronic exhibition "Japan-Netherlands Exchange in the Edo Period" now available - December 14, 2009
NDL NEWSLETTER No.169, UPDATE - December 8, 2009
The Yearend and New Year Schedule for Visitors (Japanese) - December 3, 2009
"Dnavi" ; Database Navigation Service (Japanese) - December 2, 2009
Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills [for the early Meiji era] will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 17:00, Dec. 16 (Japan Time). - December 2, 2009
Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 12:00 to 13:00, Dec. 16 (Japan Time). - December 2, 2009
Full-text Database System for the Minutes of the Diet will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 12:00 to 13:00, Dec. 18 (Japan Time). - November 25, 2009
Becoming a staff member of the National Diet Library (Japanese) - November 17, 2009
PORTA will be unavailable because of system maintenance from Nov. 28 (Sat) 8:00 to Nov. 30 (Mon) 9:30 (Japan Time). - November 17, 2009
RESEARCH NAVI will be unavailable because of system maintenance from Nov. 28 (Sat) 8:00 to Nov. 30 (Mon) 9:00 (Japan Time). - November 5, 2009
Annual report FY 2008 is now available. (Japanese) - November 4, 2009
Bibliographic records of electronic journals published in Japan with ISSN assigned, UPDATE November 4 (Japanese). - November 4, 2009
The Rare Books Image Database will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 20:00, November 18 (Japan Time). - November 4, 2009
International Policy Seminar "Toward Establishing a Sustainable Society" - November 2, 2009
Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 19:00 to 21:30, Nov. 9 (Japan Time). - October 30, 2009
Small exhibition now being held in the Kansai-kan (Japanese) - October 27, 2009
Books on Japan Jul.- Sep. 2009, UPDATE - October 20, 2009
On November 20 (Fri.), an open lecture "Open Library! : Science Communicator's hopes for New Knowledge Crossroad" will be held. (Japanese) - October 14, 2009
Library Fair & Forum 2009 - October 13, 2009
The web site of ILCL will be unavailable because of power outage from Nov. 2(Mon) 14:00 to Nov. 4(Wed) 9:30 (Japan Time). - October 6, 2009
Research instruction sessions for visitors (Japanese) - October 5, 2009
Research instruction sessions for visitors (Japanese) - October 5, 2009
J-SATGE added to search targets of "PORTA" - September 30, 2009
NDL NEWSLETTER No.168, UPDATE - September 24, 2009
List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE September 24 (Japanese) - September 24, 2009
The 2nd Kaleidoscope of Books "Western Shoes" now available (Japanese) - September 18, 2009
Some services are unavailable from Oct. 9 to Oct. 13 (Japan Time) because of power outage. - September 15, 2009
Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills may be unavailable because of system maintenance from 17:00 to 18:00, Sep. 19 (Japan Time). - September 15, 2009
Registration for the NDL Database Forum at the Tokyo Main Library is now open. (Japanese) - September 14, 2009
Eichi no Mori WEB (Miyagi Prefectural Library) added to search targets of "PORTA" - September 10, 2009
Lecture and Discussion by the Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina - September 8, 2009
Children's Day for Visiting Kasumigaseki in the Library closed - September 4, 2009
The English summary page "Training Programs for Librarians" added - September 4, 2009
The page "For Librarians" is now available in English. - September 2, 2009
Lecture and Discussion by Dr. Jean-Noël Jeanneney - August 31, 2009
20th forum on preservation (Japanese) - August 31, 2009
CDNLAO Newsletter No.65, UPDATE - August 31, 2009
Evaluation reports for FY2009 are now available - August 25, 2009
About 7,800 volumes added to "Digital Library from the Meiji Era" (Japanese) - August 25, 2009
The priority objectives for FY2009 and the evaluation reports for FY2008 have been available. - August 21, 2009
The web site of ILCL will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 2:00 to 3:00 on Sep. 5 (Japan Time). - August 19, 2009
PORTA for mobile devices on trial basis (Japanese) - August 17, 2009
ILCL exhibition "Children's books link the World" (Japanese) - August 17, 2009
Digital Gallery of Keio Univ. Lib. and Keio Historical Photograph Database added to search targets of "PORTA" - August 12, 2009
CiNii and JAIRO added to search targets of "PORTA" - August 11, 2009
Policy for Acquisition of Materials of the NDL now available on the website (Japanese) - August 4, 2009
The National Diet Library (NDL) Database Forum (Japanese) - July 30, 2009
The 16th Tokyo International Book Fair has finished - July 29, 2009
Guidance for User Registration - July 28, 2009
Books on Japan Apr.- Jun. 2009, UPDATE - July 24, 2009
Proceedings of the symposium commemorating the 60th anniversary now available (Japanese). - July 17, 2009
The NDL has started to provide bibliographic records of electronic journals published in Japan with ISSN assigned. (Japanese) - July 16, 2009
Small exhibition now being held in the Kansai-kan - July 15, 2009
NDL NEWSLETTER No.167, UPDATE - July 13, 2009
ILCL exhibition "All Aboard! for a Trip around Books on Vehicles" (Japanese) - July 10, 2009
Searching for copyright holders of books published in the Meiji period - Open Research for Author Information - - July 8, 2009
Children's Day for Visiting Kasumigaseki - July 7, 2009
PORTA has been renewed. - July 1, 2009
Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills may be unavailable because of system maintenance from 19:00 to 19:30, Jul. 9 (Japan Time). - July 1, 2009
The Rare Books Image Database will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 21:00, July 15 (Japan Time). - June 30, 2009
"Research guide" gives you information on books and websites. (Japanese) - June 26, 2009
The 16th Tokyo International Book Fair - June 16, 2009
First anniversary of the new-style National Diet Library Monthly Bulletin (Japanese) - June 15, 2009
PORTA will be unavailable because of system maintenance from July 1 to July 6 (Japan Time). - June 8, 2009
PORTA stops metadata harvesting because of system maintenance from Jun. 1 to Jun. 30. - June 4, 2009
The Rare Books Image Database will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 13:00, June 17 (Japan Time). - June 1, 2009
New images added to the Rare Books Image Database (Japanese) - May 27, 2009
NDL NEWSLETTER No.166, UPDATE - May 25, 2009
List of indexed periodicals in Japanese Periodicals Index, UPDATE May 25 (Japanese) - May 25, 2009
May 25 - the Day of the Legal Deposit System (Japanese) - May 21, 2009
Kansai-kan news: small exhibition now being held - May 19, 2009
TO VISITORS (To Prevent the Spread of Influenza A (H1N1)) - May 18, 2009
Digital archive of books material of Fisheries Research Agency added to "PORTA" - May 18, 2009
Research instruction sessions for Visitors (Japanese) - May 11, 2009
New website "RESEARCH NAVI" now available. - May 11, 2009
Small Electronic Exhibitions "Kaleidoscope of Books" now available. - May 7, 2009
New data added to "Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet" (Japanese) - May 1, 2009
Addition to the Picture Book Gallery "Kodomo no Kuni magazine article search" (on May 5) - April 30, 2009
New data added to "Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet" (Japanese) - April 30, 2009
Addition to the Picture Book Gallery "Kodomo no Kuni magazine article search" - April 28, 2009
Books on Japan Jan.- Mar. 2009, UPDATE - April 22, 2009
Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 12:00 to 16:00, Apr. 28 (Japan Time). - April 22, 2009
The NDL contributes to the World Digital Library. - April 17, 2009
Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 18:00 to 19:00, Apr. 30 (Japan Time). - April 15, 2009
Many useful databases available in the NDL - April 15, 2009
"Events" is now available in English. - April 13, 2009
KOTENSEKI SOGO DATABASE (Japanese & Chinese Classics) of Waseda Univ. Lib. added to search targets of "PORTA" - April 10, 2009
Results of remote user surveys available - April 7, 2009
Books on Japan - April 1, 2009
Materials on the Allied Occupation of Japan and the Prange Collection (periodicals and newspapers) are now on the NDL-OPAC. - March 31, 2009
Transfer of library materials from the Tokyo Main Library to the Kansai-kan - March 31, 2009
Results of the survey on the legal deposit system (Japanese) - March 30, 2009
CDNLAO Newsletter No.64, UPDATE - March 23, 2009
NDL NEWSLETTER No.165, UPDATE - March 23, 2009
The Rare Books Image Database will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 13:00, Apr. 1 and Apr. 8 (Japan Time). - March 19, 2009
The 60th anniversary of "Index to the Japanese Laws and Regulations" (Japanese) - March 16, 2009
2 archives of ISHIKAWA prefectural library added to search targets of "PORTA" - March 10, 2009
"Palette of Dream Colours IV" will be held at ILCL from March 14. (Japanese) - March 4, 2009
Electronic exhibition "100 anos de imigração japonesa no Brasil" now available - March 2, 2009
"Trends of the past year" (outline of the "Annual Report of the NDL") is available in English. - February 24, 2009
Search results of the NDL-OPAC can be downloaded. - February 13, 2009
On March 9 (Mon.), a seminar "eBooks in Japan, 2008: Distribution, Use and Preservation" will be held. (Japanese) - February 10, 2009
On March 10 (Tue.), a lecture and discussion meeting by the President of the IFLA will be held. - February 9, 2009
National Union Catalog of Newspapers (Japanese) - February 4, 2009
The Rare Books Image Database will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 10:00 to 21:00, Feb. 18 (Japan Time). - February 4, 2009
Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 9:00 to 20:00, Feb. 18 (Japan Time). - February 3, 2009
PORTA will be unavailable because of system maintenance from 16:00 to 18:00, Feb. 18 (Japan Time). - February 2, 2009
2 archives added to search targets of "PORTA" - January 29, 2009
System maintenance of some databases of ILCL was completed. - January 28, 2009
"Ensuring long-term preservation and usability of digital information" was updated. - January 22, 2009
Research instruction sessions for Visitors (Japanese) - January 20, 2009
NDL NEWSLETTER No.164, UPDATE - January 19, 2009
5 archives added to search targets of "PORTA" - January 16, 2009
Some databases of ILCL are unavailable because of urgent system maintenance. - January 16, 2009
CDNLAO Newsletter No.63, UPDATE - January 15, 2009
On Feb. 5, an open lecture "Cataloging now and in future" will be held. (Japanese) - January 5, 2009
New Year Greetings